MCQs &
Rhetorical Situation
Rhetorical Situation
Of APPROACH, what is most important to understand about a passage to "breeze" through many questions more easily?
PURPOSE. Understanding the thesis, main claim, or central argument when the passage is "taken as a whole" will help you discriminate between correct answers and ALMOST correct answers.
What is MCQ an acronym for?
Multiple Choice Question(s)
When more than one answer COULD be correct for a multiple choice question, choose that answer that is...
MOST correct (ALL PARTS—modifiers, qualifiers, adjectives, adverbs—of the answer accurately describe the text).
What letter, statistically, is most often correct in multiple-choice questions?
(Note: there is no reliable science on this!)
"C"
Which of the questions for Passage 2 relates to an author's attempt to capture the AUDIENCE's attention?
Question 6
This question involves the audience in considering a "hook" or "bait-and-switch" the author uses to engage the reader.
What is CER an acronym for?
Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning
While the days of memorizing vocabulary words for MCQs are a thing of the past, a strong range of vocabulary is still integral to MCQs. What should you do if you don't know a word being used in a question or answer?
Guess the meaning based on CONTEXT.
Which question from Passage 1 requires students to have an understanding of ethos?
Question 2
As someone widely considered a figure of authority, the use of a quotation from Einstein further establishes the author's credibility (ethos).
What is POE an acronym for?
Process of Elimination
Which question and answer from passage 3 is a great example of editing for "sentence cohesion" (making sure the subject of a sentence does not change mid-sentence)?
Question 13
"First, goats are not indigenous to the region; (hunters introduced goats to the Olympics in the 1920s)."
The correct answer to question 11 is A (as it is now) primarily because of which words in the question?
"exciting" and "strange"
This makes the use of the phrase "amazing spectacle" in the "(as it is now)" answer most relevant to the rhetorical situation the author is emphasizing.
What is LOTD an acronym for?
Letter of the Day
(if you are going to guess, don't vary your guesses, stick to ONE letter).
A MAJOR change has been implemented for YOUR AP exam MCQs this year that may make the exam much easier. What is that change?
Instead of 5 possible answers to MCQs, there are only 4!