AP Literature and Composition:AP Literature and Composition:

Untangling the Multiple ChoiceUntangling the Multiple Choice

J.L.Baran PVMHSJ.L.Baran PVMHS

Untangling the Multiple ChoiceJ.l.Baran PVMHS

Our Goals…Our Goals…

Test Overview 10 minTips and Strategy 15 minPractice 25 minDeconstruction 20 minQuestions 5 min

Total 75 min

Test FormatTest 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

Did You Know...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?

Best Bet Tips: Please repeat Best Bet Tips: Please repeat after me…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

How to Look at ProseHow 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?

How to Look at Poetry: it helps How to Look at Poetry: it helps to be good at the following: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

All Questions fall into 4 All Questions fall into 4 categories.categories.1. Comprehension2. Device3. Effect4. Grammar

Time to PracticeTime to PracticeYou will have 15 min to read and

answer questions

After, consult with friends and make some final selections

Conrad: Conrad: NarcissusNarcissus AnswersAnswers Question typeQuestion type35. A ________________36. B ________________37. C ________________38. C ________________39. B ________________

40. B ________________41. B ________________42. E ________________43. E ________________44. C ________________45. B ________________

Dylan Thomas: Man AgedDylan Thomas: Man AgedAnswersAnswers20 C21 D22 C23 E 24 D25 D26 C27 B

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28 B29 B30 E 31 D32 C33 A34 A

Conrad: Conrad: NarcissusNarcissus AnswersAnswers Question typeQuestion type 35. A35. A Comprehension Comprehension 36.36. BB Comprehension/EffectComprehension/Effect

37. C37. C EffectEffect 38. C38. C Device/Comprehension Device/Comprehension

39. 39. BB Device Device 40.40. BB Comprehension Comprehension 41.41. BB Comprehension Comprehension 42. E42. E EffectEffect 43. E43. E Comprehension Comprehension 44. C44. C Device Device 45. B45. B DeviceDevice

Man AgedMan Aged Question typeQuestion type20 Comprehension21 Comprehension22 Effect23 Comprehension24 Device25 Comprehension26 Comprehension27 Device

28 Comprehension29 Comprehension30 Comp/ device31 Effect32 Device33 Comprehension34 Device