The AP English Litearture Exam is on Thursday, May 8. Scores will be posted online in July.

We will be having a Mandatory Study Session on Saturday, May 3rd from 8:00am – 12:00pm.

The test itself is three hours.

• Multiple Choice: 60 minutes on 4-5 reading passages – Counts as 45% of the final score
• Essay: 120 minutes for three essay questions, includes poetry analysis, prose analysis and “Open Question” – Counts as 55% of the final score
• No points are deducted for wrong answers, so students are encouraged to answer all multiple-choice answers. Use process of elimination to get rid of wrong answer choices.

Released Test Questions:

• Sample Essay (Free Response) Questions
• Sample Multiple Choice Questions (.pdf, pages 54-69)
• Sample Essay Questions (.pdf, pages 70-77)

Helpful Study Resources:

• AP English Language and Composition E-Book (.pdf)
• AP English Glossary of Literary Terms (.pdf)
• AP Lit Terms (.pdf)

Essay Questions (Free Response Section):

• Literary Analysis (Poetry, 40 minutes)
• Literary Analysis (Prose, 40 minutes writing)
• Literary Analysis (“Open Question,” 40 minutes)

Possible Texts for “Open Question”:

• Heart of Darkness
• Hamlet
• Slaughterhouse Five
• The Kite Runner
• The Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
• My Antonia
• Bless Me, Ultima
• The Awakening
• Another appropriate novel/play that you’ve read and are familiar with