Transcript MULTIPLE CHOICE

These are NOT easy readings. They are
representative of the college-level
work you have been doing throughout
the year. You will be expected to:
• follow sophisticated syntax;
• respond to diction;
• be comfortable with upper-level
vocabulary;
• be familiar with rhetorical
terminology;
• make inferences;
• be sensitive to irony and tone;
• recognize components of
organization and style;
• be familiar with modes of discourse
and rhetorical strategies; and
• recognize how information
contained in citations contributes to
the author’s purpose.
Multiple Choice Help
 Don’t skip questions- answer every one
 Circle your answers in the book & then,
after each passage, transfer them over
 If you are running out of time, quickly
answer the word in context questions
 Read the FULL question- those “EXCEPT”
questions can kill you
 You probably want to skip around to
answer the easiest ones for you and then
come back to fill in the rest so you get to
more questions that you know you have a
chance of answering correctly.
Most Common
Multiple Choice Questions
 Word
in context- what does this word mean
 Main idea- be able to grasp important point
 Terms- literary devices
 Function- what is the effect of a device/word?
 Organization/structure-characterizing/clustering
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