AP English Language and Composition for Dummies

by Geraldine Woods

Gearing up for the AP English Language and Composition test? "AP English Language & Composition For Dummies" is packed with all the resources and help you need to do your very best. In this AP study guide, you'll find winning test-taking tips, multiple-choice strategies, and essay guidelines, as well as great advice on optimizing your study time and hitting the top of your game on test day.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 planUnderstand everything you must know about the examDevelop a multiple-choice strategySpeed up your essay writingFind painless ways to become a better writerAvoid mistakes that will lower your scoreInterpret non-fiction writingWrite about graphs and chartsMake 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.

Genres: Language, Writing, Nonfiction, Literature, Literary Fiction, Juvenile, Irish Literature

384 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 29, 2008

About the author

Geraldine Woods has taught English at every level from fifth grade through Advanced Placement, most recently at the Horace Mann School. She is the author of numerous nonfiction books for adults and children, including 25 Great Sentences and How They Got That Way. She lives in New York City.