AP English Language and Composition Practice Tests

Practice Tests

Topics

• AP English Language

  • Words and Phrases in Context

    • Diction and Vocabulary

      • Word Meaning

      • Word Choice and Effect

      • Connotation and Denotation

      • Relationship Between Words

    • Phrase Usage

      • Purpose in Context

      • Meaning in Context

      • Phrase Choice and Effect

  • Literary Devices

    • Extended Literary Devices

      • Allegory and Analogy

      • Metaphor and Simile

      • Parallelism, Anaphora, Repetition

      • Personification and Synesthesia

      • Other Phrasal Devices

    • Tonal Literary Devices

      • Antithesis

      • Euphemism

      • Exaggeration and Understatement

      • Logos, Ethos, and Pathos

      • Other Tonal Devices

    • Literary Devices and Diction

      • Metonymy and Synecdoche

      • Oxymoron and Paradox

      • Syntax and Sentence Structure

      • Other Devices and Diction

  • Passage Meaning and Construction

    • Character and Subject Relationships

    • Rhetorical Mode and Style

    • Motives and Goals of Characters

    • Point of View

    • Evaluating Evidence and Examples

    • Passage Organization and Order

    • Interpreting Literary Devices

    • Other Passage Questions

  • Author, Tone, and Intent

    • Thesis or Argument

    • Tone

    • Style Choices

    • Assumptions

    • Audience

    • Inference About the Author

    • Inference About the Subject

    • Other Author and Tone Questions

• Reading: Literature

  • Cite Strong, Thorough Evidence to Support Textual Analysis and Inferences: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.1

  • Analyze a Theme’s Development in Relation to Specific Details and Objectively Summarize a Text: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.2

  • Analyze How Complex Characters Drive a Story: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.3

  • Determine Figurative and Connotative Word Meanings and Analyze Cumulative Effects of Word Choice: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.4

  • Analyze How Textual Structure, Order of Events, and Timelines Create Meaning: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.5

  • Analyze the Point of View of a Work of World Literature: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.6

  • Analyze a Subject’s Portrayal in Two Media: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.7

  • Analyze How a Work Uses and Transforms Source Material: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.9

  • Read and Comprehend Grade-Appropriate Literary Texts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.10

• Reading: Informational Text

  • Cite Strong, Thorough Evidence to Support Textual Analysis and Inferences: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.1

  • Determine a Main Idea, Analyze Its Development via Details, and Objectively Summarize a Text: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.2

  • Analyze How an Author Structures and Orders Discussion of Events or Ideas: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.3

  • Determine Figurative, Connotative, and Technical Word Meanings and Analyze Cumulative Effects of Word Choice: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.4

  • Analyze How Particular Sections of the Text Develop the Author’s Ideas: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.5

  • Determine Authorial Point of View and Analyze Supporting Rhetoric: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.6

  • Analyze the Strength, Reasoning, Validity, and Relevance of Claims While Evaluating Written Arguments: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.8

  • Analyze Key Historical and Literary U.S. Texts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.9

  • Read and Comprehend Grade-Appropriate Informational Texts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.10

• Language

  • Meanings of Unknown and Multiple-Meaning Words and Phrases: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.4

    • Use Context Clues to Determine Word Meanings: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.4.A

    • Use Common Grade-Appropriate Greek or Latin Affixes and Roots to Determine Word Meanings: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.4.B

    • Verify Preliminary Determinations of Word Meanings: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.4.D

  • Understand Nuanced Word Meanings and Relationships: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.5

    • Interpret Figures of Speech in Context: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.5.A