M.C. Prose Passage Advice for the AP Test Rapert/AP Lit

Types of Questions: further breakdown AP uses a stable of questions is uses and reuses Remember: 50-55 total MC questions

General Questions These will be the first questions usually Primary purpose: broad outline, overall comprehension Use POE always Overall character analysis Use POE Remember 1/15th wrong, all wrong Avoid extreme statements

Eight (usually) Detail Questions Always will be the majority of questions Line Reference Single Phrase or Word questions Question Comprehension Questions Reread lines in questions +++ line before and line after Keep the main idea in mind always Use consistency of Answers whenever possible Use POE always

Style, Structure, and Tone Questions Style: Tests understanding of kinds of sentences used (ex. loose or periodic) Structure: How is the passage constructed? (ex. Isolated incident followed by generalization) Tone/Attitude: Understanding of underlying emotion (word choice)

I,II,III Questions At least one for each passage Usually over structural or stylistic devices Easily narrowed down to three choices

Grammar Questions Do not spend a lot of time studying grammar-review basics only Only one or two for whole test

Literary terms question KNOW LIT TERMS OF ANALYSIS These terms will be thrown about all over the test KNOW YOUR TERMS…period

Final points and then practice question: Pay very close attention to the wording of the question—rephrase in own words Expect a weird question or two Enhance your vocabulary---do Reader’s Digest vocabulary quizzes, read the dictionary, do a word of the day, befriend a thesaurus…just expand your vocabulary.