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.

Material tested

The AP Latin Lit exam is designed to test students' knowledge of a range of classical Latin literature, as opposed to the 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.

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

Grade distribution

In the 2006 administration, 3,333 students took the exam from 543 schools. The mean score was a 3.10.

The grade distribution for 2006 was:
Score Percent
522.2%
419.8%
324.1%
214.1%
119.8%

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