I am taking American Literature on Tuesday, how in the world did you pass this CLEP. Everyone I know has failed it. I have American Lit for Dummies. Did you use Instacert to study...the closest study guide is Analyzing & Interpreting Literature. Was this helpufl/similar to the CLEP test?

Thanks

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The idiots guide to Am Lit did the trick for me.

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ShotoJuku +
A.S., B.S., M.S.

Always be ready to release your mind and be willing to listen to the advice of others. Remain flexible. - Gichin Funakoshi

I also used the Idiots Guide. It was sufficient for me to pass. I made my own flashcards from it and for only a few things did additional look up on Wikipedia. When I don't have IC I like to turn my study material into flashcards by typing the material into a word doc. Then I cut it out and glue it on flashcards. By the time I've done this I've reviewed it three times - reading it, writing it, and glueing it. Then I take the cards around with me and study the material whenever I have a few minutes available or longer. I focus on the things that I am not able to keep in my brain. I know that I am ready when I know the material on the cards.

Check out some of the other threads on what to focus on. At this point I don't remember too much of the specifics of the questions. I do recall that there were at least a few on Thoureau, Emerson, and the Transcendalists, also Jonathan Edwards, and the characters of the Great Gatsby and of the Sound and the Fury, what the Yellow Wallpaper was about, the Puritans, Walt Whitman, TS Eliot's Wasteland and Prufrock, Mark Twain, and the Harlem Renaissnance. Pay attention to the excerpts in the Idiots Guide that give you the actual text of novels, poems and sermons. There were some questions where you have to identify who wrote it and what it meant. Remember, you only have to find the right answer from the choices. It is not fill in the blank - thank goodness!

I feel that if you know the material in the Idiot's Guide you will be fine. I like to say that I know a whole lot 'about' Amer Lit without actually having read much of it. It got me 6 credits and maybe someday when I have more time I may read some of what I haven't read, which is quite a lot.

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LuBee
I finshed all of my credits for a BA in Art from TESC
CLEP Credits:
6 Biology (67)
3 US Hist 1 (67)
6 SS & Hist (68)
3 US Hist 2 (66)
3 Amer Gov (67)
6 Amer Lit (73)
6 Hum (73)
3 Ed Psy (71)
3 H G & D (70)
3 Intro Psy (74)
3 Intro to Soc (75)
6 College Math (68)
6 A & I Lit (72)
DSST:
3 Intro Computing (65)
3 Here's to Your Health (64)
Other Credits:
3 PLA Painting 1
3 TECEP Psy of Women (78/100)
3 TECEP Art Hist 2 (81/100)
3 Dept Exam English 1
45 Traditional

How did everyone do that was going to take the Analyzing and Interpeting Literature exam? - I passed on monday 4/10 but it was a little close lol.

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Carlos Amador

Houston, TX
54 credits todate
Up next Natural Sciences 4/28

Wow, I got the same exact essay question on EC yesterday. Congrats!

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4.18 - English Comp with Essay - 49/50 (Ugh.)
4.21 - Analyzing and Interpreting Literature - 54/50
7.18 - Intro to Psychology - 60/50

That's funny. I got nervous when i read the first few words and just closed my eyes and said "lord help me", and kept reading....I couldn't tell you the sigh of relief I had when the question ended with that!!! Congrats to you also!

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TESC BA Social Sciences (Completed Feb 09)
Up next: Masters In Education/Adult Education and Training
25 Fema Credits -done
Cleps taken:
Human Growth & Dev - passed
Intro to Ed Psych - passed
Sociology - passed
Analyz & Int Lit-passed
English w/essay-passed
Princ of Acct-passed
Organizational Behavior-passed
Intro to Computing-passed
Ethics in America DSST-passed
Intro to World Religions-passed
Technical Writing-passed
Anthropology-passed
Social Science & History-passed
Humanities-passed
Substance Abuse-passed
Civil War and Reconstruction-passed
Psychology of Women TECEP- passed