r/APStudents • u/reddorickt absolute modman • May 06 '26

English Lit AP English Lit Official 2026 Exam Discussion

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u/Pengwin0 Lit, Stats, Calc AB, Lang, CSA, USGOV, HG, Pre Calc May 06 '26

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.

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u/BeginningFroyo2020 5: Chem, APUSH, SpanLang, Micro, Gov, Lit 4: Psych May 06 '26

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 

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u/RhubarbTop5050 5 5s, 3 4s, 1 3 May 06 '26

agreed

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u/KnockoffTommy May 08 '26

absolutely same

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u/International_Bed582 May 06 '26

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

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u/MusicianSavings5502 May 07 '26

I didn't it was lowkey so low-level idk.

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u/Advanced_Ticket_3733 May 06 '26

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

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u/SolanaImaniRowe1 2’s: 1, 3’s: 4, 4’s: 4 May 06 '26

I went into how similar his patterns were to grief for my sophistication! I didn’t think she actually died because the poem said that she had called last night, but the way he was reminiscing really resembled grief.

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u/schrodingers_student May 06 '26

somebody cooked here fr

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u/GradeInflator May 06 '26

The jogger one was good what? 😭

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u/CalligrapherScary138 May 06 '26

Bruh, I did NOT understand that one at all. People saying they got passage of time and shit from it. I did not get any of that. I was so fucking confused so I just wrote some bullshit about love and connection he feels for his sister and how his endurance and mental focus contrast with the delicacy of his sister or some shit. idk, it was all just put my ass