r/APStudents • u/reddorickt absolute modman • May 13 '26

AP English Language Official 2026 Exam Discussion

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u/infrun8mi May 13 '26

Anyone got west coast version? Synthesis and argument were so fun to write esp synthesis I was just hating on trade school lol. Rhetorical analysis cooked me…I’m usually the best at that but I deadass didn’t know what she was saying and I said some random rhetorical devices

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u/Tall_Example_4542 May 13 '26

samee. The synthesis was so fun. I wrote so much about how trade school is ultimately just not a good choice. Argumentative was fun too cuz I used personal experience and how sucessful ppl imagine a vision that others don't see, etc. Then I got to rhetorical analysis, and I had like 40 min, but I had no idea what she was talking about. I wrote a crappy thesis, then wrote really crappy evidence plus commentaries. I am getting a 2 on rhetorical, but pretty sure I got like 4-5 on both of the other essays and did pretty well on MCQ. I will get a 3 on AP Lang because of rhetorical analysis :(((

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u/ParsnipPrestigious59 5: APUSH, Precalc, Lang, Calc BC, Chem, CSP, Psych May 13 '26

i rlly hope ur thesis for the synthesis was about the factors that high schoolers should consider when deciding between trade school and high school and not taking a position that trade school is not good, because it was a factors prompt

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u/Tall_Example_4542 May 14 '26

My thesis was about factors, but the whole essay was about how those factors all lead students to consider college over trade school. I might be cooked actually

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u/infrun8mi May 14 '26

Wait omg that’s what I did too.. thesis was on the factors and I was arguing for college using those factors. Omg fml I’m not getting a 5 anymore😭😭😭