The AP Exam is near!
You've worked hard all year and now you're getting the chance to show how you've grown as a student and as a writer. Even though the thought of this test can be very stressful, try not to spend all of your time worrying about it. Instead spend your time getting familiar with the test so that you can do your very best when the time comes!
Studying Resources
If you want to practice, or if you just want to see where you stand AP-wise initially, here are some resources to help you out:
1987 Complete AP Exam Test with Answer Key
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Tests to Diagnose AP Ability
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EVERY available AP Literature and Composition test on the Internet, free and approved
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Scored free-response essay examples
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Multiple Choice Tips and Tricks |
Free Response Tips and Tricks |
These are a list of things that I have found particularly helpful when taking practice multiple choice tests in class.
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The free response portion of the exam is, for most, the most stressful section of the exam. Hand-writing three essays in a certain amount of time seems like an impossible task, however! If you're in this class, prepared to take the essay, you will be more prepared than you think!
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Table 1: Literature Cheat-Sheet Example*
A table like this can become extremely helpful if you're like me and freeze up on the third essay prompt (the author's names are the hardest for me to remember!). The major themes columns are especially useful when applying the works of literature to an open-ended prompt.
*This table is provided as a mere example of what you can make with works of literature you are most familiar with/enjoy the most. This is obviously not all of the literature you are able to use on the test; there are a great many pieces that are "AP certified" that you can choose from! Here's a link that provides a list of those works.
*This table is provided as a mere example of what you can make with works of literature you are most familiar with/enjoy the most. This is obviously not all of the literature you are able to use on the test; there are a great many pieces that are "AP certified" that you can choose from! Here's a link that provides a list of those works.
AP Essay Handout
This is a handout given out my Mrs. Rutan. I found it really helpful for planning when I wrote my practice essays. I often forget to think of why the author wrote their work; when I do remember, I usually don't know how to incorporate it into my writing.
GOOD LUCK! Have faith in yourself!
Additional Resources from Students of APL&C Past
A student who got a 5 on both the AP Language exam and the AP Literature and Composition exam as a sophomore shares her tips on how to score well for both tests.
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As a sophomore, Estella earned a 5 on her AP Literature and Composition exam. In this video, she shares her strategies she used to get such a good score.
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I encourage you to up your lexicon for this test. AP readers like to see that you have a broad vocabulary---and that you know how to use it! This is a study set of all the vocabulary words taught to our AP Literature class of 2017.
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This is a thread of students who have already taken the AP Literature and Composition exam sharing their tricks to getting a good study session going.
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