Exam Logistics
How many questions/ how long is the MCQ portion of the exam?
What is 55 questions in 60 minutes?
This literary device places two or more elements side-by-side to compare or contrast them
What is juxtaposition?
Gatsby: This man is the narrator of the novel and Jay Gatsby’s neighbor in West Egg.
Who is Nick Carraway?
This is the full name of the scientist who brings the creature to life, often mistakenly used as the monster's name.
Who is Victor Frankenstein?
Arcadia: This 13-year-old prodigy in 1809 discovers the Second Law of Thermodynamics and chaos theory over 150 years early.
Who is Thomasina Coverly?
Name the three types of essays in the FRQ portion IN ORDER.
What are poetry, prose, open-ended?
What is another word for purposeful repetition?
What is anaphora?
451: This eight-legged robotic assassin is used by the firemen to track down and kill political dissidents.
What is the Mechanical Hound?
This narrative format is the novel's structure.
What is a frame narrative?
Much Ado: These two characters engage in a "merry war" of wits before being tricked into falling in love with each other.
Who are Beatrice and Benedick?
Name three MCQ strategies
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This literary device is the deliberate choice of words and style of expression used by a writer or speaker to convey tone, meaning, and atmosphere
What is diction?
TKAM: This fictional Alabama town serves as the setting for the novel during the Great Depression.
What is Maycomb?
Victor is born in this Swiss city, where much of his family resides throughout the novel.
What is Geneva?
Arcadia: In the modern-day scenes, this ambitious academic is determined to prove that Lord Byron killed a man in a duel.
Who is Bernard Nightingale?
Name the elements of prompt annotation
What is TAG/ Background/ Command/ Conquer?
This literary device is where a sentence, phrase, or clause continues across a line break, couplet, or stanza without terminal punctuation
What is enjambment?
Gatsby: This billboard, featuring a pair of fading, bespectacled eyes, overlooks the Valley of Ashes and is seen by some as the eyes of God.
What is Doctor T.J. Eckleburg?
This Arctic explorer is the narrator at the beginning, recording Victor's tale in letters to his sister.
Who is Robert Walton?
Much Ado: This literary device is often used by the Constable Dogberry.
What is malaproprism?
What does SLUM stand for when annotating a poetry/ prose response?
What is Shifts/ Literary Devices/ Understandings/ MOTWAAW?
What is asyndeton?
451: Montag attempts to read this poem by Matthew Arnold to his wife, Mildred, and her friends, causing them to cry.
What is "Dover Beach"?
The creature learns to speak and read by secretly observing this impoverished family living in a cottage.
Who are the De Laceys?
Much Ado: At the start of the play, Beatrice famously compares Benedick to this disease, saying "God help the noble Claudio! If he have caught [him], it will cost him a thousand pound ere he be cured."
What is the pestilence (or plague)?