The AP Lang exam was an absolute mess for me. Maybe I did it just to see the memes. I don't even know anymore. Was the College Board smoking something funny when they made this exam? Maybe. Does anyone know what artifice means? Absolutely not. Right from the start, the multiple choice threw me off. It seemed more difficult compared to the practice exams we took in class. As soon as I tried reading that first text, I pretty much cursed in my head and told myself to wing it. A regret I have about the multiple choice is that I wish I started backwards. I could've done much better if I threw the first passage out the window and focused on the easier stories (as weird as they were).
There were some parts of the exam where I felt confidence, such as the synthesis essay about the role of libraries. As for the other two essays, my only comment is lol. I had no idea what the hell I was writing. By the time I got to the argumentative essay, my brain was tired and I'm pretty sure everyone wrote the same thing as me, so I'm probably not going to get any points for originality, but oh well. Overall, the AP Lang exam is what I would call... a strange experience. As my only AP exam of the year, I had no idea what I was walking into. There was nothing really to study or prepare for because it's an English exam, so I tried to stay calm and listen to Mr. Felder's advice of "don't take this exam too seriously." It really wasn't the end of the world, and my senioritis gave me motivation to just get it over with so I could go home and sleep. However, I really hope I didn't waste a year's worth of work in class to get a 2 on the exam, so fingers crossed!
I'm seriously aiming for a 3 here.
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