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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](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).  \nAP® English Literature and Composition 2025 Scoring Guidelines  \nQuestion 3: Literary Argument 6 points  \nMany works of literature feature a character who holds a secret that can have broader implications for that character or other characters. For example, such secrets may create conflict, provide a source of consolation, protect characters from reality, or allow one character to manipulate other characters.  \nEither from your own reading or from the list below, choose a work of fiction in which an important character holds a secret that affects that character’s relationship with one or more other characters. Then, in a well-written essay, analyze how the effect of the character’s secret contributes to an interpretation of the work as a whole. Do not merely summarize the plot.  \nIn your response, you should do the following:  \n• Respond to the prompt with a thesis that presents a defensible interpretation.  \n• Provide 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.  \n© 2025 College Board  \nAP® English Literature and Composition 2025 Scoring Guidelines  \n\n| Reporting Category | Scoring Criteria |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Row A\u003Cbr>Thesis\u003Cbr>(0–1 points) | 0 points\u003Cbr>For any of the following:\u003Cbr>• There is no defensible thesis.\u003Cbr>• The intended thesis only restates the prompt.\u003Cbr>• The intended thesis provides a summary of the issue with no apparent or coherent claim.\u003Cbr>• There is a thesis, but it does not respond to the prompt. | 1 point\u003Cbr>Responds to the prompt with a thesis that presents a defensible interpretation of the selected work. |\n|  | Decision Rules and Scoring Notes |  |\n|  | Responses that do not earn this point:\u003Cbr>• Only restate the prompt.\u003Cbr>• Make a generalized comment about the selected work that doesn’t respond to the prompt. | Responses that earn this point:\u003Cbr>• Provide a defensible interpretation of the effect of the character’s secret. OR\u003Cbr>• Make a claim about how the effect of the character’s secret contributes to an interpretation of the work as a whole. |\n|  | Examples that do not earn this point:\u003Cbr>Restate the prompt\u003Cbr>• “Secrets can have broad implications for the characters in a novel.”\u003Cbr>Do not respond to the prompt but make a generalized comment about the selected work\u003Cbr>• “No one knows where Heathcliff’s wealth comes from in Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights.”\u003Cbr>• “Passing is a story about two women who have taken very different paths in their lives.”\u003Cbr>• “It is difficult to tell exactly what has happened in The Good Soldier because the narrator is unreliable.” | Examples that earn this point:\u003Cbr>Provide a defensible interpretation\u003Cbr>• “In Hamlet, Claudius’s secret that he has killed his brother, the king, is what motivates and drives Hamlet to try to get revenge.”\u003Cbr>• “Because Winnie has kept so much of her past a secret in Amy Tan’s The Kitchen God’s Wife, Pearl feels distant from her mother, and infact keeps her own secrets from her even though she loves her.”\u003Cbr>• “Sethe’s secret is central to the themes of Beloved. She must confront the trauma she has experienced and struggle to acknowledge it before she can be released from the past.” |\n|  | Additional Notes:\u003Cbr>• The thesis may be more than one sentence, provided the sentences are in close proximity.\u003Cbr>• The thes","cbCaiclZmFQPFnQJ","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiclZmFQPFnQJ","pdf",450600,"English","# Free-Response Question 3\n## Scoring Guidelines: Question 3 - Literary Argument","[{\"question\":\"What does Free-Response Question 3 require for an AP Literary Argument essay?\",\"answer\":\"Choose a fiction work where an important character’s secret affects relationships with others, then write an essay analyzing how the secret’s effect contributes to an interpretation of the work as a whole. 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