Questions about AP Eng. Lang.

<p>Ok, well I'm taking AP English lang as a sophomore this year (that's how my school does it if you want to take the class, you do it as a sophomore) and I have a few questions about what I should do in order to achieve a 5.</p>

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<li><p>English/ Reading is my weakest subject, I'm more of a math and science person, but I want to get a 5 anyway. My problem is that when I am doing the practice multiple choice tests I just start to let my eyes go over it with out reading it and no matter how hard I try I don't retain very much information from it. I feel like that is a pretty common thing that happens but if I can't fix this I have no chance at doing good, so, would the best advice be to just read?</p></li>
<li><p>Should I buy one of the books, and if so which one?</p></li>
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