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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 370.76 EAN: 9780471785064 ISBN: 0471785067 Label: Cliffs Notes Manufacturer: Cliffs Notes Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 216 Publication Date: September 12, 2006 Publisher: Cliffs Notes Studio: Cliffs Notes Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Your guide to a higher score on Praxis II?: English Subject Area Assessments (0041, 0042, 0043, 0048, 0049) Why CliffsTestPrep Guides? Go with the name you know and trust Get the information you need--fast! Written by test-prep specialists About the contents: Introduction * Specific content covered on each test: English Language, Literature, and Composition: Content Knowledge (0041), Essays (0042), and Pedagogy (0043); Teaching Foundations: English (0048); and Middle School English Language Arts (0049) Part I: Preparing for the Format of the Praxis II * Strategies for answering all 3 types of questions: multiple choice, constructed response, and essay; plus practice questions to give you experience Part II: Preparing for the Content of the Praxis II * Outlines of the 4 categories of content: Reading and Understanding Text, Language and Linguistics, Composition and Rhetoric, and Teaching English Part III: Full-length Practice Tests * 5 full-length practice tests (one per subject area) with answers and explanations Part IV: Closing Thoughts (Study Plan; Additional Resources) Test-Prep Essentials from the Experts at CliffsNotes? More than Notes! CliffsAP?? /CliffsComplete?? /CliffsQuickReview?? /CliffsTestPrep? /CliffsStudySolver?TM Average Rating:
 Rating:  - A Worthless Piece Of CrapI studied this worthless piece of crap for a whole month before taking the Praxis 0041 and did not come close to passing. This useless rag had about 10 questions about Shakespeare's Hamlet and my test had NO questions at all about Will. It DID, though, have about 60 questions on authors not mentioned in this waste of a good tree. Thanks to crap like this I will NEVER get to be a teacher because most of these prep books are worthless!!! Also, I have NO idea how I can study for another test because ... Read More Rating:  - Better than the books ETS puts out!My biggest complaint is that the author, or editor, screwed up on the stylistics for the APA. Tennessee requires that teacher pass both 0041 and 0043 to be licensed. Considering what was at stake I decided not to scrimp. I paid $25 for the study guide for 0041 and $30 for the guide for 0043. The ETS books were much easier than the actual test. My biggest gripe, however, is that the guide for 0041 didn't contain any questions about poetry, e.g. rhythm and rhyme, count, etc. This led me to believe that ... Read More Rating: - Great Book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I used this book to study for the Middle School English Test(0049). I found it to be helpful in most aspects but on a test like this the book can not possibly cover every single aspect. It does cover a great portion and I would recomend this book to anyone who needs a study guide fast. (I only prepared for the test for about a week and a half.) Rating:  - Not very helpful for essay testI used this book to study for both the 0041 and 0042 tests. This book really helped with the 0041 test- I got 190/200 correct. It did not help with the essay test at all, though. The book gives sample questions and sample answers, but did not explain what made some answers better than others. I ended up not meeting the required score for my state, even though I knew the study guide inside and out. If you need a study guide for the essay test, don't get this book. Rating: - Sample test is not a good example of real testThis book appeared to be perfect "everything guide" to the Praxis English subject area test. It was very helpful, especially in providing a good overview of basic information. The sample tests for exam 0041 led me to believe there was more lit. but test takers beware, after taking the exam, I've learned that literature is only about half of the 120 questions. The rest are grammar and composition and rhetoric. I wish that the practice exam in both this guide and actually, the one from ETS too, had ... Read More 
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