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AP ENGLISH LANGUAGE & COMPOSITION – 6th Edition

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* The book's full subject review features coverage of all AP English Language & Composition areas, including critical writing, critical reading, literature commentaries, writing as dialogue, analysis and argument, prose, and more.

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* Smart and friendly lessons reinforce necessary skills

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CONTENTS

About Research & Education Association

Study Schedule

CHAPTER 1

Excelling on the AP English Language &

Composition Exam

About This Book

About the Exam

Scoring the Exam

Distribution of Grades

How to Use This Book

How to Contact the AP Program

CHAPTER 2

Learning About the “Other” Literature

What Is Literature?

A Brief Look at the Significance of the Essay

Strategies for Critical Reading of Prose Passages

What Critical Readers Do

Commentary on Mark Twain’s “Female Suffrage”

Commentary on Ben Franklin’s “The Handsome and

Deformed Leg

Commentary on the Excerpt from Charles Lamb’s “A Bachelor’s

Complaint of the Behaviour of Married People”

Conclusion

CHAPTER 3

Writing About the “Other” Literature: A Critical Dialogue

Critical Writing

Writing as Dialogue

Writing for the AP Examination

Strategies for Analysis and Argument

Analytic Writing: A Critical Dialogue with Washington Irving’s

“The Voyage”

A Critical Dialogue on “Idleness an Anxious and Miserable State”

by Samuel Johnson and “An Apology for Idlers”

by Robert Louis Stevenson

A Brief Review of Argumentative Structure

Argument Outline

CHAPTER 4

Preparing for and Taking the AP Exam

Format of the AP English Language &

Composition Examination

Changes Effective on the May 2007 Exam

Critical Reading of Prose Passages

Answering Multiple-Choice Questions

Answering Essay Questions

Strategies for Answering Essay Questions

Scoring Guidelines

CHAPTER 5

Glossary of Literary and Rhetorical Terms

AP ENGLISH LANGUAGE &

COMPOSITION PRACTICE EXAM 1

Exam 1

Answer Key

Detailed Explanations of Answers

AP ENGLISH LANGUAGE &

COMPOSITION PRACTICE EXAM 2

Exam 2

Answer Key

Detailed Explanations of Answers

AP ENGLISH LANGUAGE &

COMPOSITION PRACTICE EXAM 3

Exam 3

Answer Key

Detailed Explanations of Answers

APPENDICES

Appendix A – Punctuation

Appendix B – Spelling

ANSWER SHEETS