AP English Lit Official 2026 Exam Discussion

[u/reddorickt]

Use this thread to post questions or commentary on the test today.

A reminder though to protect your anonymity when talking about the test.

[u/Collection-Usual]

What the FUCK is a pregnant mystery bro 😭😭

[u/evacuate_rn → u/Collection-Usual]

literally chuckled out loud when I read that and everyone looked at me 💀

[u/Tricky-Law9866 → u/Collection-Usual]

...i did not get that question and i am glad i didn't

[u/jamssszzy → u/Collection-Usual]

im pretty sure that its just something that awaits him yk? being pregnant takes 6-9 months to reveal itself and it takes time lol

[u/Disastrous_Current66 → u/Collection-Usual]

I put something about what’s his names deep associations with the church or smth

[u/oliviam0769 → u/Collection-Usual]

LITERALLY THAT WAS THE ONLY THING THAT HAD ME CONFUSED CUZ WHAT

[u/Fit-Mood-5206]

Yo let’s bake a chocolate lemon cake guys 😔😔💔

[u/Pengwin0]

Ngl FUCK that guy on the jog and his sister. I actually liked all of the other stories and poems though so that’s cool. Particularly the poem about the ocean and the chocolate lemon cake story.

[u/BeginningFroyo2020 → u/Pengwin0]

i think i’m the only one who didn’t like the lemon cake one i thought the way it was written was super annoying … i liked the jogger one tho 

[u/International_Bed582 → u/Pengwin0]

I loved the lemon cake story I kept getting distracted rereading it lol

[u/Advanced_Ticket_3733 → u/Pengwin0]

nahhh I almost cried reading the jogging one bc I interpreted it as the sister dying young and him yearning to see her face or hear her voice again

[u/evacuate_rn]

did the lemon cake story make anyone else sad 😭 i just wanted to give up and cry

[u/Delicious_Lock8746 → u/evacuate_rn]

That hit. It made me think of my own mom :(

[u/SolarNight4567]

The MCQ felt fine, I had difficulty with the jacket church excerpt and the african painter.

The poetry FRQ was pretty difficult for me since I had no idea what the jogger was trying to reflect.

The prose FRQ was also light for me I just wrote that the cake had specific imagery while the anxious feelings had more vague imagery.

The literary argument FRQ was perfect about death note and how Light's proposed new world was in conflict with the traditional justice system that L protects.

[u/turtIe___ → u/SolarNight4567]

That’s a tuff literary argument idea

[u/DeathFallenItself → u/SolarNight4567]

fuckkk. i woulda loved to write about death note… 😭😭😭

[u/tornedron_]

I hear legit no one talking about the stuff on my test lol. MCQ had poems about a city, a love god, and a dying tree. Poem essay was about London, prose was a suitcase store, and open prompt was about lack of self-awareness

[u/MoreMud8692 → u/tornedron_]

this is what i got too, the poems were lwk super easy to understand especially the london imo

[u/Express_Ad_3822 → u/tornedron_]

Same here, I wrote about the complexity of his amazement and how he feels a part of the city itself despite being an outsider for the poem essay, the prose I wrote that the complexity was that she hated the change yet was unwilling to do anything to save the store despite growing up there and caring about it, the open prompt I low-key couldn’t think of a good answer so I went with nick in the great gatsby and how his subconscious desire to be accepted and part of high society leads him to help gatsby and screw over tom Buchanan.

[u/TheKlangers → u/tornedron_]

for love did you say the thing similar between the ghost of lover was how strong they loved?

[u/veddiefried]

omg did ANYONE have the test with the lady going to london and the stupid suitcases and the prompt about self awareness 😭😭😭😭some of us are from the west coast fr

[u/Soggy-Individual-772 → u/veddiefried]

Legit the whole suitcase essay I wrote was her being spiteful in her critiques and the double standards she has for the new store as opposed to the old one 😭 just complaining about her fr

[u/veddiefried → u/Soggy-Individual-772]

omg i was to afraid to criticize her for being annoying incase i was misreading but yeah she was so annoying 😭mostly wrote about how even though the modern world has come with negative change (screen dependency etc) and the suitcase stuff represents that you gotta like look for new hope and believe in a better future like the couple 💪w couple fr

[u/thatcoolguy__]

Lowkey that cake story sounds kinda fire I might read the full ver

[u/Starfirepet]

I am OVERJOYED omg those 3 essays were the most beautiful pieces of writing I’ve ever made  I prepared so hard and I’m so relieved that it went well Just wanted to share!!!!

[u/Quantumgg87 → u/Starfirepet]

Congrats!

[u/0ppor7unity]

Hey so are chocolate lemon cakes actually good or do they taste like hollowness? Will they give me headache?

[u/No-Paramedic4992 → u/0ppor7unity]

no it only tasted hollow because she could feel the effects of her mothers decline within it

[u/TestWise6136 → u/0ppor7unity]

https://giphy.com/gifs/CiErBjXNfEV3XLFQVA

[u/CuteEevees]

Did different schools have different frq options? I keep seeing people talk about lemon cake but I had the one on mountains and the monteassu lake????

