AP Multiple Choice Stem Practice:

AP Multiple Choice Stem practice: DUE ALL CLASSES 2/14 Mrs. Rescigna Part I Find another partner and create 7 multiple choice questions from one of the following poems:

“The killers that run. . . ” Leonard Cohen p. 1176 new “Days” Billy Collins p. 1177 new “she being Brand/-new” e.e. cummings (chemistry experiment?)p.842 new “Legacy” Maurice Kenny p. 807

Or Any poem from Robert Frost you did not explicate last year Or http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap4/dickinson.html look up any poem by Emily Dickinson that you did not explicate last year. Or See me to check out a book on Chinese poetry Part II Then with the same partner from any of the following write 7 prose stems:

“All Gone” –Dixon new 577 “Taking Care”-Williams- new 616 old 95 “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall”-Porter new 411 old 571 “Young Goodman Brown” Hawthorne new 395 old 436 “A Jury of Her Peers” Glaspell new 172 old 202 Any of the Poe stories

The rational for this assignment is to help you improve your multiple choice scores. After this assignment, you will be given another MC test from the AP. Here are some questions to help with the MC prose:

Multiple-Choice Stems from the AP Literature Exam

1. What is the author's attitude toward the subject of the essay? 2. What is this passage about? 3. What does the phrase, ______, mean? 4. How would you characterize the style of the passage? 5. Which of the following best summarizes the main point in lines _____? 6. What is the main point in _____? (the passage, the 2nd paragraph, etc.) 7. How would you restate the meaning of _____? 8. How would you define the phrase _____? 9. What is the speaker’s purpose in _____? 10. What thought is reflected in the allusion _____? 11. What is the tone of the passage? 12. How would you define the word ____? 13. How would you describe the diction and style of the passage? 14. In lines _____, what is the speaker asserting? 15. Why is ______described as ______? 16. What is significant about the structure of sentence #____ in lines ____? 17. In sentences _____, what contrasts are developed or implied? 18. In lines ______, why does the author pair quotations? 19. In lines ______, what is the effect of pairing quotations? 20. What is the dominant technique used in lines ______? 21. In lines ______, what is the effect of using a metaphor? 22. In lines _____, Juxtaposing _____ and _____ serves the purpose of______. 24. By using the words ______, the speaker shows the belief that _____. 25. In lines _____, how is the speaker portrayed? 26. The shift in point of view from...has the effect of... 27. What is the theme of the ____ (e.g., second paragraph, whole piece)? 28. In lines ____, the passage shifts from ____ to _____. 29. Why does the author represent _____ as _____ in lines ____? 30. What is the purpose of the syntax in sentence _____?

Multiple-Choice Facts

1. Answers usually fall into the following format:

a. one answer is wrong

b. one answer is opposite

c. one answer is nearly correct

d. one answer is correct

2. Types of Questions: Answering Multiple-Choice Poetry Questions

a. questions on dramatic situation

b. questions on structure

c. questions on theme

d. questions on grammar and meaning of words

e. questions on images and figurative language

f. questions on diction

g. questions on tone, literary devices, and metrics

3. Types of Questions: Answering Multiple-Choice Prose Questions

a. questions on situation and content

b. questions on meaning of words or phrases

c. questions on grammar

d. questions on diction

e. questions on figurative language

f. questions on structure

g. questions on literary techniques

h. questions on rhetoric

i. questions on tone Here are some questions to help you with the poetry portion of the assignment:

1. The mood of the poem is best described as… 2. Line --- " " is best interpreted to mean… 3. Line __ " " describes the… 4. Between lines --- and between lines --- there is a shift from____ to ____ 5. The speaker's/character's attitude is one of… 6. Throughout the poem, the imagery suggests that… 7. Which of the following literary devices most significantly contributes to the unity of the poem? 8. In the first stanza, the speaker makes use of paradox by doing which of the following? 9. Which of the following best conveys the meaning of the word " " line ---? 10. Which of the following best paraphrases the meaning of line ---? 11. In line --- the word " " suggests that… 12. The verb phrase " " line --- serves primarily to. . . 13. The words " " and " " line --- convey which of the following? 14. The subject of the word " " is… 15. The speaker metaphorically likens himself to a… 16. The imagery in the first stanza most clearly suggests which of the following? 17. Which of the following accounts for the ironic tone of " " line ---? 18. The pronoun " " line --- refers to… 19. The phrase " " line --- contrasts most directly with… 20. As the poem progresses, the speaker's mode of expression shifts from one of… 21. Which of the following pairs of words function as opposites in the poem?... 22. Which of the following illustrates the rhetorical device of apostrophe?... 23. The word " " line --- is most strongly reinforced by which of the following pairs of lines? 24. Which of the following is the best interpretation of " " line… 25. The primary implication of lines --- is that… 26. The critical transition point in the poem occurs at… 27. The figure of speech in line --- is… 28. The effect of lines --- is… 29. In the stanza, the --- is presented chiefly as… 30. The diction used to describe " " lines --- suggests that… 31. The object of " " line --- is… 32. in line --- the speaker implies… 33. In the poem as a whole, the speaker views nature as being essentially … 34. The speaker makes a categorical assertion at all of the following places in the poem EXCEPT… 35. Which of the following lines contains an example of personification?... 36. The speaker's words lines --- convey a sense of… 37. The poem dramatizes the moment when the speaker… 38. In context, the phrase " " line --- is best paraphrased as… 39. A principal purpose of the use of " " line --- is to… 40. In the final stanza, the speaker anticipates… 41. Which of the following is LEAST important to the theme of the poem?... 42. The tone throughout the poem is best described as one of… 43. A shift in tone occurs at which of the following lines?...