What is the format for the AP English exams?
Below is information on the FORMAT of the AP English exams: AP Language and Composition and AP Literature and Composition ***Multiple Choice Section: –Language test: prose passages –Literature test: prose and poetry –Passages on both tests may come from the 17th, 18th, 19th, or 20th centuries –Approximately 55 questions covering four-five passages. –Time Limit: 60 minutes –Weight: 45% of total test score ***Free Response (Essay): –English Language Exam ESSAYS: ( –One or two prompts requiring analysis of rhetoric in an argument, all in factual prose passages. (You need to know terms of persuasion, how to discuss satire, logical fallacies, etc.) –One or two prompts requiring construction of an argument based on specific directions, sometimes involving at least one passage or quotation. –You definitely will have a synthesis question (similar to a social studies DBQ) and will have to be able to understand research skills. Fifteen extra minutes will be added to the exam to allow t
