<p>I noticed there aren't too many (or any) topics for this AP class... I guess it's considered pretty easy?</p>
<p>Who else is taking this class? Easy, difficult? How are you preparing for the AP test?</p>
<p>I'm in it, though it's my teacher's first year teaching it and he's kind of... well, different, let's say, so we'll see how the rest of the year goes.</p>
<p>What have you read so far?</p>
<p>I took the AP last year and got a 5. I’m an int’l student, but I have significant experience abroad, and to score high on this test you need to have a good grasp on the English Language, obviously.</p>
<p>My school had a special class for students who wanted to take the AP. It didn’t help that much. Don’t waste too much of your time memorizing literature jargon and all that jazz. None of those questions came up for me on the actual exam, but many practice books have them.</p>
<p>Practice honing your passage analysis skills by solving lots of multiple choice questions. I wouldn’t go as far as to say the test is easy, but people who are good at critical reading and well, “understanding what the author is trying to convey” will have a relatively easier time with this exam.</p>
<p>There are three essays on this exam, and I suggest you invest some time in writing lots of essays. The first is a document-based prompt, the second is a passage that you have to analyze the rhetoric and style- not so much content- of (this is where the aforementioned literary jargon breifly kicks in), and the third is essentially an argument essay. Many people score well on the multiple choice, which I wouldn’t say is of such a difficult level, and do not get a 5 because of the essay. Be careful of that.</p>
<p>You don’t really need to read anything, except maybe some books off your teacher’s list for the purpose of refining your reading and analysis skills. You’re not going to have to integrate the works in your essay like for Lit.</p>