AP English Literature and Composition Premium, 2022-2023: 8 Practice Tests + Comprehensive Review + Online Practice

by George Ehrenhaft Ed. D.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781506263847
Publisher:	Barrons Educational Services
Publication date:	02/01/2022
Series:	Barron's AP
Edition description:	Ninth Edition
Pages:	348
Sales rank:	410,006
Product dimensions:	8.30(w) x 10.70(h) x 1.00(d)
Age Range:	14 - 17 Years

About the Author

About the Author
George Ehrenhaft, Ed.D. (Moraga, CA) George Ehrenhaft has been the author or co-author of AP English Literature, AP English Language, and other Barron’s titles on the SAT, the ACT. Ehrenhaft spent most of his career teaching English in Westchester County, New York, at Fox Lane and Mamaroneck High Schools.

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Table of Contents

How to Use This Book vii

Barron's Essential 5 viii

Introduction 1

The AP English Literature and Composition Exam 1

1 Getting Acquainted with the Test 3

Overview 3

Section I: Prose Passages and Poetry 3

Section II: Essay Questions 4

Practice, Practice, Practice: Online Resources 6

2 Answering Questions on the Test 7

Multiple-Choice Questions 7

Tactics for Answering Questions 8

Increasing Your Reading Power 10

Sample Poetry Questions 11

Practice with Poetry 15

Sample Prose Fiction Questions 20

Practice with Prose 24

3 Writing 31

Writing the Essays 31

Questions from Previous Exams 32

Guidelines for Writing Essays 35

How Essays Are Read and Evaluated 42

Scoring Your Own Essays 45

Essay Scoring Worksheet 46

4 Diagnostic Test 47

Section I: Multiple-Choice Questions 51

Section II: Essay Questions 64

Answer Key 68

Answer Explanations 69

AP Exam Scoring Guide 78

Test Score Worksheet 80

5 Poetry 81

Poetry Overview 81

Reading Poems 82

Practice in Reading and Analyzing Poems 88

Analyzing Poems 99

The Use of Repetition 102

The Language of Poetry 108

Poetic Styles and Forms 121

6 Essay Question 1: Poetry Analysis 137

Sample Poetry Analysis 137

Essay Question 1 138

Student Essays 139

7 Essay Question 2; Prose Fiction Argument 145

Essay Question 2: On a Passage of Prose Fiction 145

Annotation: What It Can Do for You 146

D.I.Y. Passage for Annotation #1 149

D.I.Y. Passage for Annotation #2 152

Prose Fiction Argument with Student Essays 157

Prose Fiction Argument 158

8 Essay Question 3: Literary Argument 165

Meaning of Literary Argument 165

Literary Elements 170

Mini-Workout on Plot 172

Mini-Workout on Setting 173

Mini-Workout on Character 176

Mini-Workout on Point of View 178

Mini-Workout on Structure 180

Mini-Workout on Figurative Language 182

Mini-Workout on Theme 183

Analyses of Selected Novels 185

Drama on the Exam 187

Writing About Selected Plays 188

9 Practice Tests 197

Practice Test 1 201

Answer Key 217

Answer Explanations 218

Practice Test 2 231

Answer Key 247

Answer Explanations 248

Practice Test 3 261

Answer Key 275

Answer Explanations 276

Practice Test 4 289

Answer Key 304

Answer Explanations 305

Glossary of Literary and Rhetorical Terms 317

Acknowledgments 327

Index 329