Planning on taking the English Language test? Below are some excellent test review preparation books for the English Language subject exam. A good AP English book provides practice and review questions, study tips, answers and explanations, etc.
Cracking the AP English Language & Composition Exam
2009 Edition.
Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: Princeton Review (January 6, 2009)
Book Description
Scoring high on the AP English Language & Composition Exam is very different from earning straight A’s in school. We don’t try to teach you everything there is to know about English language—only the strategies and information you’ll need to get your highest score. In Cracking the AP English Language and Composition Exam, we’ll teach you how to
·Use our preparation strategies and test-taking techniques to raise your score
·Focus only on the rhetorical modes and patterns of exposition that are likely to be covered on the test
·Test your knowledge with review questions for each topic covered
This book includes 2 full-length practice AP English Language and Composition tests. All of our practice questions are just like those you’ll see on the actual exam, and we explain how to answer every question.
Cracking the AP English Language and Composition Exam has been fully updated for the 2009 test.
Kaplan AP English Language and Composition 2009 Edition
Paperback: 360 pages
Publisher: Kaplan Publishing (January 1, 2008)
Features:
-New improved interior layout and design, redesigned covers, new reader-friendly font, new art, new tips and strategies from AP English Language experts, and a new AP progress tracker
-2 full-length practice tests
-Diagnostic test to target areas for score improvement
Book Description
Five full-length practice exams with all questions answered and explained, plus an enlightening overview of the exam are just two of this manual’s valuable features. New in this edition is discussion of the revised essay question, first appearing in this test in May of this year. The new essay question focuses on use of documentation and citation skills in essay writing. Test takers will also find detailed practice and review for answering the test’s multiple-choice questions a complete guide to the important essay questions, and information on how essays are scored. Sample students’ essays are presented with critiques pointing out each essay’s strengths and weaknesses. Test takers are advised on the specifics of what they need to know about the craft of writing, and what they need to know about language and rhetoric. A glossary consisting of hundreds of rhetorical terms is also included
