AP Lit Referenced Titles as (and ).
AP Literature Open Prompts, 1970-2024, as , , and (Thanks to Claudia Felske).
AP Literature Poetry Prompts, 1970 to 2024, as .
AP Literature Poetry Prompts with Poems, 1970 to 2024, as .
AP Poets Referenced, 1970-2024, as .
AP Literature Prose Prompts, 1970 to 2024, as .
AP Literature Prose Passages, 1970 to 2024, as .
AP Prose Writers Referenced, 1970-2024, as .
AP Prose Prompts Rewritten with Stable Wording, as (Thanks to Tia Miller).
Overview of AP Literature Stable Pronots, as and as .
Interesting re-grouping of AP Literature prompts by subjects (Thanks to Ann Elizabeth Richards). , , and .
. Each prompt is now a separate dated file with prompt, scoring guide (6-point and/or 9-point), sample student essays, comments -- whatever I have, attached. Released multiple-choice exams are in a separate folder. . | | You can still use the to locate which file holds the scored sample essays. | Long lost formats, four that were actually used for both Literature & Language. Personal favorites, like the Pairs Prompt. And a 1996 Country Prompt student essay on that the Chief Reader agreed was a 10 (and photo-copied for me). Yes, a 10.
| It’s All Happening Online —Useful LinksAP Central & YouTube -- Finding your way around the Advanced Placement website can be tricky. Direct links listed below (with some of those acronyms defined). - AP Language Home Page -- Classroom Resources
- AP Language Exam -- CED (Course and Exam Description), 2021 FRQ (Free Response Questions), and Past Exam FRQs (from 1999).
- AP Literature Home Page -- Classroom Resources
- AP Literature Exam -- CED (Course and Exam Description), 2021 FRQ (Free Response Questions), and Past Exam FRQs (from 1999).
- AP Teacher Community (Skip Nicholson) -- Join the AP English community, a combined group for Language & Literature. New version of the old ListServ .
- AP Language YouTube Channel (Live Review) -- 11 videos
- AP Literature YouTube Channel (Live Review) -- 10 videos
AP English FaceBook Groups - A P Language and Composition Teachers (Kristy Seidel)
- A P Literature and Composition (Brian Sztabnik)
- A P Literature and Composition Teachers (Michael Yeakey & Heather Davide Carlotz)
Teacher Sites -- Where have all the teachers gone? On sabbatical, into administration, to commercial sites, to retirement. So sorry. - Gina Korteum’s Lit & More : Modest but masterful, Gina shares a wealth of free resources on her website and extensive affordable materials on Teachers Pay Teachers. Practical, adaptable jewels.
- Tim Freitas’ The Garden of English : Delightful, often surprising viewpoint. Sense of humor meets excellence. Love all the videos, handouts and posters.
- Susa n Barber’s and Brian Sztabnik’s Much Ado About Teachin g : The reincarnation of AP LIT Help. These gifted inspiring teachers have mastered the ability to explain everything AP clearly. Articles, videos, handouts are amazing.
- Beth Hall’s Coach Hall Writes offersmany free AP Language materials with links to Teachers Pay Teachers materials. Subscribe to her YouTube channel for excellent, focused videos.
- Brian Tolentino shares dozens of short videos on his YouTube Channel, Tolentino Teaching . SAT Vocabulary and Rhetorical Terms are especially helpful.
- Kristian Kuhn’s home page shares some excellent assignments. Teachers Teaching Writing , his YouTube channel has dozens of clever, useful videos for AP Literature.
- Susan Barber’s Teach with Class site offers Teacher Resources.
- Jerry Brown’ s website has buried treasure, well worth seeking.
- Don Pogebra’s Quixotic Pedagogue : Gorgeous website with generous materials. Retired.
- Ronnie Campagna’s DropBox is a wealth of materials. Please download; do not delete or move.
- Dawn Hogue’s Online English Resources provides a Teacher’s Toolbox and other online resources for AP and regular classes.
- M sEffie’s LifeSavers : Several ways to get there – Google “mseffie” [first hit], use the short domain router (mseffie.com). Mine. What can I say? Such a nerd!
