How to Use This Book
Barron’s Essential 5
Acknowledgments
1 Getting Acquainted with the Test
Structure of the Exam
Multiple-Choice Questions
Reading Techniques
How to Increase Your Reading Power
Answering the Questions
Essay Questions from Previous AP Exams
Sample Synthesis Question
Sample Rhetorical Analysis Question
Sample Argument Question
How Essays Are Read and Evaluated
Interpreting Essay Scores
How to Score the Essays
Scoring Your Own Essays
2 Diagnostic Test
Introduction
Section I
Section II
Answers to Multiple-Choice Questions
Answers to Free-Response Questions
How to Score the Essays
Essay Evaluation Worksheet
Test Score Worksheet
3 Mastering Multiple-Choice Questions
Reading and Rhetoric
, Writing Questions
Sample Passage and Writing Questions
4 Mastering Essay Questions
Steps for Writing the Perfect Essay
The Synthesis Essay
How to Write a Synthesis Essay
Sample Synthesis Essay Question
The Rhetorical Analysis Essay
Planning and Writing Your Rhetorical Analysis Essay
The Argument Essay
Argument Essay Topics for Practice
Practice Arranging Ideas
AP Essay Writing Style
Editing and Proofreading Essays
Sample Rhetorical Analysis Essays
Answer Key to Mini-Workouts
5 Practice Tests
Practice Test 1
Section I
Section II
Answers to Multiple-Choice Questions
Answers to Free-Response Questions
How to Score the Essays
Essay Evaluation Worksheet
Test Score Worksheet
Practice Test 2
Section I
Section II
Answers to Multiple-Choice Questions
Answers to Free-Response Questions
How to Score the Essays
Essay Evaluation Worksheet
Test Score Worksheet
Practice Test 3
Section I
Section II
Answers to Multiple-Choice Questions
Answers to Free-Response Questions
, How to Score the Essays
Essay Evaluation Worksheet
Test Score Worksheet
Practice Test 4
Section I
Section II
Answers to Multiple-Choice Questions
Answers to Free-Response Questions
How to Score the Essays
Essay Evaluation Worksheet
Test Score Worksheet
Appendix
Glossary
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