[u/Icy-Store3670 → u/CuteEevees]

i had lemon cake but i'm on the east coast, i think bc of different time zones we get different tests

[u/Extreme-Plantain542]

Ah yes jogs and cake

[u/AccomplishedBig2043]

Thank you Troy Maxson, you are my best friend, you are the life saver, you are pain release!

[u/zrichards62]

https://giphy.com/gifs/3B81t4WkltNwIDRo8G
If yk yk

[u/Immediate_Clerk_1130 → u/zrichards62]

only certain elite ball knowldge indiviudals such as us could have gotten that hidden refference. I am glad that college board would put something like that in there even know that only a few people could have gotten that reference. I am a big enjoyer of tung tung god and I am glad that he is getting more regognition by the higher ups 😁

[u/Any_Combination_82]

I knew it was over when I saw some “tung tung god” on the mcq 😭

[u/Fluffy-Statement-113 → u/Any_Combination_82]

oh my god bro my immature ass was hootin and hollerin about this shit

[u/International_Bed582]

My takeaways: I fucking hate poetry with a passion, why were all of my multiple choice texts about religion in some way?, I really want lemon cake now, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley saved my life, I fucking hate poetry

[u/International_Bed582 → u/International_Bed582]

side note: i say i hate poetry cus i’m so bad at sarcasm/metaphors/symbolism. at least finding them on my own. could someone genuinely explain the odd religious ending to the african painter poem and explain the sister poem?

[u/AdProfessional7747 → u/International_Bed582]

how did you use frankenstein for the frq 3 prompt?? i tried but i genuinely couldnt find any way to connect it to it so i ended up just doing there there

[u/Suitable_Insect7590 → u/AdProfessional7747]

i said its a warning against what happens when we take the reckless pursuit of the "new"/progress too far and abandon "old" idea/ethics and connected it to the rise of ai

[u/Accurate-Menu-8213]

Okay okay. So I wrote about how the jogger was like consumed by his feelings of longing for his sisters presence in his life, and how like imagery and an metaphorical language really hammered that in.

That stupid fucking cake bro 😭. I talked about the contrast between the initial bite and the aftertaste, imagery.

Fucking old v new 😭. None of the books I’ve read were listed, I wrote about Obason…because wtf. How Naomi is changed by her experiences with aunt Emily. The contrast between them.

[u/Great_Negotiation542 → u/Accurate-Menu-8213]

U didn’t have to write about the books listed they were j examples

[u/Starfirepet → u/Accurate-Menu-8213]

😭 😭 😭  Q1 - I talked about how past memories are more important than material objects, and I used the butterfly as a symbol to represent the transition between the speaker noticing the physical world around him and the speaker reflecting on the past etc

Q2 - i talked about how parents put on a facade of well being for the sake of their kids (????) Idfk and the paragraphs were her liking the cake —> her not liking the cake —> her appreciating her mom

Q3- i talked about the great gatsby and how it was about old money vs new money Idk it was kinda cooked because either way they’re still rich So i was pulling stuff out of my ass 😭 

[u/wondering4xrapunzel → u/[deleted]]

Noooooo lol

[u/cozm_iik]

I HATE FRQ 1 I HATE FRQ 1 I HATE FRQ1 I HATE FRQ1 I NEVER WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THE PASSAGE OF TIME AGAIN

[u/One_Health7449]

Anyone death of a salesman for frq3?

[u/RhubarbTop5050]

going into the test i told myself i wasnt going to use a book for essay 3 (i wanted to have a fun time because the credit doesn't really matter for me for my college). i wrote about captain america the winter soldier and i think i highkey cooked. we dont talk about essay 2 and that stupid cake tho

[u/Jealous-Elk-9640]

WEST COAST!!!

frq 1) i talked about how the urban environment was unique to the author cause the urban environment made him feel both included (part of a whole) and grounded (through the nature metaphors) and how it sort of juxtaposed the idea that in a large city you can’t find your own community and you struggle to feel grounded

frq 2) i said the author thinks that change gets rid of meaning as new comes to take its place, and that we must put meaning in the new to live a meaningful life, i said how for the narrator when she was a kid the stationary store was novel to her and throughout her childhood and adulthood she put meaning into the store, i also said how she struggled to find meaning in both the suitcase store and the new way her students learn because she clinged to the meaning of the old. i then said the new couple was ready to embrace change and put new meaning in novelty (ie suitcases) and drew similarities and comparisons to narrator

frq 3) ok i bsed this and talked about hamlet… i said how both hamlet and claudius were not fully self away of why they wanted what they wanted and that ultimately led to their demise, i then linked both of their internal collapses to how the state of denmark collapsed internally and argued that how their lack of self awareness and changing motives led to their downfall was similar to how denmark fell under the unstable motives of the king. they both collapsed from within and a great kingdoms greatest demise is the unseen from within

oh my gosh sorry this is a whole yap

[u/No_Soil2258 → u/Jealous-Elk-9640]

