How to Ace the AP Lit Poetry Essay | Annotate With Me

[@Pashmotatoe]

You carried me in AP Lang last year and you'll carry me again this year

[@humblebee7954]

Best comment 😂

[@flyboy1c]

I'm a Harvard Grad-student at SEAS; but, I've never fully grasped Literary and English coursework. You did a superb job on this video. The content is precise and--for someone whose strong suits do not include poetry analysis--is extremely helpful to me. Thank you!

[@shivampatel4595]

Bruh how are supposed to do this in 40 minutes

[@nehaahmed1465]

collegeboard: figure it out homie

[@SincerelyYahmina]

@@nehaahmed1465 😂

[@bmbv1043]

Ikr, like i feel like i could definitely do this reliably, just not in 40 minutes. If they gave me 80 minutes i would be able to make an excellent essay, clearly demonstrating my knowledge and understanding consistently. But of course, that would make too much sense for college board.

[@shivampatel4595]

Got a 4 tho

[@marcusespinoza220]

@@shivampatel4595w mans

[@ednamartinez504]

The clarity in which you explain makes all the difference. Thank you!

[@MsPeerEditor]

Hi 2024 AP Lit students, good luck on the exam! I enjoyed helping a lot of you through tutoring, DMs, and comments this year. After the exam, feel free to come back and let me know if you found my videos useful.

[@mrhumble4697]

read the prompt had no idea what to write so im here with 40 minutes left

[@Creechurrr]

F

[@afafnoor5490]

Thank you so much! This was pretty helpful and exactly what I was looking for.

[@MsPeerEditor]

So glad that this video helped you out!

[@sara-jj6sm]

This is awesome! I genuinely wanted to improve my poetry analysis skills! Thank you!

[@radhikapatwardhan8479]

thank you so so so much this helped me a lot you're amazing and this was the first actually helpful video i found for poetry essays

[@christoskydonieus6056]

Thanks so much! This video really helps with breaking down how to approach the poem and break it down.

[@MsPeerEditor]

No problem! I really appreciate your feedback :)

[@knoxque]

Any one else here two hours before the test?

[@billbob3273]

I’m watching this while taking the test

[@vanessacortes1642]

lol watching this during my 45 min break before the essay portion

[@gramcrackerzart]

45 mins 💀 We got 10 electronic free

[@chris-cu3kl]

Cramming for Lit 002 finals in community college, thank you for this hyper specific timed essay tutorial!

[@mariuspontmercyfanpage]

tomorrow’s the day…and I’m SCREWED

[@notyourname5666]

Same 😭

[@jaasielnavarrete2036]

same :(

[@mariuspontmercyfanpage]

@@notyourname5666 how’d yours go 😭 I don’t think my poetry analysis was THAT bad but my Q3 was god awful 😭😭 the octopus one tho 😭😭

[@notyourname5666]

@@mariuspontmercyfanpage Idek lmao, I thought it was kinda easy but also kinda hard, I’m hoping for at least a 3

[@irinademchuk6453]

I can't believe it can be this good

[@SincerelyYahmina]

Good luck yall

[@katalinpuscas9722]

Thank you so much for this video!! Very helpful !

[@rohanraghav9270]

Great video! I have one question. Could you explain how the consonance of "s" creates a suspicious tone?

[@MsPeerEditor]

Good question! That particular part of the poem you're referring to displays sibilance, which creates a hissing effect by using the "s" sound repeatedly. In some cases of poetry, sibilance can create a soft, musical effect, but in this stanza, the hissing sound makes it seem as though the speaker is spitting out the words, wary of the plants' intentions.

[@nancyslagle9311]

@@MsPeerEditor I thought more about the Biblical allusion of the serpent in the garden and how snakes kind of became known for being deceptive because of that.

[@Dhruvbala]

This was a great video. Thank you very much! Just wondering though, is there a complete essay we could see that follows the outline you showed?

[@MsPeerEditor]

I'm happy that this video was helpful! I actually took the AP Literature exam in 2018, so I wrote an essay using this prompt for the test itself. I was able to remember my annotations to make this video, but unfortunately, I don't have access to my essay.

[@Dhruvbala]

@@MsPeerEditor Oh, that's unfortunate. I ask because I find writing the essay from an outline almost just as hard as coming up with the thesis statement and outline. Perhaps you could do a video on that, where you write full introduction and body paragraphs from scratch.

[@daveykivelevitz836]

Watching this 10 hours before the test 😥

[@hlkangel]

watching an hour before 😜

[@Creechurrr]

im not doing this shit oml

[@EbaadRehman]

Sus tone my guy,.......

[@inari198]

My teacher won't teach and just yells at us so here I am

[@javaahamed5189]

thank you!!!

[@jakefucci]

Thank you!!

[@sonofben9766]

Are 2 body paragraphs really fine? All my eng teachers stressed 3 paragraphs with 3 evidences each

[@khushikaushik8430]

yea if they are detailed enough and with thorough analysis then 2 body are enough each with 2 examples

[@leticiamoraes9250]

I’ve done 2 for every essay and my teacher has given me only 6s I guess it could vary

[@tdpencil2811]

I'm cooked

[@guccigang6984]

Great video, but we don’t need at least 3 things to talk about in the essay?

[@jasminejones7468]

no

[@r1gbee]

my test is in 8 hours lol

[@carterwells3001]

mine starts in 1

[@gavinmitsdarfer]

This would have been nice two days ago. Lol.

[@EmmaLumar]

thank you for this video I got an A+ on my in class sonnet analysis. muwah

[@MsPeerEditor]

Omg that's amazing, congrats! Glad this video helped :)

[@darkacademiavanessa]

thank you so much!