41

Chapter III: Answers to the 2007 AP English Language and Composition Exam■ Section I: Multiple Choice

■ Section I Answer Key and Percent Answering Correctly

■ Analyzing Your Students’ Performance on the Multiple-Choice Section

■ Diagnostic Guide for the 2007 AP English Language and Composition Exam

■ Section II: Free Response■ Comments from the Chief Reader

■ Scoring Guidelines, Sample Student Responses, and Commentary

Section I: Multiple ChoiceListed below are the correct answers to the multiple-choice questions, the percent of AP students who answered each question correctly by AP grade, and the total percent answering correctly.

Section I Answer Key and Percent Answering Correctly

ItemNo.

Correct Answer

Percent Correct by Grade Total Percent Correct

5 4 3 2 1

1 E 79 61 42 24 14 402 A 91 82 71 56 35 663 E 85 70 57 48 42 584 D 94 88 81 75 60 805 D 84 65 44 27 20 446 C 90 78 64 48 34 617 C 70 46 30 22 22 338 A 91 78 59 37 20 559 B 93 87 76 58 35 7010 A 63 54 45 34 22 4311 C 99 96 90 76 52 8412 E 87 70 46 25 14 4413 A 95 87 75 58 35 7014 A 96 89 76 58 36 7015 B 85 70 52 34 21 5016 C 95 92 85 73 51 8017 C 93 86 76 64 49 7318 D 98 94 86 71 44 8019 B 94 89 82 71 54 7820 C 92 80 63 40 23 5821 A 76 69 58 43 28 5422 B 98 95 90 79 51 8423 D 96 93 88 81 63 8524 E 95 86 69 42 18 6125 A 92 87 82 75 55 7926 A 82 77 71 63 48 6827 E 93 88 81 71 50 77

ItemNo.

Correct Answer

Percent Correct by Grade Total Percent Correct5 4 3 2 1

28 C 96 92 85 68 40 7729 B 97 92 82 66 43 7630 E 90 85 81 73 55 7731 C 99 97 91 78 55 8532 B 98 94 85 65 40 7733 E 86 74 59 39 20 5434 - * * * * * *35 D 83 69 53 36 21 5036 D 80 68 53 32 15 4837 B 73 61 51 43 28 5038 C 77 55 33 16 12 3439 A 41 32 23 14 10 2240 D 65 48 36 28 22 3741 A 80 64 47 28 16 4442 A 80 70 62 50 31 5843 E 92 79 58 33 16 5344 B 99 96 87 66 33 7845 D 97 93 83 61 30 7446 B 87 78 65 47 28 6047 A 74 60 49 38 23 4748 C 89 82 67 45 22 6049 B 95 83 61 31 14 5450 B 87 78 64 42 21 5751 E 94 82 65 43 20 5952 C 65 46 30 17 12 3053 E 84 61 35 16 8 36

* Although 53 multiple-choice items were administered in Section I, Item # 34 was not used in scoring.

42

Analyzing Your Students’ Performance on the Multiple-Choice Section

If you give your students the 2007 exam for practice, you may want to analyze the results to fi nd overall strengths and weaknesses in their understanding of AP English Language and Composition. The following diagnostic worksheet will help you do this. You are permitted to photocopy and dis-tribute it to your students for completion.

1. In each section, students should insert a check mark for each correct answer.

2. Add together the total number of correct answers for each section.

3. To compare the student’s number of correct answers for each section with the average number correct for that section, copy the number of correct answers to the “Number Correct” table at the end of the Diagnostic Guide.

In addition, under each item, the percent of AP students who answered correctly is shown, so students can analyze their performance on individual items. This information will be helpful in deciding how students should plan their study time.

43

Diagnostic Guide for the 2007 AP English Language and Composition Exam

John Stuart Mill Passage (Average number correct = 11.2)

Question # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

Correct/Incorrect

Percent of Students Answering Correctly 40 66 58 80 44 61 33 55 70 43 84 44 70 70 50 80 73

W. E. B. Du Bois Passage (Average number correct = 8.5)

Question # 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Correct/Incorrect

Percent of Students Answering Correctly 80 78 58 54 84 85 61 79 68 77 77 76 77 85

Walter Isaacson Passage (Average number correct = 8.5)

Question # 32 33 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45

Correct/Incorrect

Percent of Students Answering Correctly 77 54 50 48 50 34 22 37 44 58 53 78 74

Joyce Carol Oates Passage (Average number correct = 3.9)

Question # 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53

Correct/Incorrect

Percent of Students Answering Correctly 60 47 60 54 57 59 30 36

Number Correct

John Stuart Mill Passage

W. E. B. Du Bois Passage

Walter Isaacson Passage

Joyce Carol Oates Passage

Number of Questions

17 14 13 8

Average Number Correct

11.2(65.9%)

8.5(60.7%)

8.5(65.4%)

3.9(48.8%)

My Number Correct