AP English Language Exam Thread

<p>It was a Biblical allusion because it referenced the character Job. It was a direct statement of Job but an allusion to religion, morality, and the Bible.</p>

<p>i skipped zero…
i cant give any answers but can i say tht #40 almost tricked me?
and for the rhetorcal essay, i thought it was VERY EASY.
am i allwoed to say examples/rhetocal stragies i used?</p>

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<p>ah yes me too</p>

<p>^simpsonman, like i skipped it my first time through then i remebered something from like 5th grade and had an eppiphany. felt great.
also #10 was tricky (am i allowed to say this i feel like im braking one of those stupid rules) collegeboard if ur reading this im sorry</p>

<p>Which is what I was saying, the problem with many test takers is that they take things too literally. </p>

<p>And yeah, I skipped only the first question haha</p>

<p>raider, I wasn’t talking about that part, the part where it says “you are going against the Father’s word” (not in those words but you know). Yeah I used pathos but I called it emotional appeal. I said that he called his fellow African Americans “brethren” which shows that he had a close relationship with them and is therefore hurting emotionally when they must suffer with him.</p>

<p>I thought the test wasn’t that bad. My teacher really prepped my class for it. The multiple choice was decent. The first passage was the hardest in my opinion. For my essays I think I rocked my synthesis lol. My rhetorical analysis was pretty good, and I thought my argument was as well. When my teacher graded are essays I was get 7s & 8s so I hope I kept that up. </p>

<p>I’m would be happy with a 4, but only because how much work my teacher put in for us. She made it seem like it was easy to get a 3. I think she said you could have left like a handful blank and get like ten wrong on the m/c, receive 5s on all your essays (which she said is a equivalent to a 65%) and still get a 3.</p>

<p>are we not supposed to use five paragraph essays?</p>

<p>@skylarkin i didnt skip any either</p>

<p>@eastlaker i used it</p>

<p>Oh yeah, I totally beasted the humorist one though. My examples were Family Guy, The Onion, Jeff Dunham, and Don Imus. I had just seen Seth MacFarlane on Larry King talking about how far is too far when he makes the episodes, it was so ironic and lucky for me.</p>

<p>My teacher who is an AP reader says that 5 paragraphs are fine though she discourages concluding paragraphs. Basically she says that the substance is the most important no matter how it is conveyed.</p>

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<p>are we allowed to say that? if we can ill say what i talked about</p>

<p>5 paragraphs are fine, but unless their body is really strong then they don’t get you max scores, but if its good it shouldnt really matter.</p>

<p>did anyone mention Johnathon Swifts a modest proposal?</p>

<p>^HELL YES. I was apprehensive about mentioning specifics about the essays, but yeah I used A Modest Proposal</p>

<p>lol ok. i figured i should probs mention a piece of literature along with all the other stuff.</p>

<p>Ok, can someone answer this question for me? For the synthesis, you couldn’t have made a counterargument am I right? They basically gave you the idea of putting tech into schools and asked what must be considered, you can’t really argue against anything because they didn’t ask for your opinion on what should be done. My friend begs to differ though, can anyone help?</p>

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<p>No, but I REALLY wish I would have thought of that now :frowning: I’m surprised I didn’t remember it, since that was one of my favorite things we read this year…</p>

<p>I feel a 4 on this one…
Probably missed 5 or 6 on multiple choice but answered them all.
First essay was pretty good so I’m hoping for 7 or 8.
Second essay wasn’t too bad so I think a 6 or 7.
Third essay… ehh. So that’s a 5 at best.</p>

<p>A combination of both really I think, but mind you, Im also just an AP student so I cant really answer too reliably. Since they wanted you to talk about factors for putting tech into school, no, thats not an argument, but your supposed to be able to “back” those factors using help from the sources, and have a strong enough opinion that you could argue it if necessary.</p>