AP English Exam Review Guide

Thematic

The multiple choice section is the first part of the AP English exam and you are given one hour to answer all questions that are based off of college level reading and you are expected to respond to diction, familiarize yourself with literary terminology, make inferences, and follow sophisticated syntax. They’re many different types of main ideas/focuses you need to follow such as timing, pacing, reading efficiently, underline/highlight, and know the different types of questions on the exam, the exam wants to know if you can comprehend how a writer develops his/her ideas.
When it comes to the poems pay very close attention continuation of verses without a pause or what is known as enjambment, one good strategy for poems is paraphrasing stanzas which help you translate lines in to a desired particular meaning. Practice reading challenging poems so this way interpretation and diction will come more effortless.
One major factor in taking this test you must know strategies in your approach on the multiple choice section. Some strategies are: Don’t take too much time on any question, Focus on your strengths and go to sections you are more able to cope with. If time is running out scan the remaining unanswered questions, look for the shortest questions, quotation’s that direct you to specific lines and lastly self-contained questions that contain quotes from the passage.

The multiple choice section of the AP English exam features passages in which the test taker must read and answer follow up questions.
Literary elements to focus on for the multiple choice section of the AP English exam include diction, theme, imagery, tone and terminology.
While answering the multiple choice questions, it is important to understand the theme and the tone of a passage you have read. Once a theme and tone is formulated by the test taker, questions that require inferences shall be easier to tackle.
The passages on the exam use a high level of vocabulary; being able to interpret the diction and terminology used in a selection is important as well. If you are able to understand the diction used in a selection, you’ll be able to understand a difficult passage. The multiple choice questions may ask questions concerned with a meaning of a word.
Imagery is important to focus on because questions will ask for descriptions of a character/object