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  1. AP English Language and Composition Exam Questions

    Download free-response questions from this year's exam and past exams along with scoring guidelines, sample responses from exam takers, and scoring distributions. If you are using assistive technology and need help accessing these PDFs in another format, contact Services for Students with Disabilities at 212-713-8333 or by email at ssd@info ...

  2. AP Lit Open Questions, 1970-2024

    MsEffie's List of Open-ended Questions. for Advanced Placement® English Literature Exams, 1. 970-2024*. Do not merely summarize the plot. Avoid plot summary. 2024, Set 1. Many works of literature feature a character who may be reluctant to make a decision, unable to make a decision, or is resistant to doing so.

  3. PDF Past AP Language ARGUMENT Prompts (some adaptations)

    Asher AP ELAC Past AP Language ARGUMENT Prompts (some adaptations) 2012 Consider the distinct perspective expressed in the following statements: "If you develop the absolute sense of certainty that powerful beliefs provide, then you can get yourself to accomplish virtually anything, including those things that other people are certain are impossible." (William Phelps )

  4. All FRQ #3 Open-Ended Prompts, 1970-2022

    All FRQ #3 Open-Ended Prompts, 1970-2022. Thanks to the hard work of Sandra Effinger, all the open-ended prompts from 1970-2022 have been assembled on one page. Please see this link. This is incredibly useful as a way of building general questions about independent reading. For example, a teacher might use this resource to build independent in ...

  5. PDF AP English Language & Composition Exam Prompts (1981 to 2017)

    AP English Language & Composition Exam Prompts (1981 to 2017) YEAR Question 1 (Synthesis) Question 2 (Rhetorical ... Excerpt from Thomas Carlyle's Past and Present - define Carlyle's attitude toward work and analyze how he uses language ... Write a persuasive essay that defends, challenges, or qualifies the assertion that "For in much ...

  6. PDF MsEffie's List of Advanced Placement® Language and Composition Prompts

    y and himself. Consider narrative structure, detail, manipulation of language, and tone.Write a persuasive essay that defends, challenges, or qualifies the assertion that "For in muc. is much grief, and increase of knowledge is increase of sorrow" (Ecclesiastes).1992Analyze Queen Elizabeth I's diction, imagery, a.

  7. Every AP English Language and Composition Practice Exam

    The essays are solid examples of the AP essay prompt style, although you could also substitute the unofficial free-response section for an official past free-response question if you wanted to make the experience even closer to a real AP. ... Released free-response questions from past years are best for practicing specifically for the free ...

  8. PDF AP English Literature 2016 Free-Response Questions

    Question 1. (Suggested time—40 minutes. This question counts as one-third of the total essay section score.) Read carefully the following poem by Richard Wilbur, first published in 1949. Then, write an essay in which you analyze how the speaker describes the juggler and what that description reveals about the speaker.

  9. PDF AP Literature Prose Essay Prompts (1970-2011)

    erature Prose Essay Prompts (1970-2011) NOTE: From 1956 (the first official administration of AP tests) through 19. , all AP English examinees took the same test. In 1980, separate La. guage and Literature exams began to be offered. The passages for the following prose essay prompts are from a variety of novels.

  10. AP English Language and Composition Exam

    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. ... Students write essays that respond to 3 free-response prompts from the following categories: ... View free-response questions and scoring information from past exams.

  11. PDF MsEffie's List of Prose Essay Prompts for Advanced Placement® English

    resent the complex response of the narrator to the incident at the riverbank.2020 Multiple Prompts 201. William Dean Howells' The Rise of Silas Lapham: Carefully read this excerpt from the novel (1885). Then, in a well-constructed essay, analyze how the autho. portrays the complex experience of two sisters, Penelope and Irene, within their ...

  12. AP United States History Exam Questions

    Score Distributions. Introduction and Preface. Short Answer Question 1. Short Answer Question 2. Short Answer Question 3. Document-Based Question 1. Long Essay Question 2. Long Essay Question 3. Download free-response questions from past AP United States History exams, along with scoring guidelines, sample responses, and scoring distributions.

