5 Steps to a 5: AP English Literature - Estelle M. Rankin, Barbara L. Murphy 2019

Websites
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There are literally thousands of sites on the Internet that are in some way related to the study of college-level English. We are not attempting to give you a comprehensive list of all of these websites. What we are going to do is to provide you with a list that is most relevant to your preparation and review for the AP Literature and Composition exam. It is up to you to log on to a site that may be of interest to you and to see for yourself just what it can offer and whether or not it will be of specific benefit to you. Don’t forget that you have a dedicated AP website from McGraw-Hill that can be of great help to you as you work your way through the AP English Literature course and as you prepare for the exam in May. Go to The Cross-Platform Prep Course: www.xplatform.mhprofessional.com and enter your access code printed on the back cover.

Note: These websites were available and online at the time this book was revised. Please be aware that we cannot guarantee that a site you choose to explore will be operating when you go to that URL.

Because this is an Advanced Placement exam for which you are preparing, why not go to the source as your first choice? The College Board’s AP site is called AP Central:

• http://www.collegeboard.com/apc

Related to British Literature:

• Romanticism: http://www.uh.edu/engines/romanticism/poets.html

• British history: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history

• Study guide: http://www.studyguide.org/brit_lit_timeline.htm

• Ultimate Shakespeare site: http://playshakespeare.com

Related to American Literature:

• Authors, timelines, literary movements: http://public.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/sites.htm

• Literature: Voice of the Shuttle: http://vos.ucsb.edu

Of General Interest:

• Purdue Online Writing Lab: http://owl.english.purdue.edu

• For links to other websites for English literature: http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listaplitma.html

• For terms, exercises, tips, and rules from a primate with attitude, go to Grammar Bytes: http://chompchomp.com

• For help with rhetorical and literary terms, there are three useful sites: http://mcl.as.uky.edu/glossary-rhetorical-terms, http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Terms/, and http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/

• For access to the world of arts and letters, including newspapers, literary magazines, and blogs: http://artsandlettersdaily.com

• To download free e-books: www.bartleby.com

• For a directory to free downloadable e-books as well as articles, reviews, and comments: www.e-booksdirectory.com

• For WebNotes, a useful tool that allows you to compile and organize information from multiple Web pages and share findings: www.webnotes.net

Each of these websites will lead you to many more. You will have to take the time to explore the various sites and to make your own evaluation as to their value to you and your expectations.

We suggest you use your favorite Web server or search engine and type in ADVANCED PLACEMENT ENGLISH (AP), or ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) LITER ATURE. (Our favorite search engine is www.google.com.) From that point on, you can “surf the net” for those sites that suit your particular needs. You will have to take the time to explore these various domains and to make your own evaluation of their value to you and your expectations. Perhaps, you might even decide to set up your own AP Lit website or chat room.