Argument 1 (Helen Keller)

👋 Welcome to the AP English Lang FRQ: Argument 1 (Helen Keller). These are longer questions, so grab some paper and a pencil, or open up a blank page on your computer.

⚠️ (Unfortunately, we don't have an Answers Guide or Rubric for this question, but it can give you an idea of how an Argument FRQ might show up on the exam.)

⏱ The AP English Language exam has 3 free-response questions, and you will be given 2 hours and 15 minutes to complete the FRQ section, which includes a 15-minute reading period. (This means you should give yourself ~40 minutes to go through each practice FRQ.)

Helen Keller (1880-1968) lost her abilities to speak and hear after suffering from an illness at nineteen months old. She learned to read and write with the help of her teacher, Anne Sullivan, and she became an influential author and disability rights activist. Keller once argued that “avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure.” She quipped that “the fearful are caught as often as the bold.”

In your response you should do the following: