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

2. Types of Questions: further breakdown
AP uses a stable of questions is uses and reuses
Remember: total MC questions

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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)

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

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

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

9. 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.