Transcript bYTEBoss AP02252009

AP Literature and
Composition
February 25, 2009
Ms. Cares
Agenda:
1. Synthesis Essay: outlines and
questions
2. Emily Dickinson poem:
strategies and answers
Homework: refine your outline
and begin drafting your initial
draft - DUE Tuesday, 3/2.
Emily Dickinson Poem:
• What interpretations did you make
BEFORE you began unpacking the
multiple choice questions?
• How did you use the questions to
shape your interpretation?
• How did you feel about this poem,
overall?
• Did you use the grammar of this poem
to help construct meaning?
1. In the second line of the
poem, the word “Were” is
• Make sure to read “Were” as the
beginning of a complete idea
(STOP/GO).
• “Were the universe one rock” = If the
universe were one rock… (conditional
verb)
• DO NOT FORGET POE!
• Answer = B
2. In line 3, the word “far”
probably modifies
• “Were universe one rock / And far I
heard his silver call…”
• Modifies = alters
• “far” is used as an adverb to
describe how the speaker hears the
silver call
• Inverted syntax
• Answer = C
3. The lines “I’d tunnel till my groove /
Pushed sudden through to his” are an
example of
• Use POE to get you to the
happy place: between A and B
• “I’d tunnel till my groove” =
exaggeration as any action has
its limit
• Answer = A
4. In line 7, the word “recompense”
is best understood to mean
• Vocabulary in context
• Attempt to establish meaning
before looking at the answer
choices
• Use POE
• Answer = E
5. Which of the following is an
example of synesthetic imagery…
• Notice that the AP exam provides
you with the definition of this
literary element.
• “silver call”
• Silver = visual
• Call = auditory
• Answer = C
6. Which of the following phrases
requires some adjustment according to
conventional grammatical rules?
• What does this question ask?
• Which phrase uses abnormal grammar?
• “pushed sudden” is abnormal because
adverbs (suddenly) typically end in -ly.
• The interchange of adverb and adjectives
is commonly used in poetry written before
the 20th Century.
• Answer = D
7. All of the following words are used
to suggest the same quality EXCEPT
• Which one of these is not like the others?
• Use POE.
• “walls,” “rock,” “block,” and “adamant” all
connote hardness.
• “groove” has nothing to do with being
tough.
• Answer = D
8. Line 9 begins with “But”
because
• Notice that “But” marks the beginning of a
new sentence that spans two stanzas. In
other words, it is significant.
• Use POE
• The poem turns on the word “But,” and the
last two stanzas present the opposite of the
finite walls and rock and connote much
softer - and less negative - “walls.”
• Answer = A
9. All of the following words are used
to suggest the Middle Ages EXCEPT
• Use POE
• “adamant” has nothing to do
with the Middle Ages,
specifically.
• Answer = A
10. All of the following words are used
to suggest the same quality EXCEPT
• Which one of these is not like
the others…
• Most of the words connote
those things that are pliable
and soft… EXCEPT limit.
• Answer = E
11. On which of the following do
lines 11-16 chiefly rely?
• RTFQ - CHIEFLY meaning mainly
• POE
• Paradox = situation of contradictory
events or images
• “cobweb wove of adamant” or
“battlement of straw” are paradoxical
(conflicting)
• Answer = B
12. To fully understand the situation
presented in the poem, a reader would
have to know more about the specific
reference of which of the following…
• Unpack the question - which word is most
difficult to interpret based on the poem alone?
• “block,” “groove,” “recompense,” and “veil” are
all used figuratively and can be interpreted
within the poem.
• “law” seems to be literal; it is impossible to
identify which or what type of “law” is mentioned
in the poem.
• Answer = D