AP Latin Literature
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Advanced Placement Latin Literature (also AP Latin Lit) is an examination offered by the College Board's Advanced Placement Program for high school students to earn college credit for a college-level course in Latin literature.
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[edit] Material tested
The AP Latin Lit exam is designed to test students' knowledge of a range of classical Latin literature, as opposed to the AP Latin: Vergil examination, which focuses almost exclusively on Virgil's Aeneid. The course itself can follow one of three different curricula, each focusing on a different pair of authors: Catullus-Cicero, Catullus-Horace, and Catullus-Ovid. For each syllabus, students are expected to be able to read, translate, interpret, and analyze selected poems by Catullus as well as selected poems from the secondary author.
[edit] Abilities tested
The AP Latin Lit exam tests students' abilities to:
- Literally translate a selected Latin passage
- Explicate certain words or phrases in context
- Identify the content and signifcance of selected excerpts
- Identify and analyze characteristic or noteworthy features of the authors' writing, including use of imagery, figures of speech, metrical and sound effects
- Discuss particular themes or motifs not only suggested by passages but also relevant to other sections
- Analyze and discuss structure as well as demonstrating awareness of the features used in the construction of a poem or argument
- Scan the meter of selections
[edit] Grade distribution
In the 2005 administration, 3,530 students took the exam from 535 schools. The mean score was a 2.93. The grade distribution for 2005 was:
| Score | Percent |
|---|---|
| 5 | 17.9% |
| 4 | 19.2% |
| 3 | 24.3% |
| 2 | 15.6% |
| 1 | 23% |
