AP Test Prep

2012 AP® English Language and Composition Free-Response Questions

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Neither rain nor snow nor heat nor gloom may keep postal workers from delivering the mail, but is their livelihood sustainable? A question about the USPS makes up one of the three items in a series of free-response questions from the AP® English Language Composition exam. Seven sources help writers develop arguments, and two additional prompts follow, one on rhetorical analysis and one on the relationship between certainty and doubt.

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CCSS: Adaptable
Instructional Ideas
  • Pair learners and have them work to develop an argument for the first question
  • Play a game where readers race to find rhetorical devices in the second item before writing their pieces
Classroom Considerations
  • Shares suggested time limits for each section
Pros
  • Includes a document that features commonly asked questions
  • Gives sample answers to review
Cons
  • Missing specific scoring guidelines within the file that contains the prompts
Common Core