<p>just because we cant talk about the questions doesnt mean we cant talk about the multiple choice literature. arent we free to discuss are view on characters, and what we think is the main idea of the passage. we are not talking directly about mc questions, only about the passages that were given to us.</p>
<p>Here's what I thought about the FR regarding money... and I have thought about it long and hard. </p>
<p>It was an ironic satire for sure. The sentences were long and convoluted just like a life of money. We are condemned to a world of money where we are born either looked down upon as poor or as a rich snob. Even when we die, money follows us to the Will. The essay is written very clearly as if to say, I AM TELLING YOU HOW IT IS. The tone was condemning, damning, or degrading. The point is, that no matter what money is going to control important aspects of your life and afterlife. Maybe people will come to your funeral, maybe you will marry your "soul mate" mate because of it, alas it is all connected by money. ("as I put it, money is the common denominator of everything") </p>
<p>Now as to whether they liked my allusions to Eli Whitney, Jesus, John Stewart and Steve Colbert in my third essay is a mystery.</p>
<p>AND BY THE WAY... Your test will be completely different than ours. It is totally legal to discuss the essays after the 48hour period, i contacted college board.</p>
<p>Yep--I agree with you on the 2nd essay premise. I talked about Jon Stewart, too. Love him. :)</p>
<p>yes!!!! i also associated the pink flamingos with america coming out of depression...i hope its right</p>
<p>well i caught the irony alittle to late in the fist essay.. you how it was like after all they were just fake plastic birds or something.. yea well that was supposed to be the irony that was mocking the conformity that was in the non-conformity of people. im guessing an essay that picked that up would get a higher score than the other essays. But i talked about the boldness of the generation and how they wer breaking out from the depression and stuff... blah blah.. used structure of the passage that gave a clear progress of thought( not a very good idea) and i said like how she brought in like a bunch of knowledge from outside sources and about how she knew a bunch of stuff abou flamingoes and ancient culture and u know how liike the reader would beleive her b/c she knows so much. yada yada.
i hope i get a 5 on that one lol. i think i did well on the other essays.
im doing ap-hist tomorow then sat sat and then ap-bio monday. freakin suks.</p>
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<li>flamingo = hope coming out of depression. used the example of how flamingo is more bright in a desert setting (depression). used syntax, diction, imagery.</li>
<li>repetition/parallelism also shift from 2nd person to 3rd person in sentence 2 to 3. some crap with rhetorical triangle...</li>
<li>said opinions are what defines humanity from animals, namely sheep. then said that public means of communication was horrible for democracy; used examples of Hitler, Napolean, availability heuristics. Said it was horrible since a monoply over means of communication = controlling what people thing b/c ppl conform => no more democracy.</li>
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<p>Hmmm...</p>
<h1>1) Americans love to show their wealth; the flamingos are a status symbol for luxury and power. I mentioned diction and the author's detail selection: casinos, hotels, and elvis's purchase of a pink cadillac.</h1>
<h1>2) Without money life is miserable. Diction, parralellism, and detail selection (blinded by the wax of a sealer, the funeral at the end)</h1>
<h1>3) I said all public opinions are impossible to classiy as purely good or bad; said Bono and F.D.R. for good, McCarthy and Hitler for bad.</h1>
<p>Did I do them right?</p>
<p>I didn't actually take the class, but I'm almost sure the second one was sarcastic in nature, and I was also told to argue one side for the third essay.</p>
<p>H20Poloer, I agree with you on the flamingo essay; that's what I talked about.</p>
<p>This will be my last post for the night, leaving my post count at 1776, since I have my APUSH test tomorrow, lol.</p>
<p>Booya!! I did really well on the essay's from what y'all are saying. APUSH was a mess today. Oh well, I have to prepare for the AP bio. test monday and the SAT'S tommorrow<<. Seeya.</p>
<p>I failed AP English. Bah.</p>
<p>For the first essay, I made a point of the irony innate in "Plastic Pink Flamingos: A Natural History." My entire essay was about how the author tore down American society for being conformist, latching onto fads and new trends, seeking to be original, yet only following what advertisments and corporations tell them is bold. Even the American obsession with the flamingo was nothing new, merely following in the footsteps of much older societies.</p>
<p>i don't get it...under College Board rules, we can never speak of the multiple choice questions. College Board employs the same policy on all of their tests (AP, SAT, SAT II, etc...) this is true. so why are the College Confidential moderators so intent on limiting discussion of AP answers? SAT forums are loaded with mulitple choice questions that are not "allowed" to be discussed. If CC is going to be so critical of AP mc discussion, then they should atleast be just as strict with SAT answers. It's hypocritical in my opinion and a double standard. Just because the SAT is a more important exam, doesn't mean the SAT forums should be granted special prvileges over others. What about the people discussing SAT answers? Are you not worried about their scores being compromised? I appreciate the gester and the concern, but the gester must be extended to all aspects of the forum, not just the AP threads. I feel users should post questions, comments, concerns regarding answers on any of the forums of CC. It's a risk we are willing to take. In the future, let us take this risk without threats or moderators looking over our shoulder and totally inhibiting our discussions.</p>
<p>you smoked that essay rizwan</p>
<p>As long as you backed up your point with evidence you should do well on the essay...No matter what point you argued...</p>
<p>I hope so...and I hope not being neat on one essay doesn't drop your grade too far--halfway through the 1st introduction I realized I was taking a completely wrong approach and crossed out half of my intro.</p>
<p>The second essay was cool though...just talked about how the author builds up trust by stating obviously true possibilities, then at the very end makes a point with no evidence, relying on the fact that the reader trusts the author's judgement by then.</p>
<p>Anybody taking ap bio monday?</p>
<p>My teacher pounded our class for not using "aphorisms" in the 2nd one. Anybody use those?</p>
<p>I talked about those, but I forgot the name "aphorisms." so I just said it in a roundabout way.</p>
<p>Oh, I'm feeling good about my first essay now. I talked about a lot of different stuff that's been mentioned here - coming out of the Depression (yes, everybody who asked, that is valid, Jennifer Price made the association explicit in her essay), trying to stand out by conforming to the popular image of "boldness," power of ethos (following Bugsy Siegel and Elvis), even a little symbolism. And yes, I mentioned the puns in "flocking" and "flamboyant". And some other stuff I don't remember. My main point was America's habit of imitation. I feel good about that one.</p>
<p>Second essay was pretty mediocre. Three sentences (obviously), "you" makes it more personal, and anaphora...and dissonance near the end (repetition of "k" sound in the last fifteen lines).</p>
<p>Third essay...I'm REALLY proud of this one. I did something that still cracks me up when I think about it, and I hope it works to my advantage somehow... See, I wrote about how those public opinions can be dangerous because of America's habit of imitation (sound familiar to anybody who read my first paragraph?). I used the Gallup polls as an example (I think they influence elections). As for my other evidence - here's the tricksy part - I took it straight from the flamingo essay. Literally. I talked about Bugsy Siegel's hotel and Elvis Presley's cadillac, and the subsequent flamingo invasion. Did anybody else do this? I'm probably not the only one who thought of it. I mean, come on, you give me perfectly good evidence, I can't just ignore it! Right?</p>
<p>(I'm sure it doesn't count as plagiarism, because I just used the facts, not Price's words, paraphrased or otherwise.)</p>
<p>The first essay was okay for me. The second essay, i used the word anaphora. I have no idea what aphorism is. The third essay was really good. I love those kind of essays.</p>