AP Test
Set Your Goals
 What score do you need, and what are your obstacles to achieving it?
Practice Your Vocabulary
 Study unfamiliar words and literary terms regularly.
 Make Flashcards
 Commit to learning 10-15 words a week.
 Take an interest in the words you encounter in your assigned reading that you do not know.
 Look words up in a dictionary and be sure to write their definitions down.
 Writing the word and its definition will help to get the word in your head.
Read, read, read
 Read challenging materials, including articles in newspapers and magazines.
 News, analysis, opinion articles
 Knowledge of current events
 Opinion articles can help you read critically and analyze rhetorical strategies
 Charts, ads, political cartoons
Write, write, write
 Write your opinions and analyze the world around you.
 The more you write, the better you will be.
 Blog: interesting issues and ideas.
 School paper
 Clearly and convincingly
 Back up your arguments with evidence
 Jot down reoccurring problems in your writing.
 Draft and redraft your essays.
Follow a routine
 Take good notes in class, review them, and continue your work outside of class.
 Make the most of your time.
 Set a schedule
 Ask for clarification
Resources
 AP English and Language Composition- Barron
 Cracking the AP Language and Composition Exam- The Princeton Review
 5 steps to a 5 –McGraw-Hill
 Online Sources
 www.mymaxscore.com/aptest
 www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/sub_englang.html
 Majortest.com/sat/wordlist
Work Cited
 Sisson, Jocelyn. My Max Score: AP English Language and Composition. Naperville:
Sourcebooks, Inc., 2011. Print.