<p>Can anybody help me out? I trying to look for good prep books on</p>
<p>AP English Language and Composition</p>
<p>AP English Literature and Composition</p>
<p>Can people tell me what prep books(Barrons, REA, Cliffs, Princeton Review, Kaplan,etc.) they used to get a 5 on either exam?</p>
<p>I looked at many past threads, but there doesn't seem to be a comparison of many of those books I mentioned.</p>
<p>Anybody???????</p>
<p>didnt u look at the consolidated list of books?</p>
<p>Yes, but there seems to be many threads that have different opinions.</p>
<p>Well, yeah, I mean, not everybody's going to have the same opinion on everybook. </p>
<p>It's really like asking, "What's the best flavor of ice cream?"</p>
<p>You don't need test prep. You need practice with essay writing. Learn how to analyze how writers use language, and be able to write a good, coherent essay that makes yourself sound really intelligent.</p>
<p>Also, reading the newspaper and listening to NPR would be really helpful, because on the test there's a question where they'll ask you to develop and support an opinion over some modern controversial issue. Listening to NPR and reading the newspaper are really great!</p>
<p>If you just have to have a test prep book, I'd say get CliffsAP by Barbara A. Swovelin and maybe the Princeton Review book. (For English Lang)</p>
<p>Master the AP English Essay is EXCELLENT!</p>
<p>And for Literature, you need to read a bunch of books and know the analysis and plot and be able to write good essays.</p>
<p>Has anybody used peterson's ap english literature or ap english language book? How does it compare with cliffs ap english literature or ap english language book?</p>
<p>my eng. teacher (ap eng. lang) recommended us the cliffs book. but that might be hard to find now cuz of the whole thing that happened with cliffs and all.</p>
<p>jyi90: Yes, the Cliffs book is really good. The thing is, it has a lot of practice questions. It doesn't really teach you much. That's what makes it sooo good. Practice is what you need. The most valuable part of the book is the collection of graded essays. Look at how well-crafted they are! How thoughtful and how impressive! Write to impress readers with how much you can say in 40 minutes!</p>
<p>Can anybody answer my other question?</p>
<p>I used PR for English language and received a 5, but my english teacher was amazing.</p>
<p>Is this what you guys mean by Master the AP English Essay?</p>
<p>cliffs is damn near useless. way too hard and i thought the M/C answers were ****ed up. got a 5 on the real test. wat happened with cliffs tho T_T</p>
<p>Used Barron's, but I think it was my teacher.</p>