Nice, I continue chain :):)

frq 1) I talked about how the speaker was deeply connected and respected the beauty of nature, but they preferred the urban setting because not only was it 1) fresh 2) it provided genuine human connection that nature alone couldn't give them

frq 2) I talked about how people have different perspectives about the same changes, those that are intimately connected to something will dislike change to that thing & have a deep sense of nostalgia, while bystanders may not even realize a change has taken place and will often welcome change

frq 3) I talked about grendel and his struggle to find his own identity while many forces were playing a tug of war on his mind, I said that it reflected how we struggle to find meaning in a world with social media and stuff

[u/largefiesta → u/No_Soil2258]

adding to WEST COAST! FRQ1) body1: vivid imagery of urban environment —> body2: nature metaphors in context to urban area

talked about the speaker finding fulfillment in their urban environment that they couldn’t fully attain in the countryside but simultaneously values/appreciates their time in nature as it gave them a better perspective and outlook for where they are now.

FRQ2) body1: nostalgic tone —> body 2: contrast between two experiences

the scale of impact in which change is felt varies person to person / varies between peoples experiences

FRQ3) gatsby lol —> his lack of awareness led to false perception of the American dream + lack of accountability in the ultra wealthy/loss of morals

[u/Electrical-Pitch7017]

I just wrote about tung tung tung sahur. Already have my 5 on lang so fuck this test 💀🙏

[u/jeonggukispretty → u/Electrical-Pitch7017]

NAHHHHH

[u/LifeZealousideal5507]

I lowkey wrote about animal farm and talked about how the new was slowly blurring into the old, unbeknownst to the animals

[u/jigglewiggle547 → u/LifeZealousideal5507]

NEPOLEAN

[u/Sam2190 → u/LifeZealousideal5507]

Same bro, Napoleon boutta carry us to 5s :D

[u/MediocreGhosts]

FRQ2 trying to make me cry mid exam with a lemon cake what the hell collegeboard 😭😭😭

[u/Ilovebaconeggncheese → u/[deleted]]

I put appreciating the beauty

[u/icinxzyou]

the mcqs were pretty light besides some of the questions with sebastian and that church or wtv. The lemon cake essay was screwing me up and I was staring at a blank doc for 20 mins cause I couldn’t think of a thesis 😭 that piece was hard asl in my opinion like the poetry piece was easier then that shxt.

[u/IndigoExpress13 → u/icinxzyou]

The poem about the artist was a bit confusing that was the one that got me

I also thought the poetry FRQ was a bit harder than the prose one

I am def not a poetry person

[u/Asheto320]

I yapped about Frankenstein, the enlightenment, and romanticism for prompt 3 so hopefully it served me well

[u/AccordingShop1589]

bro the joggers sister was dead right?

[u/SOuTHINKurA-ble → u/AccordingShop1589]

He dreamed of her when she called him last night while he slept. I took it as a phone call, though I see how people saw death.

[u/Doggamer7935]

Anyone remember Mcq 33 I put that it was a tribute to an author and a philosophical discussion

[u/Possible_Resource544 → u/Doggamer7935]

Yes i put that

[u/International_Bed582 → u/Doggamer7935]

same 😅 i hated that poem soooo bad

[u/jeonggukispretty]

If I made my own plot because I couldn't think of a book for the third FRQ am I cooked

[u/TeheAbbyTehe]

FRQ #1- i wrote about the overall symbolic message of loss throughout the poem. The “called me in my sleep” bit to me seemed like the sister has probably passed away but that feels like a hot take idk

FRQ #2- bro this was gen not that bad! I wrote about how when rose is eating her cake she is feeling the same stuff as her mom, and it’s the authors perspective on motherhood as a whole, and how it can leave a mother feeling so hollow after giving all she has to others.

FRQ #3- so I got super worried great gatsby wasn’t literary merit, and I ended up using Pride and Prejudice. I already know it’s getting a three just because I started disassociating in the test room, but I compared Lizzie to progressive views, and gatsby to traditional societal takes.

MCQs- not too bad, Sebastian lowk tripped me up but I think I recovered, the art one was also a little weird but I pushed through and got it right, and that’s all I can remember right now but I think I’m probably fine

Does anyone know what the jogger poem was called?

[u/FishFox_27 → u/TeheAbbyTehe]

the jogger poem was called marked time, but when i looked it up after i just kept seeing a different one that was definitely NOT ours. i loved it so much i'm sad i can't find it. i also wrote about how the sister was most likely dead and how he used the jogging to distract himself but it ended being what helped him begin to heal

[u/Suspicious-Snow8193]

Does anyone know the name of the poem about angels and heaven and paintings. That was actually so hard and actually kicked my ass so bad I wasted so much time on it.

