AP LITERATURE
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AGENDA
3rd Period-finish presentations
Practicing Multiple Choice – American Fiction Passage 2.
Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
Discussion over Poetry read in Chapter 1 Sound and Sense
Passing back papers
Homework: Read and complete questions in Sound and
Sense for poems on pgs. 11-15. This is due Wednesday,
September 10th.
Next class you will take a multiple choice practice AP exam.
Poetry quiz grades & questions will be in soon.
MULTIPLE CHOICE PRACTICE
CHAPTER 5-AMERICAN FICTION (B)
Go to http://mbcurl.me/PZHA
-Make sure you are signed into your gmail
account.
-If you don’t have one, create one for school.
-File make a copy, file move to AP Lit Folder,
and share document with me at
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MULTIPLE CHOICE
With the person next to you, or pair in front/back of you, compare answers.
DO NOT change your answer if you find that what you thought was
incorrect.
Write the correct answer next to your original answer (CORRECT ANSWER:
C)
Discuss the following:
Where in the text can you find proof?
How did you eliminate answers?
Was there a choice that was somewhat arguable?
Are there terms that you do not understand used in the question/answers?
(note these for research).
AP MULTIPLE CHOICE EXAM
60 Minutes
Section I contains 55 multiple-choice
questions.
No credit will be given for anything
written in the exam booklet, but you
may use the booklet for notes or
scratch work.
Use your time effectively, working as
quickly as you can without losing
accuracy.
45% of total score
Approximately 5 poetry and prose
passages.
Do not spend too much time on any one
question.
Go on to other questions and come back
to the ones you have not answered if you
have time.
Your total score on the multiple-choice
section is based only on the number of
questions answered correctly.
Points are not deducted for incorrect
answers or unanswered questions.
DISCUSSION OF POEMS
Shakespeare
Robert Hayden
What is he writing a poem about?
What type of poem is this? Lyric,
descriptive, or narrative?
Subject is more beautiful and more
temperate. What does temperate
denote?
Time & Time’s effect on beauty
What changes in line 9?
Where is there an example of
overstatement?
How does Shakespeare immortalize
his subject?
What tense?
What is this poem about?
What are the persistent conditions of
life.
HOMEWORK
Read and complete questions in Sound and Sense for
poems on pgs. 11-15. This is due Wednesday,
September 10th.
“I like a look of Agony”
“The Bean Eaters”
“The Red Wheelbarrow”
“Constantly Risking Absurdity”
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