Reading Strategies for AP Language Plus Answers for Multiple Choices.

Reading Strategies for AP Language

Plus Answers for Multiple Choices

Answer to Multiple Choice Questions• 1. A 13. C• 2. E 14. A• 3. B 15. A• 4. A 16. B• 5. E 17. A• 6. C 18. E• 7. E 19. E• 8. D 20. C• 9. C 21. D• 10. C 22. A• 11. A 23. B• 12. E 24. B

• 25. D 37. A 49. E• 26. D 38. B• 27. B 39. D (2001)• 28. C 40. C• 29. C 41. C• 30. B 42. A• 31. A 43. D• 32. B 44. B• 33. C 45. A• 34. B 46. B• 35. D 47. C• 36. C 48. D

Three approaches

• 1. Skip the passage and go straight to questions.

• 2. Read part of the passage to get central idea and then go to questions.

• 3. Skim passage and then go to questions.

Test Construction

Answer choices:1.1 throwaway answer2.1 general or vague answer—not right, but not completely wrong3.2-3 where you must make a distinction

DO NOT SKIP A QUESTION!!!!!

Kinds of Question

• 1. Main idea• 2. Purpose or function of passage, paragraph,

or sentence• 3. Line reference questions: words in

context, paraphrased idea, pronoun references, examples of what?

• 4. Who is the intended audience? • 5. Tone 6. Paired (Ex. Angry and light-

spirited)

Rhetorical Vocabulary

• 1. analogy• 2. antecedent• 3. metaphor• 4. anecdote• 5. paradox• 6. parallel structure• 7. juxtaposition

• 8. overstatement• 9. understatement• 10. metaphor• 11. literal, figurative• 12. syntax• 13. euphemism• 14. contradiction• 15.

Tone words

• Tentative• Prudent• Fervent• Emphatic• Defensive• Solemn(ity)• Cynical (cynicism)• Ardent• Neutral

• Objective• Nostalgic• Somber• Elegiac• Prosaic• Melancholic• reverential