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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I also agree about how harder the multiple choice was in comparison to practices we took. I should've started with the last multiple choice passage as well. (that was a good idea) Oh, and how was your timing for both sections?
ReplyDeleteI hope I didn't get a 2 either.
I agree with you, the exam was a mess for me as well. However, at the same time, I feel relieved and glad that I actually finished the entire exam in time. I also agree that the multiple choice section is the most difficult. How did you timed yourself?
ReplyDeleteI agree with you about the difficulty of the multiple choice. Also, starting backwards is a clever idea because that first passage was wild. And I get the feeling you had of "What do I study?; it was all I could think prior to the test. I like your mentality that our resulta on this test aren't the end of the world. It's a nice outlook on something that's kind of daunting.
ReplyDeleteDo you really feel that the year's work would be wasted if you don't pass the exam?
The first passage was so hard! I too, should have moved on to the other ones and come back to it at the end. The synthesis essay was the one I did the best on too (I think most people can agree on that). I found the other two essay prompts to be a little unclear, hence why I ended up writing about Trump. I had to guess what artifice meant ;-; But I think you'll get that 3! You've been doing really well in the class and like Mr.Felder said, don't worry too much about it.
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