AP Literature and Composition: Untangling the Multiple Choice J.L.Baran PVMHS

1. AP Literature and Composition:Untangling the Multiple ChoiceJ.L.BaranPVMHS Untangling the Multiple Choice J.l.Baran PVMHS

2. Our Goals… Test Overview 10 min Tips and Strategy 15 min Practice 25 min Deconstruction 20 min Questions 5 min Total 75 min

3. Test Format • 60 min long • 4-5 sections • 55-60 questions • Poetry and Prose, Fiction and Non Fiction • 300-700 word sections • Material before 1900 (the old stuff) • Material after 1900 (the new stuff) • 12-15 questions in each section • Questions are Content, Style, and Structure • Questions will follow a linear order • However entire passage questions can be sporadic • You may be given footnotes

4. Did You Know... • That you can get ½ the multiple choice wrong and still obtain a qualifying score? • Multiple Choice is 45% of your score? • You are not penalized for what you get wrong, but rewarded for what you get correct?

5. Best Bet Tips: Please repeat after me… • I will cross out wrong answers • I will start with the easiest passage • I will end with the hardest passage • I will watch out for questions that take time: Roman Numeral, Least, Except • I will check my time and wear a watch • I should be in the middle @ 30 min • I will mark any rhetorical shifts usually identified with conjunctions such as But, Although, Since, etc • I will circle footnotes and titles • I will use a ? And go back later • I understand that questions may give a feel for the piece • I will not trust my memory and go back • I will read above and below lines • I will understand that all questions follow the order of appearance; nothing is out of sequence

6. How to Look at Prose • Be active with your pen • Try to picture the passage in your mind • Note the number of paragraphs • Look for Transition Words • Look for Shift = movement to a new direction • Pay attention to special punctuation – it may mean something. • Pay attention to sentence structure – it may also mean something • Note the Point of View, 1st or 3rd • Is the language formal or informal?

7. How to Look at Poetry: it helps to be good at the following: • The situation, story, logic, argument • Author’s attitude or Tone of the piece • Punctuation, or lack there of • Enjambment • Imagery, especially if they form a pattern • Metaphorical devices • Figurative vs Literal • Know your basic forms lyric, ballad, sonnet, ode, elegy, dramatic monologue, lament • Know some basic sound devices, alliteration, assonance, rhyme* (there is more than one type) onomatopoeia • Most English poetry is written in iambic pentameter

8. All Questions fall into 4 categories. • 1. Comprehension • 2. Device • 3. Effect • 4. Grammar

9. Time to Practice • You will have 15 min to read and answer questions • After, consult with friends and make some final selections

10. Conrad: NarcissusAnswers Question type • 35. A ________________ • 36. B ________________ • 37. C ________________ • 38. C ________________ • 39. B ________________ • 40. B ________________ • 41. B ________________ • 42. E ________________ • 43. E ________________ • 44. C ________________ • 45. B ________________

11. Dylan Thomas: Man AgedAnswers • 20 C • 21 D • 22 C • 23 E • 24 D • 25 D • 26 C • 27 B ________________ • 28 B • 29 B • 30 E • 31 D • 32 C • 33 A • 34 A

12. Conrad: NarcissusAnswers Question type • 35. A Comprehension • 36. B Comprehension/Effect • 37. C Effect • 38. C Device/Comprehension • 39. B Device • 40. B Comprehension • 41. B Comprehension • 42. E Effect • 43. E Comprehension • 44. C Device • 45. B Device

13. Man AgedQuestion type • 20 Comprehension • 21 Comprehension • 22 Effect • 23 Comprehension • 24 Device • 25 Comprehension • 26 Comprehension • 27 Device • 28 Comprehension • 29 Comprehension • 30 Comp/ device • 31 Effect • 32 Device • 33 Comprehension • 34 Device