Multiple-ChoiceSection
and answer55-60questions
In theMultiple-ChoiceSectionyou will readfour to six literarypassages
ittir sectionaccountsfor 45Voof thetotal scoreand takesone hour. The passageswill
aboutthe passager.
of thetype of literaturethat freshmanread in
consistof-bothpoetryandproseand will be representative
throuth Restoration,throughl8mcentury, l9h century,modernto
college.(From btr"*"r to'shakespeare,
your ability to
contelporary - by male andfemalewriters.)The primarypurposeof sectionone is to assess
expressthis
graspthe meaningof a given passageand to identify the literary elementsthat the authorusesto
meaning.
th" firrt stepto performingwell on the AP Literatureexamis to readand.maintaina steadydiet of
The third step
reading.The second-stepis16be familiar with the typesof ouestionsthat appearon the exam.
i, t" t"k" plagtiegAP Literatureexamsand discussthemin anAP literatureclass'
p.
of multiple-.noicequestion- The entirequestionis calledrn item.The stemis the partof the
"rt, that" asksthe question.("The toneof the passage
is bestdescribedas . ...) The optionsarethe
item
answer choices.
five answer choices.The @ is the correct answer.The distractors are the incorrect
I
QuestionTypesfor PoetryandProse:
to -....
t. fne dramaticsituationis ..... the speakerof thepoemis.... the poemis addressed
2. Accordingto the sPeaker. '..
in question.
-Do not arsom,the literal meaning.Readthe linesbeforeandafterthe line
3. Grammar- the subjectof the first sentenceis " "
4. Allusion - an allusionrefersto or addsmeaningto " "
i. fn" main subjectof the passageis. .. '
with. . ' '
the authoris chiefly concerned
6. In the secondparagraph,
Context
in
7. Identify the meaningof a word
the poet usesthe
-comprehension- ReJognitionof the meaningof a singleword or phrasein line 6
to mean....
word;1oin"to mean....--Asit is usedin line3, theword...... canbe bestunderstood
Except. "'
-In line 5, theword ..... employsall of thefollowingmeanings
produced
Effect
8. DominantDeviceor Techniqueand
g. Infer - suggest - construemeaningbasedon contextand connotation
chiasmus'
metaphor,
allusion,
10. Literary bivices - Figuresof SpeechandTerminology- euphemism,
apostrophe,simile,couplet, diction, syntax' hyperbole,litotes' oxymoron
paradox,metonymy,conceit,u:nornutopo"ia,
-Thephrase"silent scream"is an exampleof " "
11.A particularwordmodifies.....
12.All of thefollowingExcept....
asa Whole...'
13. The Passage
14.Pronoun- Antecedent
a specificidea
that bestexpresses
15.Quotesfrom passage
16. RhetoricalFunction- Explain purposeof a sentenceor line or stanza
can be describedas .. '.. which of he following
of the passage
-The rhetoricalpurposeof lines t-j is to....ttri argument
best describesthefunction of thefirst sentence""
17. Syntax- the authorreliesheavilyon parallelstructurein orderto suggest....
18. Siucture of a poem- meterand rhymescheme
quatrain
petrarchanor Shakespearean
sonnet,blank verse,free verse,sestet,octave'
-Iambic pentameter,
and didactic
19. Styie (usuallyin fairs of descriptors)- disjointedand abstractor pedantic
mostnotablyin line ' ' "
as.. .. thetonechanges
20. Tone - Thetoneof thepoemis bestdescribed
andironicor mournfulandnostalgic)
in pairs (humorous
sometimes