AP ENGLISH LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION
ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ The tone created by the use of italics and hyphens throughout the
passage helps express which of the following perspectives? Answer: A -
the children's excitement at the unexpected arrival of a stranger
◉ (This poem about a farrier (a blacksmith who makes shoes for horses)
was first published in 1918.) The speaker of the poem is best described
as. Answer: E - a recent caretaker
◉ (This poem about a farrier (a blacksmith who makes shoes for horses)
was first published in 1918.) The syntax in line 9 ("This . . . endears")
serves to underscore the speaker's perspective that. Answer: A - tending
the sick is mutually rewarding
◉ At the beginning of the passage ("I sat . . . shoulders"), the narrator
can most accurately be described as. Answer: B - a spiteful child
◉ In the context of the passage as a whole, the narrator is best described
as a reader who. Answer: D - uses the stories she reads to help
contextualize her own experience
ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ The tone created by the use of italics and hyphens throughout the
passage helps express which of the following perspectives? Answer: A -
the children's excitement at the unexpected arrival of a stranger
◉ (This poem about a farrier (a blacksmith who makes shoes for horses)
was first published in 1918.) The speaker of the poem is best described
as. Answer: E - a recent caretaker
◉ (This poem about a farrier (a blacksmith who makes shoes for horses)
was first published in 1918.) The syntax in line 9 ("This . . . endears")
serves to underscore the speaker's perspective that. Answer: A - tending
the sick is mutually rewarding
◉ At the beginning of the passage ("I sat . . . shoulders"), the narrator
can most accurately be described as. Answer: B - a spiteful child
◉ In the context of the passage as a whole, the narrator is best described
as a reader who. Answer: D - uses the stories she reads to help
contextualize her own experience
