The AP English Literature and Composition Exam

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Table of Contents About the Authors How to Use This Book Barron’s Essential 5 Introduction The AP English Literature and Composition Exam

• Getting Acquainted with the Test

Overview

Section I: Prose Passages and Poetry

Section II: Essay Questions

• Answering Questions on the Test

Multiple-Choice Questions Tactics for Answering Questions Increasing Your Reading Power Sample Poetry Questions Practice with Poetry Sample Prose Fiction Questions Practice with Prose

• Writing

Writing the Essays Questions from Previous Exams Guidelines for Writing Essays How Essays Are Read and Evaluated Scoring Your Own Essays

• Diagnostic Test

Multiple-Choice Questions 2 / 4

Essay Questions Answer Explanations Ap Exam Scoring Guide Test Score Worksheet

• Poetry

Poetry Overview Reading Poems Practice in Reading And Analyzing Poems Analyzing Poems The Use of Repetition The Language of Poetry Poetic Styles and Forms

6 Essay Question 1: Poetry Analysis

Sample Poetry Analysis Essay Question 1 Student Essays

7 Essay Question 2: Prose Fiction Argument

Essay Question 2: On a Passage of Prose Fiction

Annotation: What It Can Do for You

D.I.Y. Passage for Annotation #1 D.I.Y. Passage for Annotation #2 Prose Fiction Argument with Student Essays Prose Fiction Argument

8 Essay Question 3: Literary Argument

Meaning of Literary Argument Literary Elements Mini-Workout on Plot Mini-Workout on Setting Mini-Workout on Character Mini-Workout on Point of View Mini-Workout on Structure Mini-Workout on Figurative Language Mini-Workout on Theme 3 / 4

Analyses of Selected Novels Drama on the Exam Writing About Selected Plays Practice Test 1

SECTION I: Multiple-Choice Questions

SECTION II: Essay Questions

Answer Explanations Scoring Your Own Essays Test Score Worksheet Practice Test 2

SECTION I: Multiple-Choice Questions

SECTION II: Essay Questions

Answer Explanations Scoring Your Own Essays Test Score Worksheet Practice Test 3

SECTION I: Multiple-Choice Questions

SECTION II: Essay Questions

Answer Explanations Scoring Your Own Essays Test Score Worksheet Practice Test 4

SECTION I: Multiple-Choice Questions

SECTION II: Essay Questions

Answer Explanations Scoring Your Own Essays Test Score Worksheet Glossary of Literary and Rhetorical Terms Acknowledgments

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