AP English Language & Composition

🍃Review AP Exam Format and Timing

Section I: Multiple Choice

45 Questions | 1 hour | 45% of Exam Score

• Includes 5 sets of questions:

  • 23–25 Reading questions that ask students to read and analyze nonfiction texts.

  • 20–22 Writing questions that ask students to “read like a writer” and consider revisions to stimulus texts.

Section II: Free Response

3 Questions | 2 hours 15 minutes (includes a 15-minute reading period | 55% of Exam Score

• Students write essays that respond to 3 free-response prompts from the following categories:

  • Synthesis Question: After reading 6 texts about a topic (including visual and quantitative sources), students will compose an argument that combines and cites at least 3 of the sources to support their thesis.

  • Rhetorical Analysis: Students will read a nonfiction text and analyze how the writer’s language choices contribute to the intended meaning and purpose of the text.

  • Argument: Students will create an evidence-based argument that responds to a given topic.