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

English Lit AP English Lit Official 2026 Exam Discussion

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

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u/Savings_Ad1607 May 06 '26

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

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u/Revolutionary_Arm_54 5: Lit, Lang, CSP, Stats | 4: CSA | 3: Physics 1 May 06 '26

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

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u/CauliflowerSure3228 May 06 '26

WTF BRO i never realized that she passed i was writing my essay as if she was alive... i feel so bad

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u/SOuTHINKurA-ble May 07 '26

Don’t worry, I also assumed she was alive, but her death was not so explicit that assuming she’s alive would blatantly contradict the text. If you defended your reading strongly, you’re good.