Terminology - Brian Tolentino Teaching includes 35 term specific videos
- Dictionary of Literary Terms (Joel Littauer)
- Literary History
- Handbook of Rhetorical Devices (Robert Harris)
- Oregon State Guide to English Literary Terms -- videos for more than 60 terms
- Poetic Terms (Robert Shubinsky)
Writing Help - Elements of Style
- Guide to Grammar and Writing
- Purdue OWL (Online Writing Lab )
Literary Theory and Criticism - Literary Resources on the Net (Jack Lynch)
- Literary Theory and Criticism (Brigham Young University)
- Guide to Critical Theory (Dino Felluga)
- Introduction to Modern Literary Theory (Kristi Siegel)
Miscellaneous Resources -- $ Resource Requiring Payment - TeachIt is a United Kingdom site (for their teachers) whose worksheets approach texts in a different way than we do. Though designed for their “regular” classes, the emphasis is usually on the kind of analysis we do in Advanced Placement classes. PDF files are free to download if you register.
- Thought.Co Writing is the old About.com and offers a disorganized but intriguing mess of articles on language, literature, art, and more -- tips on grammar, sample paragraphs of every mode, suggestted topic lists, critical analyses, passages by well-known authors focusing on specific stylistic traits, and so on. The short introductions analyze each piece and help focus discussion.
- TED Ed: Lessons Worth Sharing -- Based upon the regular TED Talks and a library of original animated videos, TedEd provides a platform for teachers to share lessons based on the videos.
- CrackAP.com -- provides free access to 50+ practice multiple-choice exams on various passages, many of them from previous AP exams. A very awkward confusing site, but students get immediate assessment and explanations. Just IGNORE all the pop-ups & exterior clicks. AP Language Practices . AP Literature Practices .
- PrepScholar -- One-stop location for every AP Literature Practice Test available, free & official, including many older ones not available at AP Central. AP Language . AP Literature .
- $ Applied Practice -- Resource Guides for more than 100 titles. Each includes AP style multiple-choice and free response questions withy answers. With explanations of answers. Other stuff available, too.
- $ Prestwick House -- Reasonably priced packages include Activity Packs , Response Journals , Literature Teaching Units , AP Teaching Units , and Multiple Critical Perspectives , Response Journals , and Activity Packs . Samples available to download to check them out. (Free Crossword Puzzles and free Posters .)
Links to My Pages with Handouts & URLs for Specific Major Works“The Lady of Shalott” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Macbeth by William Shakespeare | (uses College Board’s My Roads) | (Greek & Roman Mythology) (National Poetry Month) (an ekphrastic unit) | by Anthony Doerr (Film) -- yes, a fan page with YouTube links to all the great John Green short videos. | You may find other useful materials at Assignments , Handouts OR Yummy Bytes . If you download or print anything from this site, please consider making at least a $10.00 donation through PayPal. I can maintain and expand this website only with your help. Synthesis Essay MaterialsThe two synthesis essay questions below are examples of the question type that has been one of the three free-response questions on the AP English Language and Composition Exam as of the May 2007 exam. The synthesis question asks students to synthesize information from a variety of sources to inform their own discussion of a topic. Students are given a 15-minute reading period to accommodate the additional reading required for the question. Below is a sample synthesis essay question, sample scoring guidelines, comments from the Chief Reader about the sample student essays, seven sample student responses, and scoring commentary for each sample. Approximately 300 AP English Language and Composition students from eight schools in New York, Maine, Texas, Tennessee, Washington, Florida, and New Mexico wrote responses to this synthesis topic. Students from these schools were given a 15-minute reading period followed by a 40-minute writing period in which to complete the sample synthesis assignment. - AP English Language and Composition Synthesis Essay #1 (.pdf/84KB)
- Sample Scoring Guidelines (.pdf/43KB)
- Comments from the Chief Reader (.pdf/47KB)
- Sample Student Responses (.pdf/3.65MB)
- Scoring Commentary (.pdf/50KB)
An additional sample synthesis essay question is provided here. - AP English Language and Composition Synthesis Essay #2 (.pdf/338KB)
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Download free-response questions from past AP English Language & Composition exams, along with scoring guidelines, sample responses, and scoring distributions.
