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Websites
Literally thousands of websites are, in some way, related to the study of college-level English.
We are not attempting to give you a comprehensive list of all these websites. What we want
to do is to provide you with a list that is most relevant to your preparation and review for
the AP English Language and Composition exam. You can decide which websites may be
of interest and/or offer you special benefits.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 you are preparing for, why not go to the
source as your first choice: http://apcentral.collegeboard.com. - McGraw-Hill has several sites that can be very helpful as you work your way through the
AP English Language course and prepare for the exam in May: http://www.mhpracticeplus.com - Dogpile: http://www.dogpile.com is a good search engine that finds topics via categories and
other search engines. - Search.com is one of the newest and best search engines that accesses the biggest of the
search engines available at http://www.search.com. - Bowling Green University Writer’s Lab: http://www.firelands.bgsu.edu/library/
writing-lab.html is chock full of information. - Purdue On-Line Writing Lab (OWL): https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/1/ is a
helpful online writing center with a huge set of links. - A+ Research and Writing: http://www.ipl.org/div/aplus/ is a comprehensive guide to
writing research papers. - A portal site that links to the best of library and research sites is available at
http://www.libraryspot.com. It consists of three sections: libraries (academic, film, govern-
ment, and so forth), reference desk (almanacs, biographies, dictionaries, and so forth),
and reading room (books, journals, newspapers, magazines). - http://www.americanrhetoric.com has political speeches and speeches from movies.
- For terms, exercises, tips, and rules from a primate with attitude, go to Grammar Bytes:
http://chompchomp.com. - Two useful sites that provide help with rhetorical and literary terms are: http://andromeda
.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/terms/index.html and http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/Silva.htm - You can compare coverage of major events in newspapers from around the world at
http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages. - A website that provides access to the world of arts and letters—including newspapers,
literary magazines, and blogs—is: https://www.aldaily.com/.
Each of these websites will lead you to many more. Take the time to explore the various
sites and make your own evaluations about their value to you. You might even decide to set
up your own AP Language website, or chat room!
“After I found an
AP chat room on
the net, I felt a lot
better knowing that
there were other AP
students out there
I could talk to and
share ideas and
questions with. I
know I’m not alone.”
— Tyler W.,
AP student