1. AP English Literature and Composition
[LOOKIN’ AHEAD]
[May 6, 2015]

2. THE OVERVIEW Length: Three hours! Score: 1 – 5 (Low – High) Two Parts
Part One: Multiple Choice!
Part Two: Free Response!

3. Multiple Choice One hour! Fifty-five questions! Passage-based!
45% of AP Exam Score!

4. Multiple Choice Question Types Dramatic situation Structure Theme
Grammar/Word Meanings
Imagery/Figurative Language
Diction
Tone/Literary Devices/Metrics

5. EXAMPLES!

6. Dramatic Situation
- Who is speaking? - Where is she? - The subject of the third paragraph…. - To whom is the poem addressed? - Who is the speaker in line 8? - Where does the poem take place? - At what time of the year does the poem take place?

7. Structure
- How are stanzas 1 and 2 related to stanza 3? - Which of the following divisions of the poem best represents its structure?

8. Theme - Which of the following best sums up the meaning of stanza 2?
- With which of the following is the poem centrally concerned?
- Which of the following best sums up the passage?

9. Grammar/Word Meanings
- Which of the following best defines the word “glass” as it is used in line 9? - To which of the following does the word “which” in line 7 refer? - The verb “had done” may best be paraphrased as?

10. Imagery/Figurative Language
- To which of the following does the poet compare his love? - The images in lines 3 and 8 come from what area of science? - The metaphor used in the first line of the poem compared English to?

11. Diction
- Which of the following words is used to suggest the poet’s dislike of winter? - The poet’s delight in the garden is suggested by all of the following words except? - The choice of verbs in paragraph 4 suggest… - The speaker’s anger is implied by…

12. Tone/Literary Devices/Metrics
- The following poem is an example of ? (a sonnet, a villanelle) - Which of the following literary techniques is illustrated by the phrase “murmurous hum and buzz of the hive”? - The meter of the last line in each stanza is? - The purpose of the metaphor in paragraph 7 is… - The allusion in the passage refers to…..

13. Free Response Two hours! Three essays! Scored 1 – 9 (Low – High)
55% of AP Exam Score!

14. Free Response Question Types - Poetry Analysis - Prose Analysis
- Open-Ended Essay
*Poetry Comparison (Two Poems)

15. (Head to multiple choice practice!)
Free Response
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