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AP® English Language and Composition Past Exam Tests / Questions

AP English Language and Composition covers rhetorical analysis, argumentation, and synthesis. Free past exam tests help students refine their writing and analytical skills for the AP exam.

2024: Free-Response Questions

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Free-Response Questions – Set 1
Free-Response Questions – Set 2

2023: Free-Response Questions

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Free-Response Questions – Set 1
Free-Response Questions – Set 2
Sample Responses Q1 Set – 1
Sample Responses Q1 Set – 2
Sample Responses Q2 Set – 1
Sample Responses Q2 Set – 2
Sample Responses Q3 Set – 1
Sample Responses Q3 Set – 2
Scoring Guidelines Set -1
Scoring Guidelines Set – 2
Chief Reader Report – Set 1  
Chief Reader Report – Set 2  
Scoring Statistics – Set 1  
Scoring Statistics – Set 2  
Score Distributions 

2022: Free-Response Questions

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Free-Response QuestionsSample Responses Q1
Sample Responses Q2
Sample Responses Q3
Scoring Guidelines
Chief Reader Report
Scoring Statistics
Score Distributions

2021: Free-Response Questions

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Free-Response QuestionsSample Responses Q1
Sample Responses Q2
Sample Responses Q3
Scoring Guidelines
Chief Reader Report
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2020: Free-Response Questions

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Prompt for Sample Packet 1 – Johnson

Sample Packet 1 – Johnson
Scoring Guidelines – JohnsonScoring Commentaries Packet 1 – Johnson
Prompt for Sample Packet 2 – Kennedy
Sample Packet 2 – Kennedy
Scoring Guidelines – KennedyScoring Commentaries Packet 2 – Kennedy
Prompt for Sample Packet 3 – Obama
Sample Packet 3 – Obama
Scoring Guidelines – ObamaScoring Commentaries Packet 3 – Obama
Scoring Distributions

2019: Rescored Free-Response Questions

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Questions originally from the 2019 examQuestion 1
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Question 3
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Scoring Guidelines

2019: Free-Response Questions

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Free-Response QuestionsSample Responses Q1
Sample Responses Q2
Sample Responses Q3
Chief Reader Report
Scoring Statistics
Scoring Distribution

2018: Rescored Free-Response Questions

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Questions originally from the 2018 examQuestion 1
Question 2
Question 3
Question 1
Question 2
Question 3
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2018: Free-Response Questions

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Free-Response QuestionsSample Responses Q1
Sample Responses Q2
Sample Responses Q3
Scoring Guidelines
Chief Reader Report
Scoring Statistics
Scoring Distributions

2017: Free-Response Questions

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Free-Response QuestionsSample Responses Q1
Sample Responses Q2
Sample Responses Q3
Scoring Guidelines
Chief Reader Report
Scoring Statistics
Scoring Distributions

2016: Free-Response Questions

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Free-Response QuestionsSample Responses Q1
Sample Responses Q2
Sample Responses Q3
Scoring Guidelines
Student Performance Q&A
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2015: Free-Response Questions

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Free-Response QuestionsSample Responses Q1
Sample Responses Q2
Sample Responses Q3
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Student Performance Q&A
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2014: Free-Response Questions

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Free-Response QuestionsSample Responses Q1
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Sample Responses Q3
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Student Performance Q&A
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2013: Free-Response Questions

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Free-Response QuestionsSample Responses Q1
Sample Responses Q2
Sample Responses Q3
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Student Performance Q&A
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2012: Free-Response Questions

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Free-Response QuestionsSample Responses Q1
Sample Responses Q2
Sample Responses Q3
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Student Performance Q&A
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2011: Free-Response Questions

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Free-Response QuestionsSample Responses Q1
Sample Responses Q2
Sample Responses Q3
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Student Performance Q&A
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2011: Form B

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Free-Response QuestionsSample Responses Q1
Sample Responses Q2
Sample Responses Q3
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2010: Free-Response Questions

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Free-Response QuestionsSample Responses Q1
Sample Responses Q2
Sample Responses Q3
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Student Performance Q&A
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2010: Form B

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Free-Response QuestionsSample Responses Q1
Sample Responses Q2
Sample Responses Q3
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2009: Free-Response Questions

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Free-Response QuestionsSample Responses Q1
Sample Responses Q2
Sample Responses Q3
Scoring Guidelines
Student Performance Q&A
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Grade Distributions

2009: Form B

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Free-Response QuestionsSample Responses Q1
Sample Responses Q2
Sample Responses Q3
Scoring Guidelines

2008: Free-Response Questions

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Free-Response QuestionsSample Responses Q1
Sample Responses Q2
Sample Responses Q3
Scoring Guidelines
Student Performance Q&A
Scoring Statistics
Grade Distributions

2008: Form B

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Free-Response QuestionsSample Responses Q1
Sample Responses Q2
Sample Responses Q3
Scoring Guidelines

2007: Free-Response Questions

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Free-Response QuestionsSample Responses Q1
Sample Responses Q2
Sample Responses Q3
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Student Performance Q&A
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Grade Distributions

2007: Form B

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Free-Response QuestionsSample Responses Q1
Sample Responses Q2
Sample Responses Q3
Scoring Guidelines

2006: Free-Response Questions

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Free-Response QuestionsSample Responses Q1
Sample Responses Q2
Sample Responses Q3
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Student Performance Q&A
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Grade Distributions

2006: Form B

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Free-Response QuestionsSample Responses Q1
Sample Responses Q2
Sample Responses Q3
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2005: Free-Response Questions

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Student Performance Q&A
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Sample Responses

2005: Form B

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Sample Response

2004: Free-Response Questions

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Free-Response QuestionsSample Responses Q1
Sample Responses Q2
Sample Responses Q3
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Student Performance Q&A
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Grade Distributions

2004: Form B

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Free-Response QuestionsSample Responses Q1
Sample Responses Q2
Sample Responses Q3
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Scoring Commentary

2003: Free-Response Questions

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Free-Response QuestionsSample Responses Q1
Sample Responses Q2
Sample Responses Q3
Scoring Guidelines
Scoring Commentary
Student Performance Q&A
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Grade Distributions

2003: Form B

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Free-Response QuestionsSample Responses Q1
Sample Responses Q2
Sample Responses Q3
Scoring Guidelines
Scoring Commentary

2002: Free-Response Questions

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All QuestionsSample Responses Q1
Sample Responses Q2
Sample Responses Q3
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Scoring Commentary
Student Performance Q&A
Grade Distributions

2002: Form B

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All QuestionsSample Responses Q1
Sample Responses Q2
Sample Responses Q3
Scoring Guidelines
Scoring Commentary

2001: Free-Response Questions

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All QuestionsSample Responses Q1
Sample Responses Q2
Sample Responses Q3
Scoring Guidelines
Scoring Commentary
Student Performance Q&A

2000: Free-Response Questions

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All QuestionsSample Responses Q1
Sample Responses Q2
Sample Responses Q3
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1999: Free-Response Questions

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All QuestionsSample Responses Q1
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1998 Free-Response Questions

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