<p>I don't understand the difference between these two. What do you need to do well on each of them?
Please help.</p>
<p>i may be wrong, as my kids did these a few years ago, but AP Lang, usually comes first and is more about grammar and writng. AP Lit is a lot of critical reading, not unlike the SAT I critcal reading section. see if collegeboard. com can help, check out AP study books, and ask your guidance counselor.</p>
<p>Okay. That's actually what I thought, but when I looked at sample questions, they looked so similar. The CritReading section of the SAT did look a lot like AP Lit, so I thought it would be good to take it now, but I guess I'll go with Lang.</p>
<p>Thanks. :]</p>
<p>always best to take an AP test close in time to when you took it in high school...you're welcome!</p>
<p>AP Lit also asks you to analyze a poem for one of your FRQs and AP Lang. doesn't have any poetry.</p>
<p>AP Lit requires you to read a lot of novels and poems and plays and look at plot, character development, and basically anything else about the literary work.</p>
<p>AP Lang requires you to analyze how the author achieves his or her purpose through the use of rhetorical and literary devices.</p>