I'm having a problem getting better at AP Lit multiple choice

saint_paul
Fri, 25 Aug 2006 16:54:49 +0000

I’ve heard a lot of tips from different people but I’m sure you’ve heard most of them. Here are just some ideas…

*try skimming the questions before reading the passage to get an idea of what they want you to look for (imho: this sometimes takes too much time and can be distracting when you read the passage)
*annotate important words/phrases/ideas or use your own “lingo” to better understand passages, ie “pov” for point of view, etc (imho: this really helps you navigate through larger passages especially when the question is asking for a specific detail)
*skim all of the passages before attempting any to find if any passages look particularly appealing (imho: I noticed when I took a prc test that I scored MUCH better on a topic I already knew about than one that I had no clue on… so this might help)
*if you can eliminate one wrong answer, guess (imho: usually if I can eliminate 1-2 I’ll guess, but I always try to keep the guessing down to a minimum… so about 7 max for the whole test)