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College Board, Advanced Placement, AP, AP Central, and the acorn logo are registered trademarks [of College Board. Visit College Board on the web: collegeboard.org](of College Board. Visit College Board on the web: collegeboard.org).  \nAP Central is the official online home for [the AP Program: apcentral.collegeboard.org](the AP Program: apcentral.collegeboard.org).  \nENGLISH LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION  \nSECTION II  \nTIME – 2 HOURS  \nDirections:  \nSection II has 3 free-response questions and lasts 2 hours.  \nThis section of the exam requires answers in essay form. Each essay will be judged on its clarity and effectiveness in dealing with the assigned topic and on the quality of the writing. In responding to Question 3, select a work of fiction that will be appropriate to the question. Use a work that you are familiar with either from your AP English Literature and Composition class or from other literature you have previously read.  \nYou may pace yourself as you answer the questions in this section, or you may use these optional timing recommendations:  \nIt is suggested that you spend an equal amount of time, approximately 40 minutes, on each question.  \nYou may use scratch paper for notes and planning, but credit will only be given for responses entered in this application. Text you enter as an annotation will not be included as part of your answer. You can go back and forth between questions in this section until time expires. The clock will turn red when 5 minutes remain—the proctor will not give you any time updates or warnings.  \nNote: This exam was originally administered digitally. It is presented here in a format optimized for teacher and student use in the classroom.  \n© 2025 College Board.  \n[Visit College Board on the web:](Visit College Board on the web: collegeboard.org 2)[ collegeboard.org](Visit College Board on the web: collegeboard.org 2)[ 2](Visit College Board on the web: collegeboard.org 2)  \nAP ENGLISH LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION 2025 n FREE-RESPONSE QUESTIONS  \n1. In Colleen McElroy’s poem “Monologue for Saint Louis,” published in 1980, the speaker returns to her childhood home in St. Louis, Missouri, after an extended absence and contemplates how she has changed. Read the poem carefully. Then, in a well-written essay, analyze how McElroy uses literary elements and techniques to convey the speaker’s complex experience of returning home.  \nIn your response you should do the following:  \n• Respond to the prompt with a thesis that presents a defensible interpretation.  \n• Select and use evidence to support your line of reasoning.  \n• Explain how the evidence supports your line of reasoning.  \n• Use appropriate grammar and punctuation in communicating your argument.  \nMonologue for Saint Louis  \nhome again and the heart barely there  \nwhen choked by clusters of words  \nthick as the clumps of blue-black  \ngrapes we snitched every summer Line 5 from the neighbor’s arbor1  \nsucculent pockets of flesh laced  \nwith green staining our lips and fingers  \nit is summer again and I am home  \nvowing penance2 for all my disappearances  \n10 since that first summer  \nwhen the arbor was clotted  \nwith pockets of grapes latticed on each  \ninterlocking vine  \nnow earthworms have trellised the arbor  \n15 and that crumbling heap of rotting black  \nsticks cannot shield us from wind or words  \nwe are the women we whispered about each summer  \nfamiliar houses and schoolyards have disappeared  \nchildhood streets are blocked with singular black  \n© 2025 College Board.  \n[Visit College Board on the web:](Visit College Board on the web: collegeboard.org 3)[ collegeboard.org](Visit College Board on the web: collegeboard.org 3)[ 3](Visit College Board on the web: collegeboard.org 3)  \n20 one-way signs aligned like a lacework  \nof warnings or accusing fingers  \nI am home again  \nand my cousins sit in their cloaks of black  \nskin dragging me","cbCaikSTYUaue8fq","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaikSTYUaue8fq","pdf",278572,"English","# Section II Directions\n## Time and structure\n## Answer requirements and scoring notes\n## Question 1: Monologue for Saint Louis (analysis)\n## Question 2: The Bradshaw Variations (analysis)","[{\"question\":\"How long is Section II, and how many free-response questions does it include?\",\"answer\":\"Section II lasts 2 hours and includes 3 free-response questions.\"},{\"question\":\"What should an essay response include according to the directions?\",\"answer\":\"Responses should present a defensible thesis, use evidence to support the reasoning, explain how the evidence supports the reasoning, and use appropriate grammar and punctuation.\"},{\"question\":\"Can I use scratch paper, and will annotations count toward my answer?\",\"answer\":\"Scratch paper is allowed for notes and planning, but credit is given only for responses entered in the application; text entered as annotations will not be included.\"}]","AP English Literature and Composition - Section II - Free-Response Questions Set 1 | PDF",18]