If you need to know it, it’s in this book! Cracking the AP English Literature & Composition Exam, 2012 Edition, includes: A comprehensive glossary of key AP English Literature terms; Practical, targeted advice for writing high-scoring essays; Useful techniques for cracking the multiple-choice section; 2 full-length practice tests with detailed explanations; Updated strategies that reflect the AP test scoring change.

Introduction

Author's Foreword

PART I ORIENTATION

 1 A Brief Introduction to the AP English Literature and Composition Exam

 2 An Overview of Literary Movements

PART II CRACKING THE SYSTEM: THE MULTIPLE-CHOICE SECTION

 3 Basic Principles of the Multiple-Choice Section

 4 Advanced Principles: Reading the Multiple-Choice Passages

 5 Cracking the System: Multiple-Choice Questions

 6 Answering Prose Passage Questions

 7 The Poetry Passage and Questions

PART III: CRACKING THE SYSTEM: THE ESSAYS

 8 Basic Principles of the Essay Section

 9 The Idea Machine: Starting Your Essays with a High Score

 10 Sample Prose and Poetry Essays

 11 The Open Essay

PART IV: THE PRINCETON REVIEW AP ENGLISH LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION PRACTICE TESTS AND EXPLANATIONS

 12 Practice Test 1

 13 Practice Test 1: Answers and Explanations

 14 Practice Test 2

 15 Practice Test 2: Answers and Explanations

PART V: GLOSSARY