<p>1st essay i felt i did well...only i didnt talk much at all of literary devices...but mostly the literature it self...will that hurt me much? if not, it seems like an 7-8 paper</p>
<p>2nd essay- was really repetitive </p>
<p>3rd essay- HA...got killed. I originally tried to use paradise lost...didnt completely plan it out...finished intro/1st bp...realized i had no other points...so started over. Ended up using Desire Under the Elms, only it turned to be mostly plot summary</p>
<p>Argh, I hate flamingos.</p>
<p>Lol, did anyone else mention phallic imagery as a symbol for transition into manhood?</p>
<p>All my essays were passable but too short (all only like 1.5-2 pages long X.X), I just hope I at least get a 4 on the test. And the only book I could think of for the 3rd on was Invisible Man (am I the only one who did that?), bleh, my essays sucked, all I can hope for is that my multiple choice score was good.</p>
<p>The only thing I'm worried about is that my 3rd essay ended up being a little short because I was afraid of falling into simple plot summary. There was tons I could've written, but I didn't think it'd add anything to the true meaning. I used Middlesex, which was absolutely perfect and the novel we studied most recently in class.</p>
<p>The other two I'm confident I explained accurately and concisely (2 sides each). Also, from doing examples in class it seems that the essay grading is really lenient. Some of the ones in the past that got 7/8/9 were really basic, IMO. Because of that, I'm definitely expecting an average of a 7 on each.</p>
<p>didn't think it was that bad. everyone in my class and i mean everyone did a streetcar named desire. i feel like that essay was made for blanche. i was pretty close to writing about Medea though.</p>
<p>anyone do long day's journey into night? seems like im the only one.. i couldn't choose between that + 2 other works on the list.. open is usually supposed to be my best but i think it was my worst this time :(</p>
<p>For me, Essay #2 was difficult to write because of what the prompt was asking. It was really difficult of staying on topic. I'll elaborate once the 48 hour rule is over. I burned out on my 3rd essay, evident of how my handwriting changed compared to my 1st and 2nd essay XD.</p>
<p>ill be very surprised if i dont get a 5</p>
<p>^^ used cry the beloved country... and i write ridiculously fast and a LOT (not of garbage, usually of good stuff) and i filled the entire pink booklet (though i think one or two essays ended like, 5 or 6 lines down one page and then i flipped to the next page)</p>
<p>The multiple choice wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. The poem however...the poem...urgh</p>
<p>hahaha...my english class (it's not specifically 'AP lit') didn't read ANY of the books on the list. but we just did hamlet, so i basically just modified a recent essay i wrote.</p>
<p>question: do they take off a lot of points for not writing a huge amount? i thought i had decent ideas, but i only wrote like 3 pages for each of the prompts...</p>
<p>"Only"? I wrote 2.2 pages for each, except the last which I wrote 2.8...</p>
<p>Ooh, yay, I'm not the only person to use Paradise Lost. Mind you, I don't want it to have been as cliche as "The Great Gatsby" (which was the only book on the list I had read), but I still didn't want to be alone. :D</p>
<p>im an idiot, and i screwed up that last essay. i used catch 22, when i could have easily done surfacing, jane eyre, or crime and punishment. up till that last essay, i was like yes, im gonna get a five. now im not so sure, thats how bad it was.</p>
<p>Uofmhopeful, how would you have applied Crime and Punishment to the prompt? I'm just curious because that was the one book that I carefully read and reviewed for the exam.</p>
<p>Umm hello? Raskolnikov's life in St. Petersburg during which he experienced abject poverty of the city and wrote his article?</p>
<p>Thought Catch 22 was perfect for that essay?</p>
<p>i thought the essay just screamed 'pygmalion' at me. anyone else do pygmalion?</p>
<p>XD Can you use "Paradise Lost?" I thought that the third essay only applied to novels and plays...</p>
<p>lol Charisma... you talked about phallic-ness? Was the "rod" your main topic?</p>
<p>kryptonsa36 how did you use p.l. i couldnt think of enough support or analysis...i only had 1 bp done...and started over =/</p>
<p>I'm sure you can use p.l. its not your typical poetry and you could say its almost a novel. + its fiction, which i found to be mainly the key factor of which work you could use</p>