1. AP Exam Multiple Choice
2013 Section: 19th century Essay excerpt
***NO QUESTION #52

2. First paragraph starts with analogy of good teachers who prompt skill application and thinking rather than right answers to good writers who, rather than make pronouncements, compel readers to think and discover for themselves.
Second paragraph addresses the influence of Carlyle’s writings (two specific titles are mentioned), even on people who don’t necessarily agree with him.

3. No background is given about Carlyle or his writings; familiarity is assumed.
Passage doesn’t address reader’s comprehension; it addresses strength of writer, and Carlyle’s legacy
This isn’t a how-to or self-help kind of piece
Piece isn’t about education; it’s isn’t a how-to
Passage has no biographical content

4. Dissemination of knowledge
Cultivation of
powers

5. TEACHER in the first part
WRITER in the second part

7. You know about “planting” metaphors
You know about “planting” metaphors! A single oak cut down doesn’t destroy the forest b/c the acorns have already embedded in the ground to continue to grow. So, too, does Carlyle’s influence continue; losing his books won’t matter b/c the ideas are seeded in people’s minds.

8. EPOCH: beginning of a distinctive period; so, even if readers don’t agree with Carlyle’s ideas, they at least have found the reading of them to be a kind of turning point in their intellectual lives

9. You know from argument that these lines make a concession in acknowledging that not everyone AGREES with Carlyle.

10. There is no “attack-” just a concession.
She does acknowledge, but she doesn’t necessarily discredit for the reason of misunderstanding Rather, she notes that despite disagreements, critics were still influenced by Carlyle’s ideas
She never makes that claim
Again, she concedes, but critics never claim that Carlyle is unimportant, so she doesn’t need to counter that
She references two Carlyle pieces and talks about that “epoch”

11. Writer who confirms your ideas
While=contrast word
Writer who challenges them

12. HARD QUESTION!
Carlyle isn’t critical of everyone else
What’s between the dashes is generality; no actual ideas or opinions are provided
See adverbs in red; they aren’t really dramatic or urgent
Um, okay? Well, she does delay the independent clause. I guess the reader is “anticipating” what the reaction to Carlyle’s writing is
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