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Multiple Choice. How to Kick Some Serious Booty (or even improve just a tiny bit). MC Section of AP Exam. Often the most difficult part of the test Constitutes 45% of the exam

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Multiple Choice

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  1. Multiple Choice How to Kick Some Serious Booty (or even improve just a tiny bit)

  2. MC Section of AP Exam • Often the most difficult part of the test • Constitutes 45% of the exam • If you score at least an average of 5 on free-responses, you can miss almost HALF the MC questions and earn a 3 (passing score).

  3. Types of Questions • Main idea • Function/Purpose (May also be piece to a whole) • Meaning in Context (Vocab) • Tone • Rhetorical strategies (90/90 terms) • Grammar(ish) Most questions can be categorized into one of these categories. Knowing which type of question it is will help you decide if you should attempt it or leave it.

  4. Strategy #1: Get the Easy Points • Combination of easy, medium and difficult questions • Follow order of the passage, not difficulty • Skim through exam; answer easy ones first…get all the points you can for ones you know (this might include rhetorical strategies Q’s)

  5. Strategy #2: 2 Above, 2 Below • Word in context or line reference questions often direct you to a specific place in the text • Reading 2 sentences above and 2 below the given line ensures you are getting the context, which helps to pick the BEST answer • EX: In line 15, Abbey… (Here you would read from line 13 through line 17) • Some students find while using this method that you don’t have to read the passage all the way through the first time as they will end up reading in chunks

  6. Strategy #3: Let ‘em Go! • Let’s talk about guessing versus leaving a question/s blank…

  7. Multiple Choice: Should You Guess? New AP rule—no points off for incorrect answer! Example: You guess on two questions. There are only three outcomes: Right + Right= 2 Points Right + Wrong= 1 Point Wrong + Wrong= 0 Points (but no penalty points, either!) What’s your percentage if you guess?:

  8. What if I can’t Eliminate Two Answers? If you don’t know, don’t waste time… Move on! Example: (60 questions)

  9. Strategy #4: Manage Your Time • Clock ticking and you have a ton of questions left? • Find line reference and rhetorical strategy questions • These take the least amount of time

  10. Strategy #4: Manage Your Time • At the beginning of the exam, count the number of passages • Divide by time allotted • If you have 15 minutes per passage, let’s say, follow the clock, not your own pacing • Remember, the goal is to find as many easy/medium questions as you can and get to them!

  11. Strategy #5: Read Actively • If you do read the passage first, annotate briefly as you go • Annotations will • Keep you engaged • Help you find spots in the text quickly for main idea, etc. questions • Help you eliminate certain answer choices

  12. Strategy #6: POE!! • Process of Elimination is the test-taker’s SAVIOR. • Your brain NEEDS to see fewer options. • Cross off to help your brain make the best decision • If you use POE, it should help you make a quick decision as to whether you should answer the question or leave it blank.

  13. How the MC Score is Calculated: On your scantron, you’ll see the # correct. • Subtract the # correct from the total # of Q (43-x) This is your RAW SCORE • Take your raw score and multiply it by .25 • Subtract that # from your RAW SCORE • This is your final score.

  14. Class Scores: Period 3 Period 6 This is great!

  15. When You Get Your Scantron: • Chart your score (the circled one) • Do NOT despair…this is HARD stuff and your first attempt. • On a separate sheet of paper, make a chart of the 4 kinds of questions. List each question in one of the 4 sections. • Circle each question you got wrong. • Identify which type of question on which you perform worst

  16. For the question category where you performed the poorest: • You will do this for ONLY the question type that had the most circles • Fill out a grade correction sheet • You may work with a partner on this • Points for figuring out why you got the question wrong and for analyzing your exam score/performance!

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