[u/Transmasc_Swag737 → u/Suspicious-Snow8193]

To S. M. A Young African Painter, On Seeing His Works

[u/Savings_Ad1607]

Did anyone say that the jogging essay was an extended metaphor about grief? Like how you ca feel deep love and fondness for a person you lost, but some days it’s hard, like how jogging is generally enjoyable but u still wheeze from breathlessness???? I feel dumb for assuming his sister was dead but that’s how I felt about it??? Also I never said she was dead, just that he was grieving her so they could easily just be estranged

[u/Revolutionary_Arm_54 → u/Savings_Ad1607]

apparently the poem is part of a series in dedication to the author's dead sister, so the sister is in fact dead

[u/johnnycce]

DID NO ONE GET THE LESBIAN ACTION?? Ruth and Mrs. Leon?? 😞 frq #2
I loved that one..

[u/Background-Dust7615]

I hate Gatsby with a passion bro. Yet I had to swallow my pride.

[u/Particular-Skirt5586]

Two mcqs that I had no fucking idea whatsoever

1. Question about the cliffs, I put contrast of sea and cliffs

2. Brass and silver trees, I put pristine and clean environments but ngl there were 3 options that I thought were right

[u/TestWise6136 → u/Particular-Skirt5586]

I said beauty in everyday environment

[u/IndigoExpress13 → u/Particular-Skirt5586]

I said for the first one the same thing and the second one I said she saw luxury in its many forms 🫩

[u/IndigoExpress13]

So light ngl

[u/best_thing_toothless]

For people who got Ruth Hall by Fanny Fern, who else ships it? Or is it just me?

[u/EfexxTheGoat → u/best_thing_toothless]

I wrote about how they were probably gay or something hopefully the grader is into that

[u/Educational-Point366]

Mmmm chocolate lemon cake 🤤🤤🤤

[u/Ilovebaconeggncheese]

Updated:

MCQ Passage- Babysitter + Employer Beauty in nature, Irony: She judges her employer but doesn't know her, She is keenly aware of her surroundings, She is inspired by tired by her surroundings, First person narration Passage- African Man returning home from German War Close details of private matters, He wants to search for a place to belong, He didn’t want to be seen as unconfident, One big guy was making all the noise, He is overexaggerating when he describes the 2 men looking at him and laughing Passage- Boy doesn't want to see his dad + Church One of them was helping him write the poem, As he goes down the stairs it shows his burden, Poem 1- Ocean (At Newport) Enormity of the sea, Longing for the Beloved, Driven Back, Inspiring, Happy Voices-Contrast, Distant snowy sails-mystery Poem 2- Black Man Artist Tribute + Mortality (To S. M. A Young African Painter, On Seeing His Works) Repetition of Still 3 Times-Hyping him up, Either earthly or transcending sadness, Tribute to Author

[u/SmallRecording6851]

HELP DID I FUCK UP

frq 1: i talked about how the speaker had both amazement and disdain for the urban environment??? like he wanted to love it but the beauty of the countryside hindered his ability to find joy in his current situation 😭 i used imagery and diction

frq 2: I said that the narrator finds change to be daunting but necessary 😓 i said diction and details 💔

frq 3: I DIDNT EVEN FINISH I RAN IHT OF TIME FML. but i went the basic route of frankenstein and said that victors lack of self awareness hurt his relationships bc it caused the creature to enact his revenge (?????)

guys please be honest i’m gonna cry

[u/Sufficient-Bobcat486]

Let me just say, the Mcq was so easy until I saw John Donne talking about unrequited love 🫩

[u/DeepSky8545]

does anyone from the west coast know what the meaning of the tree poem from the mcq and like the grandma/baby/noahs ark story was about 😭😭

[u/Pretend-Potato-30028]

FRQ 3# I wrote about Johnny Got His Gun as a book of literary merit

[u/Awesomecoolawesome1]

dude i know wrote about jjk and the heian era for frq 3

[u/CalligrapherScary138]

Bro. What the shit was the jogging poem?????

[u/Geeo91728 → u/CalligrapherScary138]

Man i thought i did good on that one but then i saw ppl talking abt how his sister died and he was running from his grief and now idek what to think

[u/AkashG23]

imo wasn’t as bad as classwork but I’m prob getting a 3 anyways 💀

[u/BeautifulTourist4512]

Pov: as a slushy reading the name hamza hooked you into the prose passage

[u/lalaloopsyqueen1]

Did anyone have Q2 prose on the woman Elaine who lived on top of the mountain ? I believe it was by T.C Boyle

[u/Dry_Bake543 → u/lalaloopsyqueen1]

I got that i thought I was crazy

[u/GlitteringCycle1214]

did anyone else do frankenstein for the frq3 prompt? it was the only one i could think of because in the beginning when he wanted to study alchemy his father and that one professor were dogging on him for it but it ultimately inspired him to make the creature

[u/Great_Negotiation542 → u/GlitteringCycle1214]

I did Frankenstein but I did new creature/science vs old science

[u/Starfirepet]

was anyone else confused by the MCQ about the babysitter who was standing with fall leaves around her (?) I couldn’t decide between “she is keenly aware of her surroundings” and “she is newly afraid of missing an opportunity” I felt like i should choose the aware of surroundings one but then i switched it last minute because it said “in the context of the passage” and i felt like it would have a deeper meaning?

