When will you take the exam?
Your exam is at 8:00am on Wednesday, May 13th. Arrive to the school no later than 7:30am.
How is the exam structured?
The exam will take 3 hours and 15 minutes.
Section 1- Multiple Choice
1 hour
45% of the exam score
45 questions (around 7-10 questions per passage)
4-6 passages with Rhetorical, Style, Writer's Ogranization Questions
Section 2- Written Literary Analysis
2 hours and 15 minutes
55% of exam score
3 essays
ESSAY #1: Synthesis (55 minutes)
ESSAY #2: Rhetorical Analysis (40 minutes)
ESSAY #3: Argument (40 minutes)
How is the exam scored?
Your test will be graded on a five-point scale (“5” is the perfect score):
5 indicates you are extremely well-qualified.
4 indicates you are well-qualified.
3 indicates you are qualified.
2 indicates you are possibly qualified.
1 indicates that you are not qualified to receive college credit. (Remember that your grade consists of a 45% multiple choice score and a 55% essay score.)
Note: The multiple-choice section is machine scored. Students receive one point for each correct answer. Each essay is read by a different AP Reader, who has attended a week-long session to learn how to evaluate student essays. The Readers, who are college English professors and secondary school AP English Language and Composition teachers, score the essays using a 0 to 6 point scale. The scores for the multiple-choice section (45 percent of the total grade) are then combined with the three essay scores.
A final grade of 1 to 5 is then derived from this composite score.
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