AP english lit and language?

gthopeful
Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:17:06 +0000

It’s been several years since I took them, but I don’t recall them being all that much different from each other. I do remember taking Language in junior year and Literature in senior year though. I don’t care for english-y stuff too much, but I 5’d both exams with the mindset of “write down as much crap as possible”. Bottom line: Don’t get intimidated and just make up s**t!

I do recall for the exams you’re expected to be extremely familiar with selected pieces of literature so that you can write about them on the essay portion, but that’s about it. I don’t think there’s any way to effectively study for the exams either unless you’re taking a class, so that’s a relief in a way.