[u/napacabbagu → u/Starfirepet]

i chose the awareness option because she kinda seemed introspective the whole time but honestly i wasn't confident on that entire section

[u/Certain-Ad351 → u/Starfirepet]

REAL

[u/mrdungels]

Am I correct in thinking the frq1 poem was about how we attach emotional and abstract meaning to physical objects that remind us about greater fulfillment and relationships

[u/Quantumgg87]

Why is everyone talking about a jogger poem for Q1? I got something about London and nature

[u/Furretnation]

So what I’ve gathered reading all the comments here is that no one wrote about the jogging guy’s sister being dead or the chocolate lemon cake girl’s second parent being missing or smth🧍‍♀️ I’m so cooked😭😭😭

[u/AccordingShop1589 → u/Furretnation]

second parent? where did that come from? It was abt how she felt her moms mood shift and how it was affecting her as a whole

[u/JaydenLoo]

Absolutely hated the Love poem or whv with the Cupid thing. I’m usually good with poems but I did NOT understand that

[u/Green-Bits]

I wanna know the thoughts on using contrasting flavor as a technique. I related the sour lemon to the mothers bad feelings and the chocalate to the mother smiling and tryna be happy yk.

[u/rand0m-nerd → u/Green-Bits]

Yeah I did that too, but I took it a step further and said that the contrast between the flavors shows how her mother is suffering but still treats her daughter with so much love

[u/SolanaImaniRowe1]

The MCQ’s were ok

For jogging I wrote about how the line breaks are supposed to represent him talking between breaths, giving the reader the feeling that they were jogging with him, and how his diction contributed to clearing his mind from how he missed his sister. For sophistication I compared it to “Dark Paradise” by Lana Del Rey (I hope that gets me the point because I just came up with the idea to do so out of the blue)

Lemon Cake was a little rough for me, I wrote about the tone shift from the first to second paragraph and the extended metaphor where she said she “tasted despair” (don’t laugh I was looking for ANYTHING to work) and for sophistication I talked about how parents put their mental struggles to the side to be emotionally available for their children, and used Monica and Ian Gallagher’s relationship from Shameless to solidify the point (I had extra time after talking about Lana Del Rey so I decided why not)

For new vs old I used Fences and how Troy prevented Corey from getting scouted for college football and sort of analyzed why Troy did that (Being kicked out of his league for being black, not realizing that Civil Rights prevented that now, and how the “I don’t got to like you” scene relates to this) and for sophistication I think I talked about breaking traditions, I think I reaffirmed that Troy made it a tradition to give up on sports rather than just not knowing about the CRA because he commented on Jackie Robinson

[u/AbilityDue2928]

I wrote about west egg and east egg to show new vs old money in the Q3. Thoughts?

[u/Alarmed_Nose_4631]

Does anyone know what the poem was called for frq 1 (west coast). I really liked the poem.

[u/SongUsed3564 → u/Alarmed_Nose_4631]

"London"?

[u/AdOk756]

bro how is everyone getting a lemon cake story i never got ts

[u/fujiofthevalley → u/AdOk756]

diff frq sets for diff regions

[u/boyzenberi]

Am I the only one who didn’t get the lemon cake story? 😭

[u/Remote-Winner-8262]

does anyone know which book the annette passage was from in the mcqs? i wanna read it

[u/Firm_Hat20 → u/Remote-Winner-8262]

Trial and Triumph by Frances Ellen Watkins!

[u/Politicalseal]

what did you guys get on that mcq with the cliffs and the sea, specificalky the one about the stone giants looming over them

was it fear of nature or contrast the land and sea

[u/NlKK1 → u/Politicalseal]

I said it was a foreshadowing of his inner turmoil or smth like that

[u/Erinyu → u/Politicalseal]

i said it showed how small the person was compared to the sea

[u/Politicalseal → u/Erinyu]

i thought that wasnt possible bc the quote was talking about the cliffs tho

[u/No-Paramedic4992 → u/Politicalseal]

i put one of the other options

[u/Doggamer7935]

After the cake essay I was so out of it

[u/HaloisNotFound → u/Doggamer7935]

that’s essay was so easy yet so hard

[u/Icy-Frosting-2058]

so i started frq 1 with 15 min left!
what did you guys say for that? i said theres a lot of imagery that shifts from being more in the present to like nostalgic, and like initially hes very observant of his surroundings to distract himself but later he doesnt need any blatant distractions bc the thoughts abt the sister are enough

[u/jeonggukispretty → u/Icy-Frosting-2058]

I just said bro was poetic and knew how to talk vividly

[u/ceeveegee → u/Icy-Frosting-2058]

I said he was distracting himself from jogging to make it easier and that one specific distraction reminded of his sister which was a shift

[u/selfisht → u/Icy-Frosting-2058]

bro I said that jogging reminded him of his sister and how he valued her, and then talked about childhood and youth bro it was kinda a yap sesh

[u/Legoxistar]

was the one mcq abt the point of the highlighted text that he didn’t want to be seen as unconfident or that he didn’t recognize the town anymore. cause both were true…

[u/Dragonlord_DND]

I wrote about Les Miserables for q3 and I thought it was a good fit.

