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    Acknowledgments The Princeton Review would like to thank Corinne Dolci for her thorough review of this title and useful updates to the 19th edition. The editor of this edition would like to thank Becky Radway, Wendy Rosen, and Jennifer Chapman for their hard work on this edition as well.

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    Contents Get More (Free) Content 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 ll: Practice Test 1 Practice Test 1 Practice Test 1: Diagnostic Answer Key and Explanations How to Score Practice Test 1 Part lll: About the AP English Language and Composition Exam The Structure of the AP English Language and Composition Exam AP English Language and Composition Goes Fully Digital 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

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    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: Content and Skill Review for the AP English Language and Composition Exam 8 Rhetorical Situation 9 Claims and Evidence 10 Reasoning and Organization 11 Style 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 Part VII: Practice Test 5

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    * ISBN * page number Need to report a technical issue? Contact TPRStudentTech@review.com and provide: o your full name « email address used to register the book « full book title and ISBN « Operating system (Mac/PC) and browser (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, etc.) Access Your Online Test Practice Your AP Prep book comes with new interactive practice exams to help you prepare for digital test- taking! Find these tests in your online Student Tools, provided in two different formats: « Fully digital versions with a timer option to simulate the exam experience « Downloadable interactive PDFs with digital features like clicking your answer and typing your free- responses

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    Check back often as we continue to update the included AP Student Tools. PLUS, IN YOUR ACCOUNT YOU CAN: * Get valuable advice about the college application process, tips for essay writing, and financial aid info e Use our searchable rankings to learn more about your dream school * Access comprehensive study guides, digital flashcards, and a vocab list « Check to see if there have been any updates or corrections to this edition Download our app at www.princetonreview.com/mobile/apps/highschool. Look For These Icons Throughout The Book ONLINE ARTICLES

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    OTHER REFERENCES APPLIED STRATEGIES PROVEN TECHNIQUES GOING DEEPER CRITICAL CONNECTION STUDY BREAK

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    Part I

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    Using This Book to Improve Your AP Score e Preview: Your Knowledge. Your Expectations * Your Guide to Using This Book e How to Begin

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    PREVIEW: YOUR KNOWLEDGE, YOUR EXPECTATIONS Your route to a high score on the AP English Language and Composition Exam depends a lot on how you plan to use this book. Respond to the following questions. 1. Rate your level of confidence about your knowledge of the content tested by the AP English Language and Composition Exam. A. Very confident—I know it all B. I’m pretty confident, but there are topics for which I could use help C. Not confident—I need quite a bit of support D. I’m not sure 2. Choose your goal score for the AP English Language and Composition Exam. 5 4 3 2 1 I’m not sure yet 3. What do you expect to learn from this book? Choose all that apply to you. A. A general overview of the test and what to expect B. Strategies for how to approach the test C. The content tested by this exam D. I’m not sure yet Not Sure Yet? If you answered these three questions with “I'm not sure,” you may need more time before you take the AP exam. But don’t be discouraged! Review the content chapters before you take the practice tests in this book and you'll see improvement in your confidence and even your test scores

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    YOUR GUIDE TO USING THIS BOOK This book is organized to provide as much—or as little—support as you need, so you can use this book in whatever way will be most helpful to improve your score on the AP English Language and Composition Exam. e The remainder of Part I provides guidance on how to use this book and helps you determine your strengths and weaknesses. o Part II of this book contains your first practice test, a Diagnostic Answer Key, detailed answers and explanations for each question, and a scoring guide. (A bubble sheet is included after the last test and additional ones can be printed from your online Student Tools.) This is where you should begin your test preparation in order to realistically determine: o your starting point right now o which question types you're ready for and which you might need to practice o which content topics you are familiar with and which you will want to carefully review Once you have nailed down your strengths and weaknesses with regard to this exam, you can focus your test preparation, build a study plan, and be efficient with your time. Our Diagnostic Answer Key will assist you with this process. o Part III of this book: o provides information about the structure, scoring, and content of the AP English Language and Composition Exam o will help you to make a study plan o points you toward additional resources e Part IV explores various strategies, including: o how to tackle multiple-choice questions o how to write effective essays

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    o how to manage your time to maximize the number of points available to you o Part V of this book is a review of the academic content and skills that will give you an edge on the AP English Language and Composition Exam. e Parts VI and VII contain Practice Tests 2-5, and their answers and explanations. (Bubble sheets can be found in the very back of the book for easy tear-out.) If you skipped Practice Test 1, we recommend that you do all the tests (with at least a day or two between each of them) so that you can track your progress. Additionally, this will help to identify any external issues: if you get a certain type of question wrong each time, you probably need to review it. If you got it wrong only once, you may have run out of time or been distracted by something. In either case, this will allow you to focus on the factors that caused the discrepancy in scores and to be as prepared as possible on the day of the test. * Online Resources contain three additional practice tests. Follow the study guide based on the amount of time you have to study for your exam. Use the key terms to improve your vocabulary by creating flashcards to help you learn words you might see on the test. Once you register your book online, you can print the bubble sheets and scoring worksheets for your practice tests! Remember that these worksheets are meant to serve as a rough guideline only. AP exam scores are weighted according to a statistical process that varies slightly every year based on how students perform on the exam, but you can use the worksheets to approximate your score. StudyXY

