<p>I'm not stressing over it, but I think I should get some prep before the test. I have no idea what's going to be on the test and what I should study. Is going over a few released tests good enough? I obviously want to get a 5, and with all the essay prep I've done for other tests, I think I'm good on the "writing" areas. Any advice?</p>
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<p>The best way to prepare is to keep practicing multiple choice questions and keep writing essays. Sounds obvious, but it actually helps a lot. Have them graded and keep practicing until the exam. Also know your literary terms. </p>
<p>I used Cliffs when I was getting ready to take the exam last year and it seemed to work very well for me, especially with the multiple choice practices it had. My teacher also had us come to school on three different occasions (not during school hours, and one time was even on a Saturday morning) to take full length practice exams. It really helped to constantly be doing exactly what the exam would have us do, even though it was pretty tiring to have 3 essays in a row. But that is how it is on the actual exam anyway. By the time the exam came around, I had done it so many times it was just like another practice session.</p>
<p>Was the AP Multiple Choice easier than the Cliffs Multiple Choice?</p>
<p>You don’t need to prepare…as long as you know the vocab terms and can write decent essays you’re fine. I got a 5 without any preparation.</p>
<p>Yeah, I have no worry about the essays since I can score 7’s and 8’s, but I’m worry that MC will lower my chances of getting a 5. And the curve for AP English Language is harsh.</p>
<p>110-150 to get a 5.</p>
<p>Jerrry4445, that’s exactly how I feel. But I will definitely go get Cliffs:) Thanks guys!</p>
<p>So Cliffs is the best book?</p>
<p>only for MC, but essays, your teachers are the only ones that know exactly how to evaluate them.</p>
<p>I think one thing that might be helpful is to go over literary terms if you’re not already familiar with more than the most common ones – while only a few questions dealt with them, it’ll still help a little with both the multiple choice and the essays.</p>
<p>Cliffs is definitely the best book for MC. I found that the Cliffs questions were just as difficult as the ones on the AP exam.</p>
<p>Is it necessary to go over the list of terms in the barrons book our teacher gave us? I just bought cliffs and the list of terms is much more consise. I dont really know these terms since we never really learnt them in class… we never really did anything in class… I feel like lang I cant study for and I really want to get credit or else the colleges will realise that ap english was a joke for me the entire year I did nothing. I wanna do well but I feel like I cant</p>
<p>^I had similar feelings last year when I was prepping for AP English Lang. We wrote a lot of essays in the class, but it didn’t feel like we were learning anything. I couldn’t be sure I was prepared for the exam. Sure, I took a lot of full length practice exams, and it helped a lot in making me feel confident about taking it. But how can someone be totally sure they’ve done all they can to be ready? The AP English exams are different than the other exams. You can’t just study a set list of concepts or formulas and when to use them and be ready. It’s looking at ideas and analyzing them. There isn’t a set right or wrong answer unless you completely miss the author’s tone. So, it’s actually easier to prepare for English in the sense of what you have to know to do well, even if it isn’t as concrete as some other APs. All you have to be able to do is the following:</p>
<p>Read passages and show that you know what idea the author of the passage is trying to convey. This is the basis of what the exam asks, on MC and essays.</p>
<p>Know the literary terms because the exam specifically asks for you to identify them on the MC, and the essays may ask you to analyze an author’s use of some literary term.</p>
<p>That is really all there is to it. The difference between a 5 or a lower score is just how well you have a command of the language and your ability to show an understanding of what the author is trying to say. That just comes with writing as many essays from past AP questions as you can to prepare. As far as literary terms go, just know them. Knowing them will help you score much higher on MC. Cliffs will help you to succeed in all that I’ve mentioned.</p>
<p>Has anyone had any success with the Barron’s AP Lang book? My essays are solid but my teacher doesn’t teach us MC at all… I bought Barrons, and hope it helps. Thanks!</p>
<p>I’m going to use Cliff’s for MC, and I’ve read through the 50 annotated essays, which is a great book. I think that if your teacher gave you that terms packet, you should defintely memorize all of those terms, as I have and it’s helped me substantially on the practice tests that I’ve been taking.</p>
<p>alright, guess the consensus is cliffs, so thats the book i’m getting lol</p>