Test specifications
How many sections in the exam are there?
Theres 2 sections - tips for the exam
- the action or process of allocating or distributing something.
- characterized by or suggesting the practice of severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons.
- instruct or urge (someone) to do something.
- match or surpass (a person or achievement), typically by imitation.
- making a certain situation or outcome likely or possible.
- excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters
- sullen and ill-tempered
-allocation
-ascetic
-enjoin
-emulate
- conducive
- garrulous
- morose
a pause in a line of poetry dictated by natural speaking rhythm (and not the meter)
ceasura
What are the main themes of great expectations?
-Self-discovery, coming to age
What can be predicted at the end of "The Interlopers"
They get eaten by wolves.
How long will the exam take?
3 hours
- bring (a child) into existence by the process of reproduction AND give rise to; bring about
- the troops stationed in a fortress or town to defend it
- the state of being annoyed, frustrated, or worried
- additional items of dress or equipment, or other items carried or worn by a person or used for a particular activity
- a low protective wall along the edge of a roof, bridge, or balcony, AND a protective wall or earth defense along the top of a trench or other place of concealment for troops
- a quality of sticking with something, no matter what
- beget
- garrison
- vexation
- accouterments
- parapet
- pertinacity
similar sounding words, but do not rhyme exactly EX. Care and Core
approximate rhyme/ slant rhyme
What was the name of Pip’s mysterious benefactor?
Abel Magwitch
According to the cowboy, why is Swede paranoid about the card game?
The cowboy believes he's been reading cheap novels about the West and thinks he'll be killed.
What prompts will there be in the free response section?
-poetry analysis
-prose fiction
-literary argument
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- rebuke or reprimand severely
- obtain something from (a specified source)
- think deeply about something
- cease to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand; surrender
- render obscure, unclear, or unintelligible AND bewilder (someone)
- health-giving; healthy AND (of a place) pleasant; not run-down
- chastening
- derive
- ruminate
- capitulate
- obfuscate
- salubrious
a figure of speech in which a part of something in used to represent the whole, or when the whole is used to represent a part. EX. saying a car is your "wheels."
Synecdoche
What does the stopped clocks in Miss Havisham’s room represent?
She wanted to stop time on her wedding day
What was the illness that the woman in The Yellow Wallpaper had?
Postpartum depression
What percentages of the score are the multiple choice and free response sections?
- multiple choice - 45%
- free response - 55% - perfect your essays
- attempting to avoid notice or attention, typically because of guilt or a belief that discovery would lead to trouble; secretive AND suggestive of guilty nervousness
-having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way
-grimly mocking or cynical
- a person sent on a special mission, usually as a diplomatic representative
- very generous or forgiving, especially toward a rival or someone less powerful than oneself
- conversation or speech characterized by quick, witty comments or replies
- furtive
-pernicious
- sardonic
-emissary
-magnanimous
- repartee
regular pattern of accented and unaccented syllables in poetry (related to rhythm)
meter
Why did Pip go into a deep debt with the fortune he had?
felt guilty of using a criminals money and didn’t want to put his integrity in risk
What is the deeper meaning in “A Rose for Emily”?
The want to cling onto traditions and not want any change in society
How many prose and poetry passages are there in the multiple choice section?
There's 2 prose and 2 poetry
-a member of the clergy engaged as assistant to a vicar, rector, or parish priest AND v. select, organize, and look after the items in (a collection or exhibition)
- (of a person) surprised and confused so much that they are unsure how to react
- digressing from subject to subject
- (of a person, speech, or style of writing) using very few words
- conformity to facts; accuracy
- curate
-nonplused
- quail
- discursive
- laconic
- veracity
a rhetorical figure in which two ideas are directly opposed.
antithesis
What was the role of Joe Gargary in the story?
represents Pip’s old life and the social status that Pip wishes to forget, yet in the end he realizes that that’s where he belongs
Why did Mrs. Mallard cry when her husband came home in The Story of an Hour?
She had again lost her freedom to do anything and go anywhere she wants to