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    You may choose to use some parts of this book over others, or you may work through the entire book. Your approach will depend on your needs and how much time you have. Let’s now look at how to make this determination. HOW TO BEGIN 1. Take Practice Test 1 Before you can decide how to use this book, you need to take a practice test. Doing so will give you insight into your strengths and weaknesses, and the test will also help you create an effective study plan. If you're feeling test-phobic, remind yourself that a practice test is a tool for diagnosing yourself—it’s not how well you do that matters, but how you use information gleaned from your performance to guide your preparation. So, before you read further, take Practice Test 1 starting at this page of this book. Be sure to do so in one sitting, following the instructions that appear before the test. 2. Check Your Answers Using the Diagnostic Answer Key on this page, follow our three-step process to identify your strengths and weaknesses with regard to the tested topics. This will help you determine which content review chapters to prioritize when studying this book. Don’t worry about the explanations for now, and don’t worry about why you missed questions. We'll get to that soon. 3. Reflect on the Test After you take your first test, respond to the following questions: e How much time did you spend on the multiple-choice questions? * How much time did you spend on each essay? * How many multiple-choice questions did you miss?

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    ¢ Do you feel you had the knowledge to address the subject matter of the essays? ¢ Do you feel you wrote well-organized, thoughtful essays? 4. Read Part III and Complete the Self-Evaluation Part III provides information on how the test is structured and scored. As you read Part III, re-evaluate your answers to the questions above. At the end of Part III, you will revisit and refine the questions you answered above. You will then be able to make a study plan, based on your needs and time available, that will allow you to use this book most effectively. 5. Engage with Parts IV and V as Needed Notice the word engage. You’ll get more out of this book if you use it intentionally than if you read it passively, hoping for an improved score through osmosis. The Strategy chapters will help you think about your approach to the question types on this exam. Part IV opens with a reminder to think about how you approach questions now, and closes with a reflection section asking you to think about how or whether you will change your approach in the future. The Terms and Modes chapters in Part V are designed to provide a review of the terminology you are likely to encounter on the exam, and will help you to identify the rhetorical fallacies and modes used in both test passages and student essays. You will have the opportunity to assess your knowledge of the content of each chapter through test- appropriate questions and a Reflection section. 6. Take More Practice Tests and Assess Your Performance Once you feel you have developed the strategies you need and gained the knowledge you lacked, you should take Practice Test 2, which starts

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    at this page. You should do so in one sitting, following the instructions at the beginning of the test. When you complete the test, check your answers to the multiple-choice sections against the answer key on this page. If possible, find a teacher to read your essays and provide feedback. Once you have taken the test, reflect on what areas you still need to work on, and revisit the chapters in this book that address them. Through this type of reflection and engagement, you will continue to improve. Then, take Practice Tests 3, 4, and 5 in this book and Practice Tests A, B, and C online. 7. Keep Working As we will discuss in Part III, there are other resources available to you, including a wealth of information on AP Students: apstudent.collegeboard.org/apcourse/ap-english-language-and- composition. You can continue to explore and engage in areas needing improvement right up to the day of the test. Go Online! Check us out on YouTube for test-taking tips and techniques to help you ace your next exam at www.. youtube.com/ThePrincetonReview. StudyXY

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    Part II Practice Test 1 e Practice Test 1 * Practice Test 1: Diagnostic Answer Key and Explanations e How To Score Practice Test 1

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    Practice Test 1 Click here to download a PDF of Practice Test 1.

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    The Exam AP® Environmental Science Exam SECTION I: Multiple-Choice Questions DO NOT BEGIN THE EXAM UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO. DISCLAIMER: The official AP English Language and Composition Exam will be administered digitally. Instructions for the digital exam may differ from this practice test. At a Glance Total Time 1 hour Number of Questions 45 Percent of Total Grade 45% Instructions Section I of this examination contains 45 multiple-choice questions. Choose the best answer to each question. Note: Pay particular attention to the requirements of questions that contain the words “NOT,” “LEAST,” or “EXCEPT.” Indicate all of your answers to the multiple-choice questions on the answer sheet. No credit will be given for anything written in this exam booklet, but you may use the booklet for notes or scratch work. After you have decided

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    which of the suggested answers is best, completely fill in the corresponding oval on the answer sheet. Give only one answer to each question. If you change an answer, be sure that the previous mark is erased completely. Here is a sample question and answer. Sample Question Chicago is a (A) state (B) city (C) country (D) continent Sample Answer Use your time effectively, working as quickly as you can without losing accuracy. Do not spend too much time on any one question. Go on to other questions and come back to the ones you have not answered if you have time. About Guessing Many candidates wonder whether or not to guess the answers to questions about which they are not certain. Multiple-choice scores are based on the number of questions answered correctly. Points are not deducted for incorrect answers, and no points are awarded for unanswered questions. Because points are not deducted for incorrect answers, you are encouraged to answer all multiple-choice questions. On any questions you do not know the answer to, you should eliminate as many choices as you can, and then select the best answer among the remaining choices. + Studyxy

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    ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION SECTION I Time—1 hour Directions: This part consists of selections from prose works and questions on their content, form, and style. After reading each passage, choose the best answer to each question and completely fill in the corresponding oval on the answer sheet. Note: Pay particular attention to the requirements of questions that contain the words NOT, LEAST, or EXCEPT. Questions 1-12. Read the following passage carefully before you choose your answers. The following is excerpted from a political leader’s 1836 address to the British Parliament’s House of Commons.

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