Princeton Review AP English Language & Composition Prep, 2023: 5 Practice Tests + Complete Content Review + Strategies & Techniques (College Test Preparation)

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Contents
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Part I: Using This Book to Improve Your AP Score
Preview: Your Knowledge, Your Expectations
Your Guide to Using This Book
How to Begin
Part II: Practice Test 1
Practice Test 1
Practice Test 1: Diagnostic Answer Key and Explanations
How to Score Practice Test 1
Part III: About the AP English Language and
Composition Exam
The Structure of the AP English Language and Composition
Exam
How the AP English Language and Composition Exam Is
Scored
Overview of Content Topics
How AP Exams Are Used
Other Resources
Designing Your Study Plan
Part IV: Test-Taking Strategies for the AP English
Language and Composition Exam
Preview
1 How to Approach Multiple-Choice Questions
2 Using Time Effectively to Maximize Points
3 Pacing Drills
4 How to Approach the Essays: Basic Principles
5 How to Approach the Synthesis Essay
6 How to Approach the Rhetorical Analysis Essay
7 How to Approach the Argument Essay
Reflect
Part V: Terms and Modes Review for the AP English
Language and Composition Exam
8 Rhetoric and the Elements of Style
9 Basic Rhetorical Modes
10 Complex Rhetorical Modes
11 Rhetorical Fallacies
Part VI: Practice Tests 2, 3 and 4
Practice Test 2
Practice Test 2: Answers and Explanations
Practice Test 3
Practice Test 3: Answers and Explanations
Practice Test 4
Practice Test 4: Answers and Explanations
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