AP Language and Composition Mock
Exam 1
𝗕𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗡
(𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 2016.)
When I was younger, I used to have the same recurring daydream in gym class.
If we were playing softball, I would dream I hit the ball and sprinted to home plate
because I deserve to be there, not because my classmates let me slide—like the puck
that glided past the goalie and into the net. I won the game, and everything faded away as
a single tear rolled down my cheek—the way athletes cry after a championship win in the
movies.
Me, midrun, a smile on my face, because I couldn't believe I was quickly moving.
I have a milder form of cerebral palsy. I walk with a limp. I had given up on the idea of
running after surgeries on the right side of my body left me too afraid to relearn how to
run.
These reveries left me waiting for a "special talent," which I assumed all disabled kids
had, to make up for their disability.
I'm a terrible sing - ANS- A spate of high-profile athletic achievements that she finds
inspiring
𝗕𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗡
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 "𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦"
(𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐬 𝟏-𝟑) 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 - ANS- immediately direct attention to her mental world and
perceptions
𝗕𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗡
𝐈𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡 ("𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐩") 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞
𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬? - ANS- It elaborates on a term to avoid a potential misunderstanding.
, 𝗕𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗡
𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫'𝐬 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐪𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 - ANS- convey a
sense of skepticism about an idea that is described
𝗕𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗡
𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐲
𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 - ANS- a series of comparisons between herself and the athletes she admires
𝗕𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗡
𝐈𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫'𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫 "𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡" (𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡 𝟏𝟐) 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 "𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞" (𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡 𝟏𝟓)
𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 - ANS- illustrate how her sense of solidarity with the gymnasts is unconstrained
by physical differences
𝗕𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗡
𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐬 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞
𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠? - ANS- Amplify the significance of a comparison by making, then qualifying, an
absolute claim
𝗕𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗡
𝐈𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡 ("𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐧𝐚 . . . 𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝") 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬
𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 - ANS- connect the author's insights about her professional life to her
broader experiences as a person with cerebral palsy
𝗕𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗡
𝐈𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐡𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 "𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧
𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭" 𝐚𝐧𝐝 "𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡" 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐲 - ANS- belief that the expectation
reflects unrealistic demands
𝗕𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗡
𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐲-𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫'𝐬 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐡𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐞 "𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐥𝐞" 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬
𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐲 - ANS- emphasizing that elite black women athletes
achieve success through talent and hard work
𝗕𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗡
Exam 1
𝗕𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗡
(𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 2016.)
When I was younger, I used to have the same recurring daydream in gym class.
If we were playing softball, I would dream I hit the ball and sprinted to home plate
because I deserve to be there, not because my classmates let me slide—like the puck
that glided past the goalie and into the net. I won the game, and everything faded away as
a single tear rolled down my cheek—the way athletes cry after a championship win in the
movies.
Me, midrun, a smile on my face, because I couldn't believe I was quickly moving.
I have a milder form of cerebral palsy. I walk with a limp. I had given up on the idea of
running after surgeries on the right side of my body left me too afraid to relearn how to
run.
These reveries left me waiting for a "special talent," which I assumed all disabled kids
had, to make up for their disability.
I'm a terrible sing - ANS- A spate of high-profile athletic achievements that she finds
inspiring
𝗕𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗡
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 "𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦"
(𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐬 𝟏-𝟑) 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 - ANS- immediately direct attention to her mental world and
perceptions
𝗕𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗡
𝐈𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡 ("𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐩") 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞
𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬? - ANS- It elaborates on a term to avoid a potential misunderstanding.
, 𝗕𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗡
𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫'𝐬 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐪𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 - ANS- convey a
sense of skepticism about an idea that is described
𝗕𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗡
𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐲
𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 - ANS- a series of comparisons between herself and the athletes she admires
𝗕𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗡
𝐈𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫'𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫 "𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡" (𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡 𝟏𝟐) 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 "𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞" (𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡 𝟏𝟓)
𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 - ANS- illustrate how her sense of solidarity with the gymnasts is unconstrained
by physical differences
𝗕𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗡
𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐬 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞
𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠? - ANS- Amplify the significance of a comparison by making, then qualifying, an
absolute claim
𝗕𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗡
𝐈𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡 ("𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐧𝐚 . . . 𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝") 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬
𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 - ANS- connect the author's insights about her professional life to her
broader experiences as a person with cerebral palsy
𝗕𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗡
𝐈𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐡𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 "𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧
𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭" 𝐚𝐧𝐝 "𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡" 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐲 - ANS- belief that the expectation
reflects unrealistic demands
𝗕𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗡
𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐲-𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫'𝐬 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐡𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐞 "𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐥𝐞" 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬
𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐲 - ANS- emphasizing that elite black women athletes
achieve success through talent and hard work
𝗕𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗡
