Advanced Placement classes are a great way to prepare for and potentially knock-out college credit. If you are up for challenging course content, giving up some hours for serious college work, & expanding your horizons, here are your potential coming adventures for 11th and 12th grade.
AP Literature and Composition
College Board AP Language Website
Official Course Description

Format of Assessment 
Multiple Choice: 
  • 55 Questions | 60 Minutes | 
  • 45% of Exam Score 
  • Includes excerpts from several published works of drama, poetry, or prose fiction. Each excerpt is accompanied by several multiple-choice questions or prompts. 
Free Response:
  • 3 Questions | 120 Minutes | (2 Hours)
  • 55% of Exam Score 
  • Students have 120 minutes to write essay responses to three free-response prompts from the following categories:
  1. A literary analysis of a given poem 
  2. A literary analysis of a given passage of prose fiction 
  3. An analysis that examines a specific concept, issue, or element in a work of literary merit selected by the student 

2014 free-response score distribution
AP Language and Composition 
College Board AP Language Website
Official Course Description

Format of Assessment 
Multiple Choice: 
  • 52–55 Questions | 60 Minutes | 
  • 45% of Exam Score 
  • Includes excerpts from several non-fiction texts. Each excerpt is accompanied by several multiple-choice questions.

Free Response: 
  • 3 Prompts | 135 Minutes | (2 Hours 15 Minutes)
  • 55% of Exam Score 
  • 15 min for reading source materials for synthesis prompt
  • 120 minutes to write essay responses to the three free-response prompts.
  1. Argument 
  2. Rhetorical Analysis
  3. Synthesis

2014 free-response score distribution