(This question counts as one-third of the total essay section score.) Many people spend long hours trying to achieve perfection in their personal or professional lives.
The Question Leader continues, "Students connected to the topic in surprising, powerful, and beautiful ways. That level of connection extended to even the lower-scoring essays.
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Get exam information and free-response questions with sample answers you can use to practice for the AP English Language and Composition Exam.
With the AP English Language and Composition exam coming up, it's important to find the best practice resources, and that includes practice tests! The AP Language and Composition exam has two sections: a multiple-choice section with 45 questions, and a free-response section with three essay questions—one synthesis prompt, one analysis prompt, and one argument prompt.
Real AP Past Papers with Multiple-Choice Questions. The new AP English Language and Composition Exam is 3 hours and 15 minutes long and broken up into two sections. Section I: One hour (45 percent of total score) 50-60 multiple-choice questions about several nonfiction prose passages. Section II: Two hours and 15 minutes.
AP Language and Composition Exam Review 2021, AP Lang Final Exam 2021. Free Response question that includes a prompt and a passage. The prompt asks you to critically read the passage and write a well developed essay in which you analyze something aspect of the passage.
This post goes over how to ace the argument essay on the AP English Language and Composition Exam. We offer tips and break down a couple of example essays.
AP English Language and Composition, commonly known as AP Lang, is one of the most engaging and popular AP classes offered at most high schools, with over 535,000 students taking the class. AP Lang tests your ability to analyze written pieces, synthesize information, write rhetorical essays, and create cohesive and concrete arguments. However, the class is rather challenging as only 62% of ...
You'll be required to write three essays on the AP English Language and Composition Exam. Learn about the requirements for each and read some sample essay prompts.
The AP Lang Argument Essay is one of three essays included in the written portion of the AP English Exam. The full AP English Exam is 3 hours and 15 minutes long, with the first 60 minutes dedicated to multiple-choice questions.
The AP Lang Rhetorical Analysis Essay is one of three essays included in the written portion of the AP English Exam. The full AP English Exam is 3 hours and 15 minutes long, with the first 60 minutes dedicated to multiple-choice questions. Once you complete the multiple-choice section, you move on to three equally weighted essays that ask you ...
Online practice exams for AP English Language & Compostion. Hundreds of challenging practice questions. Include AP Lang multiple choice and FRQ.
AP English Language and Composition: Sample Rhetorical Analysis and Synthesis Questions. April 9, 2024. The Rhetorical Analysis and Synthesis Essays are two of the three essays you'll need to write as part of the AP English Language and Composition Exam. Read on for a sample of each, as well as tips for how to answer them.
The AP English Language and Composition Exam has question types and point values that stay consistent from year to year, so you and your students know what to expect on exam day.
The AP English Language and Composition Exam's multiple-choice questions separate well-qualified students from those who are less qualified. To earn a "5" on the exam you must answer most of the questions correctly and write good essays. To earn a "3," you need to get about 50 or 60 percent of the short-answer questions right—provided that your essays are generally acceptable.
Of these 476,735 students, 11 achieved a perfect score from all professors/readers on all essays and correctly answered every multiple-choice question, resulting in the rare and impressive feat of earning all 100 of 100 points possible on an AP English Language Exam. Identities of the 2021 AP English Language Exams' Cited Authors.
Advanced Placement® Language and Literature Tests from 1970 to 2024. AP Language and LiteratureTests Reorganized: Each prompt is now a separate dated file with prompt, scoring guide (6-point and/or 9-point), sample student essays, comments -- whatever I have, attached. Released multiple-choice exams are in a separate folder.
Scoring Rubric for Question 1: Synthesis Essay. 6 points. Reporting Category. Scoring Criteria. Row A Thesis (0-1 points) 4.B. 0 points. For any of the following: There is no defensible thesis.
Download free-response questions from past AP English Literature and Culture exams, along with scoring guidelines, sample responses, and scoring distributions.
The two synthesis essay questions below are examples of the question type that has been one of the three free-response questions on the AP English Language and Composition Exam as of the May 2007 exam. The synthesis question asks students to synthesize information from a variety of sources to inform their own discussion of a topic.