Clep: American Literature -study material advice

Discussion in 'CLEP, DANTES, and Other Exams for Credit' started by Jerry, Jan 30, 2009.

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  1. Jerry

    Jerry New Member

    Can anyone share advice on how a non-traditional can prepair to take this exam?
     
  2. Ian Anderson

    Ian Anderson Active Member

  3. cookderosa

    cookderosa Resident Chef

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    The Idiot's Guide to American Literature will take you from soup-to-nuts and cover all the general info on the test. It will also probably spark a need to go read a bunch of books that you otherwise would have ignored! LOL.

    I took the exam last year, focus strongly on period literature- especially periods like the Civil War, Civil Rights, etc (book outlines these). Also, if they are famous, they will be on the test. Count on that.
    Lastly, I don't remember more than 1 or 2 questions on anything modern- of course test questions can change, but I felt that the book was excellent preparation.

    The back of that book has an excellent timeline, and the info is presented in a timeline format- so you start early and come into modern time. You need to be able to match major works with their author (including poets). The book does a great job of teaching this, and adding fun stories to keep it all tied together.

    I'd estimate I spent 2 weeks going through the book before the exam.
     
  4. Jerry

    Jerry New Member

    American Literature clep

    Thanks for the advice. The 2009 official Clep study guide is of no help with preperation
     

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