Advanced Placement Latin Literature - Abilities Tested

Abilities Tested

The AP Latin Literature exam tested students' abilities to:

  • Translate literally a selected Latin passage
  • Explicate certain words or phrases in context
  • Identify the content and significance 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 those suggested by passages, but also those relevant to other sections
  • Analyze and discuss structure, as well as demonstrate awareness of the features used in the construction of a poem or argument
  • Scan the meter of selections

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