AP Literature Test Prep
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Best advice to pass the exam is to
do these three things:
1. Have a study partner that will keep you accountable. Study with them, write and critique each other's essays periodically.
2. Check out a test booklet from Mr. Chilton and practice on the multiple choice a little every night (10 minutes max--one passage every day all year long) or scroll down to the "multiple choice" section of this webpage for practice questions and answers.
3. Visit this website and do the following:
Required: View a chosen style of prompt (Q1, Q2, Q3) that you need to work on
Required: Read the prompt and quickly outline it with details
Required: Write a strong thesis for your essay underneath your outline that has observation, analysis, and significance
Required: Read over all three "Sample Responses" and evaluate what distinguishes their score and how you can emulate their writing style
Recommended: Take 40 minutes to write it completely
Recommended: Partner up with someone in the class that will peer-evaluate your writing, giving you constructive feedback and analytical critiques
AP Literature General Information:
AP Literature Home Page for Mr. Chilton: Click here
AP Course Descriptions: Click here
AP Literature Course Overview (2014): Click here
AP Literature Course Description (2014): Click here
Exam Score Calculator: Click here
Overview of the AP Literature Exam:
Video Tutorials created by Mr. Chilton:
*The following videos are intended to be watched on a computer, NOT a mobile device. The formatting won't be right on a phone. Sorry. Watch it at home on a computer.
Overview of the exam: video or presentation
Multiple Choice: video or presentation
Q1 Poem Essay: video or presentation or all previous year's prompts
Q2 Prose Essay: video or presentation or all previous year's prompts
Q3 Open Response Essay: video or presentation or all previous year's prompts
What to expect on the AP Lit test: click here
Video Tutorial (not created by Mr. Chilton) about the AP Lit exam: click here
Video exploring and explaining the AP Lit exam (not created by Mr. Chilton): click here
Essays:
View past essay questions and examples: Click here This is the one-stop shop for everything essay related. A wonderful resource to look over past essay prompts, look at three model essays, and read over the AP reader's advice for a high score.
AP Essays (Q3 from 2015) on Othello with a full range of scores (1-9)--a great resource to compare exactly what distinguishes each category: Click here
AP Essays (Q3 from 2016) on The Great Gatsby with a full range of scores (1-9)--a great resource to compare exactly what distinguishes each category (Prompt): Click here
Q1 Prompts to Practice with:
Q2 Prompts to Practice with: Click here
Q3 Prompts to Practice with: Click here
Multiple Choice:
Boot Camp Multiple Choice AP Review at the end of the class: Click here
Homework Multiple Choice Practice with Answers and Explanations at the end:
Helpful advice about approaching multiple choice questions: click here
Helpful Website for Multiple Choice: Click here
Another helpful website that walks you through the process of multiple choice: Click here
How to Master Multiple Choice:
*Free Online Test Prep Booklet:
or
This study booklet (*I have 25 hard copies of this 200 page booklet printed out and available for checkout to study this year. See Mr. Chilton after class to checkout, don't wait until April, do it now!):
*Hands-down the best resource available for free online. It's over 200 pages to print, but it's well-done and did I mention, it's free?
Vocabulary:
The vocabulary webpage Mr. Chilton created: Click here
AP Lit Literary Terms from Mr. Chilton: Click here
Exhaustive List of AP Literary Terms: Click here
Poetry Terms: List 1 or List 2 or List 3 or metric terminology
Literary Terms, free PDF of exhaustive book: Click here
Literary Time Periods:
Handout 1 (Best single handout/resource on the subject)
Handout 3 (this one is a little out there, very mathematical/statistical...not recommended unless you have taken Statistics class...haha)
Study Booklets:
Checkout an AP test booklet to study from Mr. Chilton (just ask me!) or buy your own on Amazon or at Barnes & Noble:
CliffNotes (this is the one I recommend--although most of your "Test Prep Packet" come from this book)
Demonstrative Statements:
Demonstrative Verbs: Click here
Use them. Constantly. Persistently. Consistently.
REVIEW QUESTIONS: Click here
(Answers at end of document)
In-Depth Book Reviews for your two chosen books:
Mr. Chilton's Book Test:
AP Unit Test Preparation:
What the test looks like: Click here
Video Tutorial by Mr. Chilton about the test: Click here
Worried about the 10 AP practice multiple choice questions? Watch the video or view the presentation
Literary Terms Identification (question #11): See this example of what it should look like: Click here
Character Map (question #17) example: Click here
Book Review:
This is the first book, so I want you to know that for every book you read this entire year, you'll complete a Book Review and turn it in with your test. To find out what this entails, click here. I may not always tell you or remind you, but you'll always be responsible for completing one for every book we read. You'll turn it in the day of the test before you beginning the exam.
*Extra Credit Opportunity: You may receive extra credit for creating and turning in the Extra Credit folder any Book Reviews (see your "Reading Packet" for a blank example or this webpage: Book Review webpage) from books you've previously studied in high school English classes or classics you've been reading on your own.
5 points per book review if it qualifies and is thorough, limit of one per test.
Freshmen, sophomore, junior years? I'd recommend Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, The Great Gatsby, Lord of the Flies, Huck Finn, To Kill a Mockingbird, etc. Reading any classic books on your own time?
All things AP related: Click here. My own collection of AP resources
Copy and paste below on homepage at the end of the year:
AP Practice Resources:
Homework Multiple Choice Practice Tests with Answers and Explanations at the end. Do one practice passage every night during exam prep week:
ESSAY: Visit this website and do the following:
Required: View a chosen style of prompt (Q1, Q2, Q3) that you need to work on
Required: Read the prompt and quickly outline it with details
Required: Write a strong thesis for your essay underneath your outline that has observation, analysis, and significance
Required: Read over all three "Sample Responses" and evaluate what distinguishes their score and how you can emulate their writing style
Recommended: Take 40 minutes to write it completely
Recommended: Partner up with someone in the class that will peer-evaluate your writing, giving you constructive feedback and analytical critiques