AP Language VS. AP Literature

TheAscendancy
Mon, 12 Jul 2010 19:21:30 +0000

1. easiest AP (content)?

2. most interesting AP?

3. easier in self-studying AP?

4. most leniently-curved AP?

5. easiest AP (exam)?




Lang
Subjective (I personally found Lit more interesting because I generally like literature)
Lang (less to read)
Lang (Lit has one of the harshest curves – about top 6% get 5’s, whereas Lang’s curve is more similar to those of other exams)
Lang, usually




Which do you like more, reading books/poems or crafting a well-written argument? If it’s the former, take lit. If the latter, take lang.

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It’s really not that simple. You have to apply a lot of skills from Lang to the Lit exam. For example, rhetorical analysis really helps for all the short selections and poems.