📚 2023 AP English Literature Study Plan
A plethora of resources that cover everything! This toolkit is constantly being updated with more resources! AP English Lit is a college-level course that will introduce you to literary analysis and develop your understanding of literature through reading and analyzing texts for concepts like character, setting, structure, perspective, and figurative language.
🚨 All you need to know about the 2023 AP English Literature Exam!
The AP English Literature Exam
A breakdown of the exam content by percentage.
| Units | Exam Weighting (Multiple-Choice Section) |
|---|---|
| Units 1, 4, and 7: Short Fiction | 42%–49% |
| Units 2, 5, and 8: Poetry | 36%–45% |
| Units 3, 6, and 9: Longer Fiction or Drama | 15%–18% |
Course Skills
By taking AP English Literature, you will develop a variety of skills that will help you learn to read and think critically.
| Skill Categories | Exam Weighting (Multiple- Choice Section) |
|---|---|
| Explain the function of character. | 16%–20% |
| Explain the function of setting. | 3%–6% |
| Explain the function of plot and structure. | 16%–20% |
| Explain the function of the narrator or speaker. | 21%–26% |
| Explain the function of word choice, imagery, and symbols. | 10%–13% |
| Explain the function of comparison. | 10%–13% |
| Develop textually substantiated arguments about interpretations of a part or all of a text. | 10%–13% |
Resources for MCQs and FRQs
⁉️ Multiple-Choice Resources
- ✍🏽 English Literature Multiple Choice: A complete breakdown of the multiple-choice section, including examples and practice problems!
- ✍🏽 Multiple Choice Help: Having trouble with multiple-choice? We got you! Check out this blog for concrete strategies from top-performing students!
- 📹 Introduction to AP Lit MCQ Practice: A replay of a livestream that goes over the basics of the multiple-choice section.
- 📹 English Literature MCQ Practice: A replay of a livestream that goes over practice MCQs.
📜 Prose Essay Resources
- ✍🏽 Prose Breakdown (includes examples): Everything you need to know about the Prose Essay, including advice from certified teachers and thorough examples.
- ✍🏽 Short Fiction Overview: Learn and understand how the AP Exam will use Prose passages to test your knowledge and skills.
- 📹 Short Fiction Bootcamp: Having some trouble? We got you! Check out this fantastic Bootcamp to ease your way into short fiction.
- 📹 Deconstructing the Prompt and Forming Strategies: A replay of a livestream that goes over tackling the prompt and strategies.
- 📹 Introduction Paragraphs: A replay of a livestream that goes over the introductions of the Prose Essay.
- 📹 Evidence and Commentary: A replay of a livestream that goes over the meat of the Prose Essay.
- 📹 Prose Analysis—Characterization & Setting: A replay of a livestream that goes over some prose analysis.
📰 Poetry Essay Resources
- ✍🏽 Poetry Essay Breakdown (includes examples): Everything you need to know about the Poetry Essay, including advice from certified teachers and thorough examples.
- 📹 Overview of Poetry: A replay of a livestream that goes over poetry basics.
- 📹 How Form Creates Meaning: Learn how form of a poem affects the way it's analyzed.
- 📹 Open Poetry Study: Having trouble? We got you! Watch this replay to better understand analysis of poetry.
- 📹 Introductions & Thesis Statements: A replay of a livestream that goes over the beginning of the Poetry essay.
- 📹 Evidence and Commentary: A replay of a livestream that goes over the analysis portion of the Poetry Essay.
🗣️ Literary Argument Essay Resources
- 📹 Figurative Language and Function: A replay of a livestream that goes over the introductions of the Argument Essay.
- 📹 Analysis: Characterization and Setting: A replay of a livestream that goes over the meat of the Argument Essay.
- 📹 FRQ Practice: A replay of a livestream that practices the Literary Argument.
Quicklinks
- 🤔 Is AP English Literature Hard? Is AP English Literature Worth Taking?: A breakdown of the two most asked questions about AP Lit, including tips and advice from previous AP Lit students.
- 📚 Best AP English Literature Textbooks and Prep Books: A breakdown of the best materials for you to succeed in AP Lit!
- ❓How to Get a 5 in AP English Literature: Know everything you need to get that 5!
- 🤣 Perfect Memes for AP English Literature: Got jokes? So do we! Learn and understand AP Lit through corny humor.
- 🏫 How Do I Self-Study AP English Literature?: Thinking about self-studying or homeschooling AP Literature? We got you!
- 🤯 AP Literature FRQ Help: A complete breakdown of the writing and thinking process of the FRQs, including tips and advice from previous AP Lit students.
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