Best Test Preparation for the AP Vergil Exam/ Literature Exam

PREPARE WITH CONFIDENCE Excelling on the AP Latin Exam If you're looking for a true edge on Test Day . . . And if you're not willing to settle for second best . . . ...then REA's AP Latin test prep is for you. REA gives you all the tools you'll need to master the Advanced Placement Examinations in Latin for both Literature and Vergil, to wit: Unrivaled exam-centered review in a context that will sharpen classroom discussion and help you get more out of your textbook. Tips and strategies to bolster your test-readiness. A systematic, AP curriculum-based approach to mastering grammar and syntax. Four full-length, true-to-format practice examstwo that emulate the AP Latin Literature Exam, two modeled after the AP Latin: Vergil Examthat will prepare you for the actual AP exam like no other book. Full explanations of every practice-exam answer. Comprehensive index that speeds specific referencing. In preparing this book, REA has thoroughly aligned our thinking with that of the AP Latin Development Committee. In fact, we expect that many AP instructors will want to use this book to supplement their classroom text and lectures precisely because it so comprehensively supports specific curriculum objectives for the AP course and exam. General Content and Format of the AP Latin Exam Content of the AP Latin Exam For at least the past four years (20022005), the number of students taking the AP Latin Exam has increased and now averages well over 7,000 per year.1 Whether or not this statistic indicates that more students are studying Latin, it does indicate that more students are studying Latin at the college level while in high school. AP Latin Exams test the proficiency of high school Latin students when compared to college students who have taken a fourth- to sixth-semester Latin course. (Traditionally, one semester of college study has been approximately equivalent to one year of high school study.) If you are reading this book, it is likely that you are among the high-achieving students who either want to demonstrate their facility with the Latin language at the end of their study or who intend to continue studying Latin in college. The focus of this book is to help you to prepare for the AP Latin Exam: to assess and expand not only your general skills of comprehending, translating, and analyzing Latin, but also to help you to understand and appreciate the importance of the ability to write coherently and persuasively in English. Since 1994, there have been two different AP Latin exams available, one that evaluates your knowledge of Vergil's Aeneid and the other, Latin Literature, that assesses your preparation of one of three combinations of authors. Each of the latter exams includes the poems of Catullus, i.e., Catullus-Cicero, Catullus-Horace, and Catullus-Ovid. Both the AP Vergil and the AP Latin Literature exams may be taken in the same year; however, special arrangements need to be made with your school to schedule the second exam.2 The specific content and format of both the Vergil and Latin Literature Exams are described in greater detail in succeeding chapters of this book. The scoring of the exam is explained at the end. Format of the AP Latin Exam The AP Latin Exam, the format of which was changed in 1999, now consists of two parts: a multiple-choice section (40 percent) and a free-response section (60percent). The multiple-choice section, which is administered fi rst, consists of 50 multiple-choice questions over three sight passagePalma, Ronald B. is the author of 'Best Test Preparation for the AP Vergil Exam/ Literature Exam ', published 2007 under ISBN 9780738602134 and ISBN 0738602132.