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Table of Contents How to Use This Book Barron’s Essential 5 Acknowledgments 1Getting Acquainted with the Test Structure of the Exam Multiple-Choice Questions Reading Techniques How to Increase Your Reading Power Answering the Questions Essay Questions from Previous AP Exams Sample Synthesis Question Sample Rhetorical Analysis Question Sample Argument Question How Essays Are Read and Evaluated Interpreting Essay Scores How to Score the Essays Scoring Your Own Essays 2Diagnostic Test Introduction Section I Section II Answers to Multiple-Choice Questions Answers to Free-Response Questions How to Score the Essays Essay Evaluation Worksheet Test Score Worksheet 3Mastering Multiple-Choice Questions Reading and Rhetoric 2 / 4

Writing Questions Sample Passage and Writing Questions 4Mastering Essay Questions Steps for Writing the Perfect Essay The Synthesis Essay How to Write a Synthesis Essay Sample Synthesis Essay Question The Rhetorical Analysis Essay Planning and Writing Your Rhetorical Analysis Essay The Argument Essay Argument Essay Topics for Practice Practice Arranging Ideas AP Essay Writing Style Editing and Proofreading Essays Sample Rhetorical Analysis Essays Answer Key to Mini-Workouts 5Practice Tests Practice Test 1 Section I Section II Answers to Multiple-Choice Questions Answers to Free-Response Questions How to Score the Essays Essay Evaluation Worksheet Test Score Worksheet Practice Test 2 Section I Section II Answers to Multiple-Choice Questions Answers to Free-Response Questions How to Score the Essays Essay Evaluation Worksheet Test Score Worksheet Practice Test 3 Section I Section II Answers to Multiple-Choice Questions Answers to Free-Response Questions 3 / 4

How to Score the Essays Essay Evaluation Worksheet Test Score Worksheet Practice Test 4 Section I Section II Answers to Multiple-Choice Questions Answers to Free-Response Questions How to Score the Essays Essay Evaluation Worksheet Test Score Worksheet Appendix Glossary Visit Barron’s Online Learning Hub for more full-length practice tests.

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