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Cracking the AP Spanish Exam, 2004-2005 Edition (College Test Prep)
by Princeton Review
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Princeton Review (2004-01-13)
ISBN: 0375763899
EAN: 9780375763892
Dewy Decimal #: 468.0076
Paperback: 288 pages
Edition: Study Gd
Release Date: 2004-01-13
SKU: 081708069
Condition: Used: Good
Comments: ...No noticeable Underlining or Highlighting...
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
The Princeton Review realizes that acing the AP Spanish Exam is very different from getting straight A’s in school. We don’t try to teach you everything there is to know about Spanish–only what you’ll need to score higher on the exam. There’s a big difference. In Cracking the AP Spanish Exam, we’ll teach you how to think like the test makers and
-Eliminate answer choices that look right but are planted to fool you
-Score higher on the Free-Response section by learning to focus your
analytical skills quickly and efficiently
-Make outlines and use “weaving” to earn more points on essays
-Build your vocabulary by studying our Spanish glossary of poetic devices
This book includes 2 full-length practice AP Spanish tests. All of our practice test questions are like the ones you’ll see on the actual exams, and we fully explain every answer.
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Customer Reviews
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Cracking the Ap Spanish Exam, 2004-2005 Edition (College Test Prep)
Rating  (3)
Date: 2006-03-22
2 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
A good book - but would be better with more sample practice test questions and explanations for correct answers.
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Peruse other guides before buying...
Rating  (2)
Date: 2006-03-09
2 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
Likewise in the previous review, PR's review of Spanish Language AP is far too simplisitc to adequately prepare you for the AP test. I 'felt' ready, but come test day (2004), the exam was much harder than anticipated.
Received a 4, only because of a unusally interesting essay prompt and easy speaking section.
*Didn't try any other study guide (so you may take this with a grain of salt), but felt this one didn't do the greatest job of preparation.
Purchase for basic review of verb tenses, outline of test format, mediocre coverage of listening and speaking practice.
(FYI Spanish is one of the hardest AP tests)
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Needs more than just a date change
Rating  (1)
Date: 2004-08-13
25 out of 26 customers found this reveiw helpful
I bought this book thinking that it would be a valuable resource for preparing for either the AP Spanish Language or Literature exam. I was wrong.
Concerning the language exam:
First of all, there are no listening CD's and nowhere in the text does it say that a friend or someone else has to read the text. I have another testprep book without the CD's but at least it states that someone must read the listening portiong. I kept hoping to see a mail-in offer for listening CD's in the Princeton Review. There was none.
Second, the picture panels (only 2) are very illogical and nothing like a student would see on the AP exam.
Third, although it offers one practice exam, there is no indication telling me how the exam is scored.
Concerning the literature exam:
The very few test-like questions are designed for the old reading list of 5 authors. The book does not even address the fact that there is a new reading list and what exactly that reading list is.
As far as test prep books go, I'd actually give this one a zero but I was not given that opportunity. I would say that Cliffs AP or 5 Steps to a 5 or even the ARCO test prep book is much more informative. Princeton Review needs to do more than just change the "test date" on their cover.
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