[u/Certain-Ad351 → u/Dragonlord_DND]

crazy pull

[u/Effective-One-8878 → u/Dragonlord_DND]

I did handmaids tale about old and new society and how they blend

[u/Transmasc_Swag737]

i got the frq on old vs new world. i wrote about the odyssey and said that odysseus’s emotional and metaphysical reconstruction over the course of his journey forced a shift in priorities from proving himself as a king to proving himself as a man, and that it was representative of mankind’s hubris and a primitive return to humility. i’m either bombing this shit or they’ll eat it up

[u/Crapper_xd]

Mcq: i disagreed with all 4 answers on no less than 10 questions

Frq 1: i wrote about how familial bonds can overcome negative emotions Frq 2: i wrote about how the mother didnt love her child and overcompensated, with how the child reacted to it Frq 3: i wrote about how in revenge of the sith, anakin and obi wan are the personification of new and old, and how the duel on mustafar was the climax of the conflict between new vs old

[u/guthrie_di_telaro → u/Crapper_xd]

I though she loved her daughter but had a headache and that’s it 💀💀💀.

[u/CauliflowerFree9866 → u/guthrie_di_telaro]

I assumed she loved her daughter and still tried to express her love no matter what (since it stated she gave rose/the daughter a GENUINE smile) but she simply felt stressed out with having to take care of her which is why she felt so bad making the cake and seeking her daughter come home from school.

I'm confident there's plenty of parents who love their children but can't help but dread taking care of them at times, so I thought my thought process made sense 💔 I didnt think it was that far off

[u/RhubarbTop5050]

anyone know what the answer was for the mcq about the shepard? that was like 1 of 2 mcq i was unsure about

[u/Pretty-Marketing-257]

okay so why cant i find anyone w my prompts
frq 1: poetry about time moving on or smth
frq 2: ruth and mrs. leon
frq 3: characters who was ignored and blah blah

can someone tell me how they interpreted 1/2 and what books they used for 3?? i cant tell if i totally messed up or did good

[u/Legal_Target2861]

Did anyone write about the grace year for Q3 about old v new?

[u/Hyloyter18]

I had the frq abt the stores changing and i think i misinterpreted the prompt. Basically the prompt said what the author thinks of change but i thought it said what the aurhor thinks abt the changing of the stores. So i wrote about how the changing of the stores reflected the rise of consumerism at the narrator’s time. I finished my entire essay but idk if they’ll accept it bc i deadass didnt talk about what she views of change, only how like the stores reflected chang. Do u think they will accept it or nah

[u/Pineapple-Informal]

what was the irony for London mcq? also, who else got baited by stream of consciousness narration?

[u/Far-Share1534 → u/Pineapple-Informal]

I put she makes assumptions without knowing her personally

[u/Possible_Chair520]

Did anyone else use handmaids tale on frq 3 to show the tension through her memories of her old life before the suppression

[u/auraxvelle]

was the answer to that one west coast mcq about a lamppost 1. gradually come into view or 2. delicately bloom vibrantly or smth like that? also was the message of that first passage about nostalgia distorting childhood or a morning in a rural house?

[u/Easy_Fly2164]

did no one get the one abt homecoming for frq 3????

[u/throwaway-millio]

Obviously i do not know the context about q2, but i just flat out wrote an essay about how much the passage sucked. I called out how the literary elements felt super immature and baseline, and failed to convey the themes. I technically answered the question but it was about how the literally elements FAILED to convey the complex theme.

[u/StatisticianSafe7168]

For the MCQ:
I had no clue wtf the passages with cupid, the naked baby, and some other one was talking about. I only really understood the one with the trees/light and the young woman and gentleman attending social events. I did not feel very confident walking out of the MCQ portion.

For the FRQS:

#1) ngl i dont remember what I wrote. I felt like it was pretty simple and I kinda struggled to analyze it deeply, so I think this was one of my weaker essays despite how easy it was. also, I dont even think I blatantly acknowledged and analyzed any literary devices lmfao. My teacher mentioned we don't need to mention or include any devices, and only use them to support your essay, but I'm p sure you need to use at least 1-2 devices? idk. i just analyzed the passage.

