Notes Nov. 15-19

 AP Exam Multiple Choice 

1. Know what you're supposed to do.
2. Know the structure of the question
• Rhetorical Function
• explain purpose of a part of a piece
• ask yourself what the selected part of the poem does
• Context
• identify the meaning of a word used in the context
• Antecedent
• what does word refer to? -from previously in text
• usually for poetry questions
• Style
• overall question about whole piece, about a pattern in the piece
• consider the choices the author has made
• usually has a correct answer and a more correct answer
• look for words like "primary, most important..."
• Tone
• identify the tone
• pay attention to who is named as person who is projecting feeling

             *For both style and tone- will give answers with pairs of words

                   -if one is incorrect the whole thing is incorrect.

       3. Know yourself- know what trips you up and what works best for you