Cracking the AP English language & composition exam
By: Richard Hartzell
Contributors: Princeton Review (Firm)
Edition: 2013 ed.
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9780307945112
Subjects: Examinations; Composition (Language arts); Study guides; English literature; Examinations, questions; Advanced placement programs (Education)
Other titles: Cracking the Advanced Placement English language and composition exam; Princeton review cracking the AP English language & composition exam; Cracking the AP English language & composition exam 2013; AP English language & composition exam 2013; Advanced Placement English language and composition exam 2013
Description: Reviews reading and writing techniques and the types of reading selections on the test, and provides test taking-strategies, practice questions, and two full-length practice exams.
Notes: At head of title: The Princeton Review.

"Two full-length practice tests with detailed explanations; tips on how to craft a winning synthesis essay; updated strategies that reflect the AP test scoring change"--Cover.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Welcome to the exam. A brief introduction to the AP English language and composition exam; title: pt. 2. Cracking the system : the multiple-choice section. Cracking the multiple-choice questions; title: pt. 3. Cracking the system : the essays. Basic principles of the essay section ; The synthesis essay ; The rhetorical analysis essay ; The argumentative essay; title: pt. 4. AP English language. Words and their use ; The hit parade; title: words, words, words; title: pt. 5. AP English composition. Rhetorical fallacies ; Basic rhetorical modes ; Complex rhetorical modes ; pt. 6. The Princeton Review AP English language and composition practice tests and explanations.