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Hi,
Can anyone tell me how well the Petersons tests are for the American Literature exam? Are they harder or easier than the real test? Do they cover what is going to be on the actual Clep test? What about the Official Clep Study Guide practice test? Thanks for any help!!
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The CLEP Study guide is pretty much right on.
The Peterson's test has a lot of excess junk that's not on the CLEP test in my experience, mainly biographical questions about the authors.
If you're using the Complete Idiot's Guide to American Literature as the main study source (which is the general consensus as the best resource for the test, apparently,) I would use Wikipedia and other websites to browse a few passages by different authors.
And don't skip the Native American writers section.
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Here are some notes on the Am Lit exam.
http://www.freewebs.com/officesolutions/....htm#amlit
The hyperlinks are almost invisible on this site, but note that there is one for the book....it's an e-book, much cheaper than a hard copy.
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Peterson's is, oh, I would say about 25% harder than the real thing -- which makes it ideal for preparation. The Official CLEP Guide is best for giving you an idea what the questions are like, what type of material is covered, and what difficulty level you can expect. But you need more practice that the official guide alone includes.
I learned so much studying for AmLit. It's one of those CLEPs I'm really glad I did, and for more than just the credit.
Good luck!
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Is REA totally off on this?? I never hear anyone mention it, so I wasn't sure what the deal was there. I'm trying to convince my mom to get the idiot's guide (I found it for $19 somewhere, not telling where cuz I don't want someone to steal my deal!! lol) & the barron's ezkeys. Am I better off getting those two than REA??
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I'm pretty sure there is no REA book for American Lit. If there had been, I would have used it! Idiot's and Barron's were what I used. They complement each other nicely. Good luck!
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A visitor sent me an Email a few days ago, and said that the Idiot's guide in E-book form was free on Netlibrary. I've looked all over that site, and can't find anywhere that you can access it for free. She didn't send a link with it, and hasn't responded to request for one yet. If she ever does, I'll post it here.
If anybody else comes across it while poking around, please let me know.
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Scholar Interrupted Wrote:I'm pretty sure there is no REA book for American Lit. If there had been, I would have used it! Idiot's and Barron's were what I used. They complement each other nicely. Good luck!
No, there is one. But no one on here seems to know about it??
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The REA book for American Literature is hot off the press with a date of January 2, 2010! My son took this exam in December and there wasn't an early bird order option for this book. I didn't even know it was in the works.
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SandraNC Wrote:The REA book for American Literature is hot off the press with a date of January 2, 2010! My son took this exam in December and there wasn't an early bird order option for this book. I didn't even know it was in the works.
That would explain it then!! lol Thanks. I'll probably go with the idiot's guide since it's tried and true, but my mom is a little nervous about it (not sure why!!), so she may end up making me buy the REA. :confused:
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