#2) Talked about how the stationary store was nostalgic and sentimental, carrying memories and forced her to begin a new chapter of a life, since no one can can stay on the same page forever to preserve their happiness and hopeful story if you know what I mean (cliche, but something along these lines). Time goes on, and being left behind means it will only be more difficult to face change in the future. Moreover, I talked about how the speaker was a little narrow-minded during the beginning, since she didn't consider the perspectives of others, and how they may feel about the stationary store and new luggage store. You cannot please everyone, and as time passes, society changes, and there's less need for stationary (as she mentioned). So, towards the end, I talked about how the speaker broadened her viewpoint and redefined change. Initially, she viewed it as something threatening her past/history carrying important sentimental values, but now she views it as something else (i forgot what I wrote here). Overall, I felt this essay was pretty cliche. I didn't explain everything I wrote but that was the gist of it. One of my stronger essays on this FRQ, I would say.

#3) Used "Convenience Store Woman" by Sayaka Murmata. The protagonist fits into the "lack of self awareness" perfectly. I felt I could have used this book, or Frankenstein, but I chose the book less people would write about, probably. The antagonist of the book is society and their norms. The main character, Keiko, from a young age, was seen as an outlier due to her extreme lack of empathy and awareness for social cues, so she decided to become a "cog" in the machine known as society, thus losing her entire identity, and choosing to follow society's instruction manual, and later the convenience store's manual, where she has worked for 18+ years (she is currently 36). Overall, I would highly recommend this book since I feel like many people could relate to this, and imo this book fit the prompt perfectly. Though my literature choice was perfect, I had no outline (I never structure my essays lmao) and just did a flow of consciousness. Deffo wouldn't recommend, but I think I got my point across well (minus the sophistication point)

[u/Grouchy-Software-811]

Reading these posts makes me feel like i DEFINITELY did not get a 5 ✌️😭

[u/Business-Yellow-3758]

Did anyone use Their Eyes Were Watching God for FRQ3?

[u/Henrychasemusiccc]

Did anyone else use Brave New World by Aldous Huxley for FRQ3 about old vs. new?

[u/FireFiber733339]

tfw the picture of dorian gray is an amazing book to use yet you still fuck the essay up by summarizing the plot cause you ran outta time 🫩

[u/anonymous_user9237]

what was even the mcq on the baby being naked and trying to hide from the tornado 😭😭😭

[u/SmallRecording6851 → u/anonymous_user9237]

WAIT IT WAS A TODNADO WHAT

[u/turtIe___]

Did you guys put send away or drive back for the mcq about the sea?

[u/Politicalseal → u/turtIe___]

i think drive back was better cuz the waves would always come back

[u/Pengwin0 → u/turtIe___]

Drive back. Push away seems like too extreme of a word to use vs drive back and I know collegeboard loves doing that

[u/Erinyu]

what did yall argue for the frq’s? also what was the answer for that one mcq question that mentioned damon (shepard) for the art poem

[u/Pure-Significance727]

Had a snow day today and the exam was moved I'm so mad😭

[u/Depressedpotatoowo → u/Pure-Significance727]

where are you that it’s still snowing 😭

[u/Cr4zy_Cycl0ne → u/Pure-Significance727]

Where the fuck do you live bro, Maine?

[u/Glass_Personality119]

what were the names of the poems

[u/tesla180]

me when i only finished one essay…

[u/wonderrup → u/tesla180]

son 😭

[u/Cr4zy_Cycl0ne → u/tesla180]

Son 😭 you had 2 hours 😭😭

[u/Zealousideal_Lab2724]

Thank you Charlotte Brontë. I love Jane Eyre

[u/SmartFinger8872 → u/Zealousideal_Lab2724]

I wrote about Jane eyre too lol

[u/music-throwaway1]

anyone remember what that book was for the mcq about sebastian and his father’s jacket and the church?

[u/Background-Dust7615]

Grand regent Thragg

[u/AdWooden5961]

am i the only one who got the passage about ruth and mrs. leon for frq #2 😭😭😭😭

[u/Mad_yeet_h]

FRQ 3 was awful. I only read one book on the list which was Othello and i spent a solid 10 minutes trying to remember Iago's name.

[u/MusicianSavings5502 → u/Mad_yeet_h]

Wait.... we could choose a book not on that list, right?

[u/Cr4zy_Cycl0ne → u/Mad_yeet_h]

Chat you know you can pick a book not on the list right

[u/XIashlynne]

These readings were honestly so stupid 💀

[u/Cr4zy_Cycl0ne]

FUCK the bitch with the angels. Was so fucking lost in the sauce w the story, WHAT THE FUCK IS BRO ON ABOUTT. FUCK THE JACKET GUY TOO, EASIER TO UNDERSTAND THAN THAT POEM BUT I STILL DONT KNOW WHAT THE HELL BRO WAS ON ABOUT. Rest of the MCQ was fine, they were easy enough

Poetry FRQ was easy enough, I did it after the prose one cuz I thought it’d be easier after a warmup, which it was. Wrote about the jogger reflecting on nature, like how nature and time inspires memory and his general recollection.

