AP English Literature & Composition For Dummies
Chapter One
Flying Over the AP Lit Exam:
An Overview
In This Chapter
* Surveying the important details of the test
* Exploring possible questions
* Understanding how the test is scored
* Taking care of the practical aspects of the exam
It started in kindergarten, right? Someone pushed a pencil into your chubby little hand
and said, "This is a test." All of a sudden you weren't allowed to talk to your friends, ask a
handy grownup for help, or play with that interesting new purple crayon. You left the land
where learning was fun and entered Test Land. And you're still in it! But now the stakes feel
higher, especially for the AP, which comes with its own shrink-wrap, barcode labels, student
packs, and color-coded sections. The only thing that remains the same is that you still
aren't allowed to talk, ask for most types of help, or play with a cool new crayon.
Regardless of your situation, while you're in AP English Exam Land you need a map. And
you're in luck because in t ... read full excerpt from AP English Literature & Composition For Dummies ebook
