Peterson’s MASTER A ENGLISH LANGUAGE COMPOSITION

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MASTER AP ENGLISH LANGUA GE & C OMPOSITION

2nd Edition Margaret C. Moran W. Frances Holder

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Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix

Before You Begin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi How This Book Is Organized. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi Special Study Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii Appendixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii You're Well on Your Way to Success . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii Give Us Your Feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii Table of Literary Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv Top 10 Strategies to Raise Your Score . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv

PART I AP ENGLISH LANGUAGE & COMPOSITION BASICS

1 All About the AP English Language & Composition Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 10 Facts About the AP English Language & Composition Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Scoring the AP English Language & Composition Test . . . . . 5 Suggested Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Practice Plans for Studying for the AP English Language & Composition Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Summing It Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

PART II DIAGNOSING STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES

2 Practice Test 1: Diagnostic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Section I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Section II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Answer Key and Explanations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Self-Evaluation Rubric for the Free Response Essays . . . . . . . 66 Self-Evaluation Rubric for the Synthesis Essays . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

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PART III AP ENGLISH LANGUAGE & COMPOSITION STRATEGIES

3 About the Multiple-Choice Questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Basic Information About Section I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Acing the Multiple-Choice Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Analyzing the Question Types. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Attacking the Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 A Final Word of Advice: Educated Guessing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Practicing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Exercise 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Answer Key and Explanations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Exercise 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Answer Key and Explanations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Exercise 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Answer Key and Explanations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Exercise 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Answer Key and Explanations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Exercise 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Answer Key and Explanations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Summing It Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

4 About the Free Response and Synthesis Essays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Basic Information About Section II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Types of Essays on the Test. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Strategies for Acing the Essays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 The Essay: A Quick Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 A Final Word of Advice on Writing Your Essays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Analyzing Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Practicing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Exercise 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Suggestions for Exercise 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Exercise 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Suggestions for Exercise 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Exercise 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Suggestions for Exercise 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Exercise 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Suggestions for Exercise 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Exercise 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Suggestions for Exercise 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Self-Evaluation Rubric for the Free Response Essays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Self-Evaluation Rubric for the Synthesis Essays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Summing It Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

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PART IV: ENGLISH USAGE AND GRAMMAR REVIEW

5 Grammar, Mechanics, and Usage Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Grammar for the Multiple-Choice Questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 More Practical Advice on Writing Your Essays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 98 Common Usage Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Summing It Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

PART V: TWO PRACTICE TESTS

Practice Test 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Section I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Section II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 Answer Key and Explanations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 Self-Evaluation Rubric for the Free Response Essays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 Self-Evaluation Rubric for the Synthesis Essays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

Practice Test 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

Section I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 Section II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 Answer Key and Explanations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Self-Evaluation Rubric for the Free Response Essays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 Self-Evaluation Rubric for the Synthesis Essays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

APPENDIXES

Appendix A: College-by-College Guide to AP Credit and Placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

Appendix B: A Quick Review of Literary and Rhetorical Terms. . . 287

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