<p>@1prettykitty
They aren’t necessarily the best fit, just suggestions. That would royally screw over anyone who is unfamiliar with the books listed, which is not necessarily their fault if it wasn’t covered in depth in their AP Literature curriculum, and happens far more often than one would think.</p>
<p>It certainly happened to me, and I think it would be ridiculous if I was marked off simply because I didn’t cater to their choices. Everything which I’ve learned about the AP Lit exam and everything that my teacher told me would also consequently be wrong. The open question requires some familiarity with the book in question beyond simply knowing what the plot is. I’m not going to pull ■■■■■■■■ out of my ass just so that way I can write about one of the books they have listed when I have quotes memorized and strong familiarity with the thematic and literary devices of other books, and can write a much stronger essay.</p>
<p>And if someone can find a perfect fit for the prompt that is not already listed, well, more kudos to them for having enough literary knowledge to make that connection. </p>
<p>I used The Kite Runner. I think there’s nothing wrong with picking The Kite Runner. There are so many books where sacrifice is a prominent theme that it would be absolutely ludicrous if the books were limited to those choices, and many past 9 essays have been books that were NOT listed with the prompt, so I highly doubt that the graders care about your book choice, as long as it connects well to the prompt and it is of literary merit.</p>
<p>Does anybody know how many different exams are made each year? Is it just a form a and form b? Because I took it in and mine was completely different from what you guys are talking about (I live in Spain). </p>
<p>Anyways, the exam was quite easy, though from what I can tell, an open response question on sacrifice would have been better than what I got. Im really happy I didnt have to write an essay on a Shakespearean sonnet
Fingers crossed for a 5, but I would be content with a 4</p>
<p>@1prettykitty I know that the ones listed fit the book the most, but if you pick a book not on the list then there is a better chance that your essay will be a bit more original.
That grief poem was defiantly the worst. We told my ap teacher that we had to read an Elizabeth Browning. He just alighted and said that the college board must have hated us this year.</p>
<p>I was just trying to say that it’s easier to use the ones listed than reach for something else. Unless, of course, there’s no book listed that you’ve read and can think if a good fit for the prompt. Btw I have used ones not listed before on the open prompt for in-class essays and it worked out fine.</p>
<p>Has anyone found some good analysis on the Grief poem?</p>
<p>Did you notice that so many of the themes were anti-women? Some of them were portraying women as seducers, passive and feminine, crazy, insecure, and coldhearted. That lawn mower passage tho. T_T </p>
<p>I used Lord of the Flies for the third FRQ. </p>
<p>@agreatperhaps13 That is really true. That passage about Sir Francis and that woman was really creepy. Especially when the speaker mentions that if she really tried, her face would blush. Was anyone else unsettled by that? It made her seem like a sociopathic monster. </p>
<p>Not gonna lie, I thought that test was pretty hard, well, the MC at least. Then again, that’s probably because I absolutely hate poetry and half the time don’t understand what they’re talking about.</p>
<p>Essays weren’t all that bad, but I think the MC might screw me over.</p>
<p>On a good note, at the college I’m going to, getting a 4 or 5 on AP Lang and getting a 4 or 5 on AP Lit get you out of the same class, and I made a 5 on AP Lang last year, so I already won’t have to take that English class. If there was one AP exam to not be bothered about getting a 3 on, it’s this one for me.</p>
<p>Mazimoto…it’s by Rita dove…Ludwig van Beethoven return to Vienna…something along those lines in google shall get you the results you are looking for…</p>
<p>I got a 3. Eh. My class taught me very little on how to pass the exam. I didn’t care much to study out of class because there’s not really a way to “study” English. You can practice your skills, but it only gets you so far. </p>