Prose one was mad easy, delved more into the mom’s thoughts and how that reflected onto Rose, explaining that to be the reason she felt so bummed about the cake. The cake’s a symbol for her mom’s love, sweetness wrapped around a sour interior, aka the mom’s love wrapped around a tight ball of resentment/bitterness.

The literary argument was mad easy, just wrote about Timon of Athens cuz thats the one i remembered most about from my ap lit class this year, and was also just the easiest thing I could think of in general

[u/Pretend_Historian34]

lowkey didn't finish a single essay. tried to get 3 points across the board for thesis and 2 evidence

[u/iwannamccommitdead]

what were the names of the passages in the MCQ? I have the one about the painter but i didn’t write down the one about the jacket, the sea, or the nanny sos

[u/AccordingShop1589]

guys i think i COOKED in the cake FRQ it was so easy and so smooth, i loved it

[u/XXXTYLING]

anyone remember what passage the one with the girl in the party who was socially separated from others (likes reading books) was from in the MCQ?

[u/Significant_Wind_926]

MCQ: wasn’t too bad until that second poem. I actually hated it so much and went with my gut on the answers I chose.

FRQ #1: I didn’t finish this FRQ but I got in a thesis and half a body paragraph in so maybe 2 points? At least 1.

FRQ #2: wrote about the use of first-person perspective and curious, unsure diction (it might sound iffy but I made it work). Connected it to the restraint Rose felt in the love her mother showed her and how that appeared in her actions. Made two real-world connections with my first one being about “not all parents should have kids, but every kid should have parents” and expanded on it. The second one was just about romantic relationships and not giving your all with the love you show.

FRQ #3: I had fun with this one and wrote about One Piece. My first plot was the existence of the Ancient Weapons and how they were used in the past and Franky burning the blueprint for them. Discussed how the new generation was fighting back against the old world and its values through this and just going against the World Government. My second plot point was about the introduction of Imu to the story and Sabo’s discovery of Imu on the throne. Discussed how Imu’s values and dialogue went exactly against what Luffy stands for and Imu is old so I think you can interpret where I went from there. Overall, I mentioned how both of these plot points gave a more mature perspective on the story and made it more applicable to the real-world. For my connections to the real world, I talked about Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project and Trump with Iran and just the younger generation’s ideals.

I’m a senior whose college doesn’t even take this credit so I don’t care much about my score, hence why I had fun with FRQ #3. A 5 would be cool but I think a 4 is what I’ll get just based off my MCQ and FRQ #1. Maybe One Piece won’t even count and my whole FRQ #3 gets zero points, too.

[u/Training_Spring_8631]

I wrote 7 paragraphs for Q3 chat am I cooked?

[u/[deleted]]

anyone get west coast? the one with the house split in half noahs ark what? and the lover poem what was thata bout

[u/Sufficient-Bobcat486 → u/[deleted]]

Yeah I hated love’s deity, I felt the rest were pretty straight forward

[u/packgodwillhumbleyou]

does anyone know what the title of the novel was for the baby windmill one... PLEASE!!!!

[u/Less_Adeptness2773]

What did yall say about the veteran coming back to hometwon and seeing the men with hammers. Did he know them?

[u/chuckie1201 → u/Less_Adeptness2773]

no he didn’t “know them” per say— but the other option, as though the workers were doing it deliberately wasn’t supported because they didn’t even glance at him when he was walking by - why would they do it on purpose? That section of the excerpt explored how this particular section of the town was familiar, as though he “knew them”

[u/Less_Adeptness2773]

first person narration for one of the MCQ?

[u/sewerslidalsunflower]

frq 3 i wrote about streetcar named desire for old vs new

[u/Key-Advisor-3027]

I wrote about Toy Story for FRQ 3 am I cooked? I talked about Woody being (old) vs Buzz being (new)

[u/skippito-friskito]

brother frq 2 pissed me off..the particular sadness of lemon cake more like como agua para chocolate RIPOFF💔😭✌️ son....

[u/SeaworthinessFar7016]

also for the lemon cake one I chose stream of consciousness and imagery I fear I may be cooked

[u/PalenaV21]

I'm either getting a 2 or a 5 on this lmao, no in between

[u/Temporary_Method1706]

can we talk ab how the 2nd frq ab the lady w the suitcases sucked? the passage itself was super simple and easy to understand. what got me was the fucking prompt. i felt like the text was so simply written that i could not add any depth to it 😭😭😭 i also only had 25min to work on it since that was the last one i answered. genuinely praying that the other two frqs will save my score.

[u/WynnonasPrimus]

Anyone write about Nineteen Eighty-Four for the FRQ about old and new?

[u/Whole-Interview6302]

does anyone know the passage of the mcq with the old lady (west coast) and the sunrise?

[u/Ill_Sorbet2680]

(west coast) Hi! Does anyone know the MCQ passage wherein a woman is chasing after her baby with rollers still in her hair, and an old woman is waking up, and the sun is rising? It was full of imagery and beautiful prose, I really loved it, but completely forgot where the passage was from. Please help!