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9780764112300

How to Prepare for the Ap English Advanced Placement Examinations

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  • ISBN13:

    9780764112300

  • ISBN10:

    0764112309

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-03-01
  • Publisher: B E S Pub Co
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Summary

Six full-length practice exams prepare test takers for both the language and literature exams in English, and are presented with all questions answered and explained. Two practice exams are in language and four are in literature. Extensive subject review includes capsule summaries of more than 50 works of American and English literature. There is also a section covering literary and rhetorical words and phrases. A separate essay-writing section contains sample responses to AP questions and offers specific advice on writing a successful AP essay.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments v
Introducing the AP English Exams vii
PART ONE Language and Composition Exam 1(72)
Overview of the Test
3(1)
Multiple-Choice Questions
4(27)
Sample Passage and Questions
6(7)
Reading Practice
13(6)
Passages for Practice
19(12)
Essay Questions
31(42)
Sample Questions
33(5)
Question with Student Responses
38(5)
How AP Essays Are Scored
43(2)
Writing Essays: What You Need to Know About the Craft of Writing
45(3)
Writing Essays: What You Need to Know About Language and Rhetoric
48(15)
Categories of Prose Discourse
63(10)
PART TWO Literature and Composition Test 73(252)
Overview of the Test
75(33)
Answering Multiple-Choice Questions
76(17)
Answering Essay Questions
93(15)
Poetry on the AP Exam
108(78)
Aspects of Poetry
117(6)
The Lyric Poem
123(5)
The Narrative Poem
128(2)
The Sonnet
130(6)
The Ode
136(9)
Blank Verse
145(3)
Free Verse
148(10)
The Dramatic Monologue
158(3)
The Elegy
161(2)
The Villanelle
163(3)
Poetry in Translation
166(9)
Writing an Essay on Poetry
175(11)
Fiction on the AP Exam
186(95)
The Nature of Fiction
186(2)
The Form and Structure of Fiction
188(2)
The Modes of Fiction
190(2)
The Worlds of Fiction
192(2)
Reading and Responding to Literature
194(16)
The Short Story
210(9)
The Novel
219(26)
Satire
245(18)
Magic Realism
263(18)
Drama on the AP Exam
281(44)
PART THREE Practice Tests 325(142)
Practice Test A---Language and Composition
329(28)
Practice Test B---Language and Composition
357(28)
Practice Test C---Literature and Composition
385(20)
Practice Test D---Literature and Composition
405(22)
Practice Test E---Literature and Composition
427(22)
Practice Test F---Literature and Composition
449(18)
GLOSSARY Literary and Rhetorical Words and Phrases 467(6)
WORKS Discussed or Analyzed 473(2)
INDEX 475

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