The 2012 AP English Language and Composition Exam consisted of 50-55 multiple choice and three free-response writing questions. The 2012 free-response questions tested students understanding of synthesis, rhetorical analysis and argument in writing.
The synthesis essay focused on whether or not the United States Postal Service should undergo restructuring in the light of the changing world. Students read seven source articles and then wrote an argument for or against restructuring using three of the supplied articles as references.
The second question of the written test asked students to analyze the rhetorical strategies that President Kennedy used in a 1962 speech regarding the rise in steel prices in the United States. Students read the
The synthesis essay focused on whether or not the United States Postal Service should undergo restructuring in the light of the changing world. Students read seven source articles and then wrote an argument for or against restructuring using three of the supplied articles as references.
The second question of the written test asked students to analyze the rhetorical strategies that President Kennedy used in a 1962 speech regarding the rise in steel prices in the United States. Students read the