Exam Structure and Grammar Notes Flashcards
How long is the multiple choice portion of the exam?
1 hour and 55 minutes
What percentage is the multiple choice on the exam
45%
How many multiple-choice passages will there be on the exam?
5 (2-3 prose)(2-3 poetry)
How many multiple-choice questions will be on each passage?
8-13
How long will the free response portion of the exam be?
2 hours
How many essays will be in the free response portion of the exam?
3 (40 minutes each)
What percent of the overall score is the free response portion?
55%
What will the first FRQ be about?
Poems
What will the second FRQ be about?
Prose (excerpts from novels and short stories)
What will the third FRQ be about?
Literary Argument
What are the guidelines for the poem FRQ?
- Deals with complexity
*Must mention Lit devices
*Must use small quotations to support assertions
What are the guidelines for the prose FRQ?
*Deals with complexity
*Must mention Lit devices
*Must use small quotations to support assertions
What are the guidelines for the literary argument FRQ?
- Choose a novel of literary merit to support your answer
*Deals with the meaning of the work
*No quotations or devices required
*Pinpoint specific events in the novel to analyze
What do you need to do if you decide to use devices such as tone, diction, and imagery?
Connect it to a specific adjective beforehand.
When referring to a person you…
Use the word “who” rather than the word “that”
When you have a sentence using “therefore,” “however,” or “furthermore,” you…
Use a semicolon in front of that adverb
What do you need to do when citing poems and short story titles?
Put the title in quotations
When citing the titles for novels or plays you need to…
Put the title in italics
What are you trying to discuss instead of characters in poems?
The speaker
Instead of referring to “paragraphs” in poems, call them…
Stanzas
When dealing with punctuation and quotations…
Punctuation goes inside closed quotation marks.
When should you NOT have a comma?
Before the word “because”
When should almost ALWAYS have a comma?
Before the word “which”
