This user-friendly guide helps you prepare without perspiration by developing a pre-test plan, organizing your study time, and getting the most out or your AP course. You’ll learn how to assemble your writer’s toolkit, expand your vocabulary, analyze sentences and paragraphs, understand rhetorical approaches, perfect your grammar, and paint pictures with words. Two full-length practice exams help you build your confidence, get comfortable with test formats, identify your strengths and weaknesses, and focus your studies. Discover how to:
- Create and follow a pretest plan
- Understand everything you must know about the exam
- Develop a multiple-choice strategy
- Speed up your essay writing
- Find painless ways to become a better writer
- Avoid mistakes that will lower your score
- Interpret non-fiction writing
- Write about graphs and charts
- Make the most of practice exams to maximize your final score
You work hard to perform at the college level. AP English Language and Composition For Dummies gives you the support, confidence, and test-taking know-how you need to demonstrate your ability when it matters most.