2019 apⓡ english literature and composition free-response questions
english literature and composition section ii
total time-2 hours question 1
(suggested time-40 minutes. this question counts as one-third of the total essay section score.)
writing prompt: carefully read p. k. page's 1943 poem “the landlady." then, in a
well-organized essay, analyze the speaker's complex portrayal of the landlady. consider
such elements as imagery, selection of detail, and tone.

The tone of this speech could best be described as expressing a feeling of read the excerpt from president ronald reagan's speech on the night before the 1980 presidential election, i believe we can embark on a new age of reform in this country and an era of national renewal an era that will reorder the relationship between citizen and government, that will make government again responsive to people, that will revitalize the values of family, work, and neighborhood and that will testore our private and independent social fear hope anger pride