AP Literature Mastery Exam Study Guide Day

Which best describes the overall structure of the passage?

• A pronouncement is made and its implications are addressed.

• A hypothesis is advanced and its accuracy is debated.

• A maxim is offered and its origins are described.

• A cliche is cited and systematically debunked.

• A claim is made and illustrated with multiple examples.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The narrator implies that keeping track of time provides

• a useful reminder of the fragility of life

• a false sense of one's power over the world

• an inducement to use one's time more wisely

• an awareness that life involves constant change

• a continuous sense of progress and achievement

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

In context, "jeweled" (line 6) is best understood to connote

• frivolous

• affluent

• radiant

• ostentatious

• delicate

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The narrator's tone in lines 21-22 ("Ruin . . . solid") is best characterized as

• wry

• reproachful

• didactic

• reverent

• despondent

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The man is "touched with terror" (lines 26-27) because of his

• need to relive a personal tragedy

• complicity in a shameful event

• fear of committing an unforgivable social gaffe

• failure to recall the timing of a notable occurrence

• feeling of imminent physical threat

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which best describes the series of questions and the exclamation in lines 27-32 ("The spring . . . Infinity!")?

• They reflect an increasingly broad set of anxieties.

• They reveal a progressively more sophisticated outlook.

• They reflect a growing faith in human autonomy.

• They pinpoint several issues of universal concern.

• They pursue a line of reasoning to a flawed conclusion.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which of the following is best understood to be ironic?

• "each terribly vulnerable wrist" (line 11)

• "thumbs the leaves of his appointment calendar" (lines 15-16)

• "a mindless rearrangement of cells in the crust of the spinning earth" (lines 28-29)

• "his blood runs cold again as the galaxies revolves" (lines 35-36)

• "He has brought order out of chaos" (lines 54-55)

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The reference to the "shape of his first wife's smile and the sound of her voice in tears" (lines 39-41) suggests that

• the man idealizes his first marriage

• the man regrets his treatment of his wife

• the man does not recall intimate details about his wife

• the man's first wife was emotionally unstable

• the man's first wife was a demanding presence in his life

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

In context, the interjection in lines 49-50 ("Smell that new grass!") serves to

• convey a renewed sense of optimism

• demonstrate respect for the natural world

• advocate a change in attitude

• give voice to a heartfelt request

• issue a stern command

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The final sentence in each long long paragraph (lines 9-12, lines 21-22, and lines 54-55) is best understood to

• humorously implicate the reader in a belief

• gently mock a character's sense of security

• obliquely note humankind's true purpose

• ironically comment on humankind's destructiveness

• enthusiastically celebrate the beauty of the world

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2