Multiple choice is also very much my pitfall. Essays for me are 7s to 9s in class. So in class, we do about 15 question quizzes that are taken from past AP exams. And what I’ve noticed is odd. Take a passage that cites line numbers or asks about specific parts…13 or 14 out of 15. Take a passage that asks about general things like organization and point of view(smug, disapproving, that kind of thing) 8 or 9 out of 15. Also, to me, modern passages have a greater tendency in my mind to have questions with multiple answers while the oldies, I can trace a definitive reason for why I missed a question. Any thoughts?
So to prepare…
I plan on making a map of
A Streetcar Named Desire, Hamlet, Moby Dick, Madame Bovary, Jane Eyre, All the Pretty Horses, and if I have time, All Their Eyes Were Watching God
We never learned any specific “AP Lit” vocab…is that a problem? I know words like halcyon and onus but maybe not meter types (apart from iambic) or metonymy. I don’t want to just memorize random words but if I have to, I will (just tell me which ones you guys did!)
And the elusive multiple choice. What is one to do to prepare?