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<p>AP Lang focuses more on literary devices. Know what (conceptual) metaphors are, what an ad hominem argument is, etc. </p>
<p>Also be able to read long sentences. Be able to keep track of the various pronouns and their antecedents. That is likely the greatest challenge on the M/C section of the AP Lang exam. You will be presented sentences the length of paragraphs, and the exam will ask you what “it” in line 38 refers to. Often times, the antecedent of “it” will be in line 18 or whereabouts. </p>
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<p>That’s not a good sign. </p>
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<p>A noble reason to take AP Lang, but writing on the AP Lang exam is timed, so your in-class essays will likely be timed as well, and I’m not sure if timed writing can cultivate one’s writing skills. Just don’t get into AP Lang and then realize “oh crap, this class is killing my GPA and my essays aren’t getting any better.” </p>
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<p>The M/C isn’t hard - it’s laughably predictable from year to year. I can tell you right now that there will be several pronoun-antecedent questions on the 2012 AP Lang exam, along with questions asking about metaphors, etc. </p>
<p>The essays, in my opinion, are fairly difficult. Be able to write 3 essays on disparate subjects in the span of 2 hours.</p>