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    My Max Score AP Essentials English Literature and Composition
    My Max Score AP Essentials English Literature and Composition
    My Max Score AP Essentials English Literature and Composition
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    My Max Score AP Essentials English Literature and Composition

    By Tony Armstrong

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    MyMaxScore: The Essentials is the perfect last-minute study guide. If your test date is nearing, MyMaxScore: The Essentials gives you the strategies, practice questions, and review you need to succeed.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSourcebooks
    Release dateMay 3, 2011
    ISBN9781402266195
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      My Max Score AP Essentials English Literature and Composition - Tony Armstrong

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      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Armstrong, Tony.

        My max score AP English Literature: maximize your score in less time / by Tony Armstrong.

          p. cm.

      1. English literature—Examinations—Study guides. 2. Advanced placement programs (Education)—Examinations—Study guides. I. Title.

        PR87.A76 2011

        820.76—dc22

      2010039351

      Contents

      Front Cover

      Copyright

      Introduction

      The Essentials: A Last-Minute Study Guide

      Quick Test-Taking Tips

      One Way to Read a Passage

      One Way to Read a Poem

      AP English Literature and Composition Practice Exam

      Section I

      Section II

      Answers and Explanations

      Back Cover

      Introduction

      Everybody comes to an AP test from a different place. For some, it’s the one AP test of their high school career, while for others it’s just one of many. Some students have been focused on it all year, supplementing their classwork with extra practice at home. Other students haven’t been able to devote the time they would like—perhaps other classes, extracurricular activities, after-school jobs, or other obligations have gotten in the way. Wherever you’re coming from, this last-minute study guide can help. Let’s start by getting to know the AP English Literature and Composition Exam.

      About the Exam

      The AP English Literature Exam lasts for three hours and consists of two sections, a multiple-choice section and an essay section. The essay section is divided into three parts: poetry analysis, prose analysis, and a literature essay.

      The multiple-choice section contains 50 to 60 questions, and you are given an hour to answer them. It contains 2 or 3 poems and 2 or 3 prose passages, each of which you must analyze before responding to the questions that follow it. There is no penalty for guessing incorrectly, so it’s always better to guess than to leave an item blank.

      In the poetry essay, you must write an essay that explains the author’s technique in the poem, including analysis of literary devices and elements such as figurative language, structure, or tone. For the prose essay you are given a passage from a novel, short story, play, or other literary passage, and asked to analyze the passage in response to the prompt provided. The final essay asks you to choose a novel or play you have read—no short stories or nonfiction, please—and analyze it in response to the question provided.

      Scoring

      The multiple-choice section is worth 45 percent of your final grade, and the three essays together are worth 55 percent.

      Each essay is graded on a scale of 1 to 9, with a 9 being an exceptional essay and a 1 being incoherent, off topic, or otherwise unacceptable. These scores are combined to give you an AP grade:

      5) Extremely well qualified

      4) Well qualified

      3) Qualified

      2) Possibly qualified

      1) Not recommended for AP credit

      To earn a 3, a rough guide is that you will need to answer at least 60 to 65 percent of the multiple-choice questions correctly and earn at least a 5 on each essay.

      What’s on the Exam

      The challenge of the AP English Literature Exam is that there’s not just one set of knowledge. Instead, it’s a test of your ability to carefully read and analyze imaginative literature, which refers to fictional works, plays, and poetry. Successful students must be able to interpret how writers use language to provide meaning and enjoyment for the reader, and analyze how aspects such as structure, style, and themes, as well as smaller elements such as figurative language, imagery, symbolism, and tone, come into play in a piece of writing.

      There is no set reading list—in fact, the creators of the exam work hard to ensure that you haven’t read the pieces that appear on the exam. The final essay asks you to use a work of literature of your own choosing to respond to the prompt, so it’s a good idea to be familiar with a wide range of works that you can choose from when writing this essay.

      Visit mymaxscore.com for an additional practice test for the AP English Literature and Composition Exam, as well as practice tests for other AP subjects.

      THE ESSENTIALS: A LAST-MINUTE STUDY GUIDE

      Okay, so it’s a night or two before the exam and you just don’t feel ready. Is it time to panic? No, it’s time to prepare. If you’ve been taking an AP English Literature class, or preparing in other ways throughout the year, then you’re nearly there. All you need now is to settle your nerves, review a few strategies to refresh your mind, and line everything up for test day. It’s not too late to maximize your score.

      Get focused. You don’t have much time, so you’ll want to make the most of the time you have. Turn off all your electronics and technological gadgetry. No texting or web-surfing. Ask your family not to bother you unless it’s really important. Close the door. Ready? Then let’s get started.

      Review the Test-Taking Tips

      Start by getting to know the test. Go over the Quick Test-Taking Tips on page 5. There are more in-depth strategies on pages 27 and 53 if you have a few nights.

      Go Over Prose and Poetry Reading

      Read over the sections on how to read a prose passage and how to read a poem. You may already have your own strategies, but chances are you’ll pick up something useful from reading these sections. Remember that it’s not enough just to get the gist of the passages you read—you must analyze them as you read, searching for deeper meaning, and to do that it helps to annotate as you go.

      Take a Practice Exam

      This is the key to your preparation. Do the practice exam on page 149 in real

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