What Nick Libby wants to learn in American Literature.

I would like to learn how to write a essay better for important stuff such as a school assignment or for example MCAS and SAT's. I would like to also learn how to use better termolology. Also to use the right termolology at the right time. I would like to understand books that I usually dont understand better because that will help me out a lot for college and etc. I would just like to learn how to become a better literary person (if that made sense?).