AP Literature exam review (top tips for MCQ and free response questions)

Need to review (or cram) for the AP English Lit exam this year? I've got you covered! All the notes are here in the description box.
Here's the link to the practice exam I reference in the video:
apcentral.collegeboard.org/me...
Top Tips
- Be specific (read closely, give details, etc.)
- Read poetry like prose and vice versa
- Read every question carefully
MCQ (terms etc.)
- Don’t discount simpler answers
- Partly wrong = all wrong (MC)
- Roman numeral T/F, THEN choose answer
- Terms:
o Irony
o Hyperbole
o Connotation
o Allusion
o Juxtaposition
o Satire
o Invective
o Aphorism
o Prolepsis
o Synesthesia
o Bildungsroman
o Imagery
Essays
- Be readable
- Be specific
- Use organization (paragraphs)
- Start with a hook (don’t rephrase the prompt)
- Make your thesis statement obvious
- Answer the entire question (don’t forget the “overall meaning” part)
- Quote evidence if the passage is provided
- Avoid summary
- Explain why your specific comments and observations matter
- Use your prepared works for the Open Question, not the listed works
o Review the turning point scenes in depth
o Know names and order of events
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Who's here 9 hours before the exam

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easy 5.

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[@tateornator3654]

Taking test tomorrow, hoping for a 4 but honestly fine with whatever happens🙏

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Good luck we got this!!! God willing

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Me too, you're going to do great!

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Welp that was fun

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I wish 4's and 5's to you all!

[@fig9127]

So we all here for our mcq exam tomorrow 😭

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i’m cooked

[@chatnoir2574]

Same

[@mariasandu6496]

I’m a senior in college, just watching this for fun because it got recommended to me lol. Good luck to everyone taking this exam! :) Btw I got a 3 when I took this exam 💁🏻‍♀️

[@literally_nobody11]

test is tmrw and u taught more than my teacher taught me all year

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I take the exam at 8! 😔 (it's 7:15)

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[@King-pb4ym]

how was it

[@rafawangchess]

thank you! this will help me stay focused on what's most important as I do some last-minute prep for the exam.

[@pragnayalamanchili6760]

Thank you , this was so helpful!

[@astro_penguin_]

I'm writing about one of the Sherlock Holmes novels for the open question tomorrow and no one can stop me!!! I know it's not technically classic literature but i do not care! I will fight to the death to defend Sherlock's literary merit even outside of detective fiction! I've been hopelessly obsessed with the stories for months and have read them cover to cover and can quote them directly!!! AP graders will bend to my will rahhhh

[@AlbertoALeon-pd2kn]

My teach said that you can write about anything as long as it has complexity, even the chronicles of Narnia can be accepted if done well enough so you do that and get a 5!

[@barbiemello9612]

Thank you so much it did help for an overall review ❤

[@justahawk]

Thank you so much! this was so helpful!

[@Tankdestroyer467]

Thank you for this video! Im hoping to ace it tomorrow despite having to study for 7 APs! :3

[@Laggyboi]

Let's gooo I'm on my third test already and we're gonna crush it 💪

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I’m here 30 mins before the exam 😭

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I love you. Thank you so much.

[@andyye1515]

Life saver ❤

[@isidari]

It’s 12 am I got back from a sports thing late but hopefully these help tmrw (or rather this morning)

[@Laggyboi]

Lets go everyone good luck on this test!

[@orange_turtle3412]

My teacher basically just told us to know 4 AP list books really well for the free response essay. Cant really study for anything else. And, if you know 4 books super well, at least one of them is probably gonna work for the prompt.

[@willbass2869]

Your channel popped into my yt feed (I'm subscribed to another "Classic Books" channel, btw). I did a quick roll through your past vids. I saw one from 2 years ago on active vs passive voice. I was interested because I got "dinged" on my own AP essays loooong ago but never rec'd instruction on what it exactly was (just the terrible "red pencil" note in the margin) or how to rewrite the thought. It's bugged me ever since and as you noted Google isn't good, quick or easy on the topic. Your existing vid, while a GREAT topic, was a bit "rough". Would you consider a redo with better/ more complex examples? Thanks

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here an hour before my exam 😭

[@senasoyler19]

hello! thank you so much for this informative video. i have some doubts about studying eng lit at uni. as a teacher do you think is it sensible decision to study englit nowadays?

[@englishnerd5580]

The habits of mind you develop through this class-analysis, evidence, reading difficult texts-are valuable no matter who you are. So it’s up to you 🤷‍♀️

[@meghalidutta3515]

hey! Does The Bell Jar by Sylvia plath classify as a book with literary merit for the book essay?

[@englishnerd5580]

Absolutely!

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[@mahima3648]

Hi! I was wondering if you need a counterclaim for FRQ 3?

[@alexanderengelhaupt7201]

A counter claim isn’t necessary. As long as you fulfill your thesis and evidence points it’s a guaranteed 5/6. to get sophistication that could maybe be doing a counterclaim

[@jonghoism7087]

Taking ap lit next year, i gotta prepare 🙏🏽

[@englishnerd5580]

Good luck!

[@King-pb4ym]

what are pros in poems?

[@no7027]

there’s a 0% chance I’m getting through all of the multiple choice in time :(

[@Isaiah53_John3.16_ChangeUrLife]

Dw, you got this!! Just quickly circle those that you can't answer on time

[@elle2998]

My teacher has taught us to skip the ones that take over 30 seconds to answer. Since we’re doing it on computer this year, there’s an option to flag a question and go back. Pretty much answer as many “easy” ones as you can and with time remaining, go back to the flagged ones and either guess or if you have considerable amount of time left, try to get the right answer :) remember you can pass with a 30/50 on mcqs and 4-5 on all essays

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I’m in the exam room it starts in 20 mins

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Can you make a video on test anxiety, because I always panic on big tests like these. >_

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nah fr tho same

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Here 5 minutes before the exam lol

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All I need is a 3 😭

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Hey y’all

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here 30 minutes before my exam 😭

[@shreyakarumuri]

i thought collegeboard got rid of roman numeral questions?

[@shreyakarumuri]

and all the vocab stuff

[@shreyakarumuri]

none of the progress checks in AP classroom have them. pretty sure they’re gone bc they re did the curriculum

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yup

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Who here an hour before the exam 😅😅

[@marcuslevy6229]

is three body paragraphs required

[@Ella-cn6lq]

My teacher has had us practicing 2 body paragraphs with 2 pieces of evidence each

[@englishnerd5580]

No, but they do want to see multiple paragraphs to demonstrate organization

[@King-pb4ym]

Test was EZ. Let's hope it really was ez and i didnt get a 2 loooool

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I’m cooked 😂