AP* ENGLISH LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION
Online prep and review
May 9 is the big day. Are you ready?
It might have been a bummer to discover that the "critical" in "critical reading" did not mean you could yell things like, "Who's your daddy now, Dickens?" during a test, but cheer up, MacShmoopers.
Shmoop's guide to the AP English Literature exam will help you navigate the murky waters of literature...critically.
Test-Taking Tips
Specifically designed for mastering the AP English Literature and Composition exam. Learn what the word "critical" actually means, how to decode—and beat—those pesky free response prompts, and the fine art of memorizing the mysterious language of literary analysis.
Three Full-Length Practice Exams
The seminal classic "Eeny meeny miney moe" is an appropriate decision-making tool in a variety of life venues…but not on the AP English Literature test. Practice the complete test thrice so you don't have to sing that song.
Practice Drills
Every topic has enough practice drills to help you refine your literary skills enough to get you out of freshman English.
Extreme Topic Review
Works will range mostly from the 16th to 21st centuries and cover a spectrum of poetry, prose, drama and fiction, but you are in no way expected to have read 600 years worth of literature in every one of these categories. That's crazy talk. With Shmoop's help you'll be ready to whale on this exam like Pinocchio on Monstro the whale.
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Terms of Literary Analysis
Poetry
Prose
Drama
Imagery and Figurative Language
Audience and Purpose
Literary Devices and Rhetorical Strategies
Organizational and Other Authorial Choices
Voice, Tone, and Attitude
Passages, Lines, and Sentences
Literary Comprehension, Restatements and Summaries
Characterizations
Form and Structure
Key Mistakes and Test Strategies
Diction and Syntax, Meaning of Words and Parts of Speech
Reading Prose and Poetry Passages
The Free Response Section
Thesis Statements
Essay Structures and Components
The Poetry Essay, The Prose Essay and The Open Essay
And a lot more!
