Cracking the AP English Literature Exam, 2004-2005 Edition

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Summary: OUTSTANDING PREP for the AP ENGLISH LIT EXAM!
Review: Highly Recommended. This book was a big help for my daughter. The principles and strategies that she needed to understand to score well on the ACT are covered in great detail. This book also gives incredibly thorough explanations for the correct answers. This alone makes this book well worth the effort. She aced the ACT exam and received 12 full college credits for both Lit and English Language/Comp due to studying and using this book and another: "KAPLAN AP English Language & Composition" HS SENIORS: IT IS WORTH STUDYING FOR THE ENGLISH AP!

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Summary: Not Enough Review Materials
Review: Princeton Review publishes many excellent prep books, but this isn't among them. The only recommended method for "cracking" the exam that I could find was the advice to read widely. I didn't need to spend good money to find that out. There is no survey or summary of the AP English Lit. syllabus, such as important books, literary movements, rhetoric or important authors to help fill in the gaps in one's knowledge. The sample tests give one a sense of the test format, but the answers won't be of much use beyond answering the particular question, in the unlikely event it shows up on the test you take.