LEAP English I and II the written response overview quiz quiz

All three: Literary Analysis, Research Simulation, and Narrative

No writing tasks

Only the Narrative Writing Task

The Research Simulation Task plus either the Literary Analysis Task or the Narrative Writing Task

They are all multiple choice

They are free-topic essays

They are scored only on length

They are text-based: each response is built from the provided passages, not outside knowledge

Analyze how an author develops theme, character, or structure in one or more literary texts, with evidence

List literary devices

Summarize a news article

Write a personal story on any topic

It has no writing component

It requires synthesizing several related sources, using evidence from more than one

It is a personal narrative

It uses only one source

Write an original narrative connected to a stimulus text, with effective narrative technique

Analyze an argument

Correct grammar errors

Summarize three sources

On a single 0 to 5 score

On length alone

On spelling only

On Reading Comprehension and Written Expression (holistic 0 to 4 times 4, up to 16) plus Knowledge of Language and Conventions (0 to 3), up to 19

It is not scored

On Written Expression (holistic 0 to 4 times 3, up to 12) plus Knowledge of Language and Conventions (0 to 3), up to 15

On reading comprehension only

The same as the analytic tasks

Having a clear claim

Using evidence from the text

Being blank, off-topic, in the wrong language, or entirely copied from the passage

Writing more than one paragraph

Avoid evidence entirely

Choose relevant specific evidence, integrate it by quoting or paraphrasing, and explain how it supports the claim

Copy the whole passage

Quote, repeat, and quote again

Because it is built to measure synthesis, and a single-source response cannot show cross-source reading

Because one source is always wrong

It does not need to

To make the essay longer

Handwriting

Depth of analysis and explained evidence: the 4 explains how evidence supports the claim; the 2 summarizes or drops quotations

The number of pages

Using a different font

Knowledge of Language and Conventions, scored 0 to 3

Narrative technique only

Reading Comprehension only

They share no dimensions

Because the passages are not related to the task

Reading is optional

Because every task is text-based, so the response is built from the provided passages

You should write first

All tasks are worth 10 points

The Narrative Writing Task, 19 points

Each analytic task (Literary Analysis or Research Simulation), up to 19 points

The Narrative Writing Task, 25 points