THE MOST STUPENDOUS, WONDERFUL, TERRIFIC, STUNNINGLY FABULOUS DAY IN THE HISTORY OF EVER

AP LANGUAGE REVIEW 2014

SORRY, I DIDN’T WANT

TO OVERSELL TODAY!

GOALS for today!

Review strategies for APMC Block Review types of APMC questions Hand out money…this is never NOT an

non-impossibility people

STRATEGY FOR BLOCKS

Run, as fast and as far as you can! (This is a rough draft of my ppt)

Mentally prepare yourself. It is 60 minutes-there are documented cases of

survivors. Get on a roll (quickly).

You can’t answer questions over something you don’t understand, so…

read 10 lines and check yourself… If you get it-keep reading if not-STOP and start over asking “What is he saying?

If you can’t “get into it” after 3 tries MOVE ON to either questions or the next passage!

STRATEGY FOR BLOCKS

Read the block like you are going to WRITE a rhetorical analysis over it! (No really) When you are going to have to WRITE to it…you

read it LOOKING for the rhetorical devices, organization and tone, right??

Where is his thesis LIKELY to be? Where do YOU put it in YOUR papers? Does the writer? If it isn’t there-you at least KNOW it.

The passage is likely to be printed on consecutive pages…you don’t HAVE to read it again, fold the page and use your annotations.

STRATEGY FOR BLOCKS BUBBLE…Every time you turn a page,

bubble… Numerous AP students have lost points on

their scores because they waited to bubble… When students lose points because they

forgot to bubble, students get depressed… When students get depressed, students

mumble things in the hallways… When students mumble things in the

hallways, students get to conference with new “friends” who wear white coats…

Don’t be the student who gets to conference

with new “friends”...BUBBLE

STRATEGY FOR BLOCKS

There are typically 4 passages (there COULD be 5), think of it like this…In a rhetorical analysis, you take

about 5-7 mins to read and annotate it right??

Can you answer 12 questions in 10 mins??

DO that 4 times in a row…oh, and BUBBLE.

Bubble ALL answers…there is NO penalty for wrong answers.

TYPES OF QUESTIONS

Straight forward:The primary rhetorical strategy used by the author is

A. narrationB. descriptionC. analysisD. processE. argument

Draw a conclusion:The primary reason for Sagan using the long listing in the first paragraph is most probably to

A. appeal to readers with varied interestsB. impress his audience with his scope of

knowledgeC. introduce the topics covered in the body of

the essayD. provide examplesE. emphasize the magnitude of the problem

ALL…EXCEPT:In developing his purpose, the author uses all of the following rhetorical devices except

A. spatial organizationB. metaphor and simileC. comparison and contrastD. imageryE. chronological order

Infer or abstract a concept not directly stated:After reading the passage, the reader can infer that the author desires to

A. praise the work of current authorsB. change the curriculum of the collegeC. change college administrationD. warn against relying on academic

appearancesE. criticize the cost of college

ROMAN NUMERALS!:Paragraphs 1 and 2 develop their ideas by means of

I. metaphor and simileII. allusionIII. paradox

A. IB. IIC. IIID. I and IIE. I, II, and III

IF TIME IS RUNNING OUT…

1. Look for questions that site a specific line

2. Look for specific detail/definition questions

3. Look for self-contained questions

SHOULD YOU GUESS?

There is NO penalty for guessing...

YES,Guess!