Multiple Choice Show Down

Can you outscore this guy??

The Gist

• At this point, it’s more important to understand how to better attack the MC section than it is to get the questions correct

• Though you will have a chance to improve your score, today is about learning strategy

How It Works:• Identify a question you’d like to discuss as a class• Grapple with the answers—do a class POE, find textual evidence, look up

vocabulary, etc. If you think you have the right answer, explain your thinking and how you tackled the question.

• If you change your answer, you must provide a specific rationale as to WHY, including evidence:– D because hyperbole is found in line 15, but alliteration (I just learned that this

meant “the repetition of consonant sounds”) isn’t. I confused alliteration with assonance.

• You may only discuss as a whole class/group. The faster you discuss, the more questions you get to tackle.

• Do not dominate the discussion, even if you think you are the bee’s knees and have 100% of the answers right. Call on your quiet peer—I bet they have some good insight too, but are hesitant to talk over you.

• You have all but the last ten minutes of class for your Show Down.

Before I give you the correct answers--

Write 2-3 sentences at the bottom of your answer sheet:

What did you learn, strategy-wise from today’s conversation? What tool made sense

to you? What “ah-HA!” moment did you have? What will you do on your next MC

practice?

1. A2. E3. B4. A5. E6. C7. E8. D9. C10. C11. A12. E13. C14. A15. A16. B17. A18. E19. E20. C

21. D22. A23. B24. B25. D26. D27. B28. C29. C30. B31. A32. B33. C34. B35. D36. C37. A38. B39. D40. C

41. C42. A43. D44. B45. A46. B47. C48. D49. E

Exam Corrections• Tally up the question types to see which

category you struggle with most• Focus your exam corrections on questions

only in this category typeQuestion Number

Topic Correct Answer and Why It is Correct

What Materials to Study

45Meaning in context

Never understood it

D—I didn’t take the time to read two above and two below, because I thought I knew the only way to use the word “milk.” Turns out it can be used figuratively too, as in to extract something from someone. This makes sense in context as the speaker is trying to obtain information about a child from his mother.

SAT Vocab; the passage, 2 lines above and 2 lines below

This is the most important part of the analysis…don’t skimp

here. Your grade depends on it!!