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

In this video, I'll show you how to write the AP English Literature poetry essay (Q1) step by step using the actual 2018 prompt. Watch me annotate the poem given, identify literary devices, draft a sample thesis, and plan the entire essay!
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Let me know what questions you have regarding the AP Lit exam!

[@Pashmotatoe]

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

[@humblebee7954]

Best comment 😂

[@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.

[@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

[@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!

[@ednamartinez504]

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

[@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 :)

[@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

[@billbob3273]

I’m watching this while taking the test

[@chris-cu3kl]

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

[@vanessacortes1642]

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

[@gramcrackerzart]

45 mins 💀 We got 10 electronic free

[@knoxque]

Any one else here two hours before the test?

[@SincerelyYahmina]

Good luck yall

[@irinademchuk6453]

I can't believe it can be this good

[@katalinpuscas9722]

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

[@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 😜

[@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.

[@javaahamed5189]

thank you!!!

[@Creechurrr]

im not doing this shit oml

[@EbaadRehman]

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

[@jakefucci]

Thank you!!

[@inari198]

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

[@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 :)

[@tdpencil2811]

I'm cooked

[@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

[@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.

[@darkacademiavanessa]

thank you so much!