  13. All AP FRQ #2 Prose Prompts, 1970-2022

    All AP FRQ #2 Prose Prompts, 1970-2022. Thanks to the hard work ofSandra Effinger, all the open-ended prompts from 1970-2022 have been assembled on one page. If you are a student frantically searching for the prose passages these prompts go to, you'll probably have to do a little digging based on the information given to you in the prompts. For ...

  14. PDF Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Open-ended Prompts for AP Lit & Comp Exam

    ankenstein by Mary Shelley Open-ended Prompts for AP Lit & Comp Exam 1970-2012Instructions: Using the list of past AP Exam open-ended essay prompts below, create an argument that establishes t. best three essay prompts to use for a timed essay using the text Frankenstein. I will give you a grade on how well you argue your selections in ...

  15. Advanced Placement English

    And more. . . 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.

  16. PDF AP Literature Open-ended Prompts (1970-2016)

    AP Literature Open-ended Prompts (1970-2016) 1970. Choose a character from a novel or play of recognized literary merit and write an essay in which you (a) briefly describe ... 1977. A character's attempt to recapture the past is important in many plays, novels, and poems. Choose a literary work in

  17. PDF Essay Prompts Reworded by Period 2017

    2002 (B) - #1: Explain how economic development in the British North American colonies was impacted by the Atlantic trade routes between 1650 and 1750. 2001 - #2: Evaluate the economic, geographic, and social factors which impacted the growth of slavery in the southern colonies between 1607 and 1775.

  18. Where can I find past AP Lang Essay prompts? : r/APStudents

    Just Google "AP Lang past FRQs" and there will be several from the past few years. Be aware that they've only been on the 6 point scale for I believe 3 years now, so the less recent essay prompts will have samples graded on the old 9 point scale, and you'll have to grade yourself based on the new rubric with a bit less guidance, though most of the points are pretty obviously converted.

  19. AP World History: Modern Exam Questions

    If you are using assistive technology and need help accessing these PDFs in another format, contact Services for Students with Disabilities at 212-713-8333 or by email at [email protected]. The 2020 free-response questions are available in the AP Classroom question bank. Download free-response questions from past AP World History exams ...

  20. Essay Paper UPSC 2024 (Mains): Question Paper and Analysis

    UPSC conducted the Essay Paper, as part of the Civil Services Main Exam 2024 on 20-09-2024. The question paper was relatively easy. There were 8 Essay topics, out of which candidates were asked to write on two topics in 3 hours. Candidates were supposed to answer about 1000 words for each essay (about 10-12 pages).

  21. AP U.S. Government and Politics Exam Questions

    Download free-response questions from this year's exam and past exams along with scoring guidelines, sample responses from exam takers, and scoring distributions. ... Note: Some questions and scoring guidelines from the 2023 and earlier AP U.S. Government and Politics Exams may not perfectly align with the course and exam updates that take ...

  22. PDF MsEffie's List of Poetry Essay Prompts for Advanced Placement® English

    s to make his point.2007B Poem: "Here" (Philip Larkin)Prompt: Read the following poem carefully. Then, write a well-organized essay i. convey his attitude toward the places he d. scribes.2006 Poem: "Evening Hawk" (Robert Penn Warren)Prompt: Read the following poem carefully. Then write a well-organized essa.

  23. Banned Books Week starts with mixed messages as reports show challenges

    NEW YORK (AP) — Two reports released Monday provide a mixed but compelling outlook on the wave of book removals and challenges as the annual Banned Books Week begins for schools, stores and libraries nationwide.. The American Library Association found a substantial drop in 2024 so far in complaints about books stocked in public, school and academic libraries, and in the number of books ...

  24. AP Spanish Language and Culture Exam Questions

    If you are using assistive technology and need help accessing these PDFs in another format, contact Services for Students with Disabilities at 212-713-8333 or by email at [email protected]. The 2020 free-response questions are available in the AP Classroom question bank. Download free-response questions from past AP Spanish Language and ...