<p>So I have little hope for the MC, especially in such little time for all those questions. </p>
<p>What’s a safe number to skip to still get a 3 – if I’m going to get average to good scores on the timed writings?</p>
<p>Catha, if you’re shooting for a 3, you probably need only a 6 average and 30 raw score on MC</p>
<p>I just took a diagnostic multiple choice from my Barrons and I actually managed to get through all 55 questions, about 5 blank, with 4 minutes to spare. Then again, I got a pathetic 25/55…Well I gotta work on that the whole day tomorrow</p>
<p>^ @seadog that would be a 4 if its out of 55 questions.</p>
<p>30 times 67.5/55 +3.0556 times 6 +3.0556 times 6 +3.0556 times 6= 91.8 which is usually a 4</p>
<p>What % of my MC would I need to get right for a 5 if I have 6-7 essays?</p>
<p>About a 65% or above on the MC will get you a 5 with 6-7’s on the essays.
On the practice I got a 34 out of…55 I think, which is like 62% right. I got all 7’s on my essays, and I was 1 point away from a 5. I got a 107 instead of a 108.</p>
<p>right around 67% of the mc assuming 55 questions on the mc with 6s on all the essays and 100 points for a 5.</p>
<p>Does satire work on the argumentative/synthesis essays? I was going to go satire for one of them, but I don’t know if that’s too risky.</p>
<p>If you can pull of satire, it is very effective.
<a href=“Supporting Students from Day One to Exam Day – AP Central | College Board”>Supporting Students from Day One to Exam Day – AP Central | College Board;
Essay one uses satire very well and earns a 9 - so it is definitely allowed.</p>
<p>For MC, I always look at the questions after reading one paragraph. I answer all the ones that apply to the paragraph I read. This usually works well for me cuz theres always those few vague questions that you have to waste time finding, and I can keep my memory fresh.</p>
<p>From the MC tests my teacher gives (not sure if they’re real collegeboard ones), I tend to get around 45/55 with this method.</p>
<p>Yeah that’s where I got the idea to do satire. But is it worth risking the essay grade?</p>
<p>are there any rough structures for the 3 essays? im self studying and i haven’t found anything about structure really or is it just write anything that makes sense and is well written?</p>
<p>any tips on how to write the synthesis essay? is this a straight persuasive essay. do i just make my point in the thesis and support with documents. but how exactly do I analyze the documents. do i analyze it to prove my assertion and then stop??? HELP!!! haha</p>
<p>Hi guys, I’m taking IB English, and our teacher encouraged us to take this AP exam, so I signed up, but she never really told us anything about it, so now I’m a bit confused.
There is a multiple choice section - not to worried about this, but is there a list of the rhetoric devices I need to learn?
The first essay - Can I take only one stance or can I argue the pros and cons, how many documents do I have to use, and if you have any other advice, that’d be helpful too.
The second essay - So I comment upon a work, pointing out what rhetoric devices the author uses to establish her message/themes/etc. Any advice for this?
The third essay - Just a free response, directly answer the prompt?</p>
<p>If anyone has any help/study packets/etc, or can answer my questions, I’d be really appreciative.</p>
<p>Does anyone have a link to a vocab list?</p>
<p>Any tips on how to get through the MC? I’m such a slow reader, and my analysis takes way too long!</p>
<p>On the most recent test I got 43/5(2? I don’t remember the exact number) but on the OLDER ones I was getting like 29/50 or whatever. I don’t know which one to trust >.< I wish they had more released tests from 2006 and on.</p>
<p>What would be the most efficient way of attacking the selection?</p>
<p>Guys, CALM DOWN about the whole vocab thing. It’s so overemphasized, but it makes up a REALLY small part of the test. Just make sure you know how to read and analyze how the author uses rhetoric to shape the passages. You don’t need to be able to identify line 14 as an antecedent so much as know WHY the author used antecedent there. I’m not saying there will be NO questions asking what the device is, but there will be wayyy fewer of those than ones asking for a more general interpretation.</p>
<p>Also, I’m feeling a disparaging tone for the rhetorical essay. I feel like it’s going to be something strongly against normal precedent.</p>
<p>Even though i’ve been screamed at for the past year to annotate, I don’t. I think it’s a big waste of time, and hasn’t ever done anything for me.
Most questions direct you where they want you to go, so it’s not hard to pick up on things. </p>
<p>I’d say recent tests are more reliable sources of what you can expect. But even if the passages are abnormally hard, the curve will reflect that. I scored a 30 something on a 1991 test(HARD), but then wrote all 6 essays’ and still got a 4. </p>
<p>I’m not doing squat to study, though. I will be writing my rhetorical analysis last, however. I hate those f-ers</p>