Ap+Multiple+Choice+Help


 * * For those who were absent, this is what we went over today in class. (2-17-10)
 * You also should begin creating your 10 Ap Style Multiple Choice questions, on the packet "Living With Geese". This is due 2-24-10.
 * If you lost the packet "Living With Geese" heres a direct link to it......
 * [|Living With Geese - Paul Theroux]

** Multiple Choice Practice ** Types of Multiple Choice Questions: Task: 10 Multiple Choice Questions, 1 of each type (except for citation/purpose of source as your passage does not contain this—instead you may do two of one of the other types) At least 1 “roman numeral” question At least 1 “EXCEPT” question At least 1 distracter must be a “NBWA” (next-best-wrong-answer) Write the justification for the correct answers: The justification must have text support, in the case of “EXCEPT” questions, must eliminate the other choices with text support, and must include commentary showing why the answer is correct. From the AP English Language and Composition Course Description: “Beginning in May 2007, some questions in the multiple-choice section **will refer to documentation and citation of sources.** While students will not be required to have memorized any particular styles (for example, MLA, Chicago, APA, etc.), they will be **responsible for gleaning information from citations that may follow any one of these (or other) styles.** At least one of the passages in the multiple choice section will be from a **published work (book, journal, periodical, etc.) that includes footnotes or a bibliography; the documentation questions will be based on these passage**s. The total number of multiple-choice questions will not change.” PARALLEL What was the cause of Tom’s behavior? He had a bad day. The day tormented him. In the passage, the main character a. goes to the movies. b. buys a dog. c. sits in a café. d. likes to run. e. sees a play. In lines 8 – 10, the word “dog” has what function? What is the tone of paragraph 5? _ Asserts ….. Explains …. (M.I.) (“what meaning”) most sensitive most refined What is the main idea of the passage? He mowed In lines x – y, the text employs I. similes and metaphors II. irony and paradox III. parallel construction ARGUMENT (How does the author convey the main idea? Claims…using similes  Explains… examples  asserts  describes  complains  suggests  STRATEGIES  --examples  --simile e.g. (“uses an extended comparison”)  Word in context  --unknown word  --known word used in unconventional way  mail  --known word but only one meaning
 * Purpose
 * Inference
 * Rhetorical strategies/style/literary devices
 * Content/elimination (all of the following happen EXCEPT)
 * Antecedent/syntax (parallelism, sentence type, etc.)
 * Diction
 * Tone/attitude
 * Word-in-context
 * Structure/mode/organization (including inductive/deductive—function of examples to main ideas)
 * Citation/purpose of source or reference
 * Follow the rules of good questions: 5 choices, grammatically correct, parallel, etc. **
 * 5 CHOICES **
 * (1 right answer/ 4 “distracters”) **
 * 1) The teacher hated him.
 * 2) His mom yelled him.
 * 3) A bird landed on his head.
 * 4) Maria hit him.
 * 5) He was having a bad day.
 * 1) The dog ran.
 * 2) The cat barked.
 * 3) The mouse chirped.
 * 1) melancholy
 * 2) morose
 * 3) distressing
 * 4) joyful
 * 5) comical
 * 1) to be excluded
 * 2) to be loved
 * 3) to be helped
 * PLAUSIBLE **
 * GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT **
 * 1) All dogs go to heaven.
 * 1) green grass.
 * 1) I only.
 * 2) II only.
 * 3) I and II
 * 4) I and III
 * I, II, III