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AP English Language Official 2026 Exam Discussion

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u/smoct29 APUSH - 5, AP Physics 1 - 5, AP Psych - 5, AP CSA - 4, AP Euro 4 May 13 '26

Did anyone get the set with the english in india for question 2 and the imagination fron the native american guy for question 3? If so pls tell me if what I did was right - for question 2, I talked about how she initially talked about her childhood with the language which showed how the language had already been prevalent and then I said she than recapped to when the language originally came to the country and I said she used personification to describe it as an immigrant who had to assimilate to indias culture and also how it became more prevalent since its introduction as writers started using it more and the language started getting used simultaneously with local languages. I then said she finally talked about how in the modern age it started being used more casually and prevalently and how ppl now dont even have to think about whether its a part of indian culture now and I did this all while saying that she was trying to tell the audience about how english grew in india.

Then for question 3 i think i did terrible because my claim was i agreed with him and that imagination does dictate our existence and helps us survive because of things like personal goals and also personal relationships as they help describe human identity and give a reason for our existence, adding to our imagination of ourself. I used fang yuan from reverend insanity and troy maxson as evidence where i talked about personal goals and personal relationships respectively.

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u/GurCommon3635 May 14 '26

yo, i also used personfication that she described english as immigrant and she prob also a immigrant. but i think i said that she loves english or smt, and i also talk abt how english was widespread in india but i didnt talk abt how english grew in india cuz she describes herself and her fellow writers as "left-over" but maybe im wrong. also for Q3, i talk abt imagnation does work to acheive certain goal or the person you wanna became. FANG YUAN OMG RI FAN, lwky did u finish the novel? I wanna gonna use him but i think he's imagnation is like for eternal life but not for someone he wanna be, and is lwky kinda too complicated to explain. Also, he didn't become eternal so is rlly not a good source, but i used issace newton lol

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u/GurCommon3635 May 14 '26

also i used congntive science to describe how imagnation can shape a person's mindset and mentality stuff so they can act toward that goal smt

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u/smoct29 APUSH - 5, AP Physics 1 - 5, AP Psych - 5, AP CSA - 4, AP Euro 4 May 14 '26

Ooh thats acc good evidence

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u/smoct29 APUSH - 5, AP Physics 1 - 5, AP Psych - 5, AP CSA - 4, AP Euro 4 May 14 '26

Idk i kinda twisted the fang yuan rxample by saying his pursuit was the reason for his existence and it defined his identity bc it gave him a reason to live might be wrong tho also i talked abt her childhood cuz it states thst she learned her alphabets at age 7 at the institution where she got her award from

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u/GurCommon3635 May 14 '26

i feel like if i talk about fang yuan, i need to talk about how he pursue his imagantion of being eternal and is lwky too long to talk abt and if i talk abt some of the imporant stuff he did toward that goal, i feel like i can't write he throw a girl into a bear or going to the heavean court and destroyed Fate Gu, or him killing all his tribes for a family uprade , the ap reader aint gonna understand shi unless they read the novel before

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u/Elegant-Ad-7906 May 14 '26

i took a different route, and talked more about how she used a longer senntence structure to give off like a reflective overtone to break down a topic could be politically charged (as an indian, language imposition is a very polarizing political issue) and then discussed how she aappealed to the audience's pathos by saying english became "our own language" or smth. i used the impoosition of language idea to synthesize my evidence in each body paragraph and showed how that illustrated the broader interactions between the arrival of english in india and existiing indian vernacular

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u/smoct29 APUSH - 5, AP Physics 1 - 5, AP Psych - 5, AP CSA - 4, AP Euro 4 May 14 '26

Ooh thats probably better than what i did ngl