<p>I have yet to see one of these threads-- and the test is tomorrow. Any thoughts? Anyone take it last year-- easy? Hard? </p>
<p>I can't see this possibly being too mind-blowing.</p>
<p>I hear its a ton easier than AP Lang, but its harder to get a 5.</p>
<p>Have u been preparing?</p>
<p>How could anything be easier than AP Lang?
I have looked at half of one practice test. I feel prepared.
Later tonight I will skim some cliffnotes on "high merit literature" or whatever they're calling it.</p>
<p>Yeah, I always heard Lit was harder. It would be nice if it wasn't though. I'm not sure how to prepare either, I don't have a review book or anything, so I think I'm just going to go over my notes on the books I read in my class.</p>
<p>I'm taking it tomorrow along with everyone else. I hope it's not too difficult! In terms of studying, I have a few suggestions if you're worried--my English teacher's had some chats with us, so this is mostly a reiteration of that.:</p>
<p>Know basic literary terms: diction, symbolism, metaphor, simile, onomatopoeia, oxymoron, personification, satire, point of view, parody, irony, theme, plot, setting, conflict, protagonist, atmosphere, assonance, aliteration, internal rhyme.
You should know most of those from class/English in general. If there are a few you don't know, it won't kill you although there may be a couple (probably no more than 2 or 3 at most) of MC questions you'll have trouble answering.</p>
<p>Review 3-5 (probably the more the better) books that you've read in the past few years. Make sure they are different types of books (modern, classic, romantic, etc.) and have different types of themes. Don't have all Shakespeare or all Greek tragedies. It will be difficult to answer a question if it's about, say, how nature affects the story and you've only prepared Oedipus Rex. It's a lot easier if you also have something like Heart of Darkness or Return of the Native to fall back on, since nature plays major roles in those novels. (That's just an example, of course. Variety's a good thing.)</p>
<p>Make sure you review and remember characters' names from your books. It looks bad if you make up a name or are referring to several characters as "so-and-so's son" and "so-and-so's best friend's brother" constantly. That's okay if they are minor characters, but if they are major characters or you are going to be referring to them throughout the essay, it's better to remember their names.</p>
<p>Making up random information about a book or making up a book = bad. Don't do it. Just don't. If you can't remember enough about a book, choose a different one, or just don't add as much detail. Don't make details up. It's stupid. Those readers (many of them AP English teachers or professors) have read a lot of books (often multiple times). Someone in that room will have read the book you chose and they'll know if you're pulling things out of the top of your head. Unlike the SAT, where they just want to gauge your writing, the AP is also used to gauge your READING--as in, how well you know what you've read. Stick to what is true. It's usually easier and you'll be better off in the long run. :)</p>
<p>Good luck to everyone tomorrow! I hope everyone does well!</p>
<p>Edit: Sorry, I apologize for this abnormally long post. I think I'm nervous so I'm internet-gabbering. I hope what I said is helpful rather than annoying!</p>
<p>anyone know the curve?</p>
<p>It's a little harder to gauge since the writing has more weighting than the MC.</p>
<p>If you get 40/55 questions right and get a 7 on all 3 essays, you should have a 5. Extremes: 20 on the MC + 9 on all three essays = 5, 50 of MC + 5 on all three essays = 5. Of course, those are closer to borderline, so I'd suggest you do better than that if you want to guarantee a 5. Probably shoot for 7 on the essays and 45 on MC if you want a more solid five.</p>
<p>25 MC + 6 on each essay is a solid 3. 25 MC + 5 on all three essays or 20 on MC + 6 on all three essays is borderline.</p>
<p>thanks for those suggestions Poetrygirl!</p>
<p>Um...yeah I am really dreading taking this test but just want to get it over with. </p>
<p>I have to get a 5 to get any credit at the college that I'm going to...
I don't think I can personally do that, seeing as I took English last semester and haven't been preparing too much..</p>
<p>ahhh</p>
<p>OH YEAH.</p>
<p>and do we have to, HAVE TO write with a pen??</p>
<p>Do we get 1/4 point off if we get a MC question wrong?</p>
<p>yes, 1/4 off for mc wrong</p>
<p>I believe so...</p>
<p>I think I will only prepare 2 books... I feel like between the 2 of them they will catch 90% of possible essay questions (which are broad-reaching, anyways). I also only took a lit course first semester, but I feel good about analyzing the poem and the prose piece on the spot. So if worst comes to worst, and my book doesn't quite fit the essay topic, I'll have about a 5 there and at least 8s on the other two. With a solid MC I could still be looking at a 5, right?</p>
<p>I'm going to be doing some MC and looking up how to properly write these essays. Anyone else doing something similar?</p>
<p>This is going to be terrible. Not because Lit. is a hard exam, it's just grueling to have to sit there and write essay after essay.</p>
<p>Back. I thought it was okay. A few tricky MC. Essays were pretty easy.</p>
<p>chat room anyone? APENGLIT</p>
<p>how do we get in the chat room?</p>
<p>i thought the MC was easy and the essays were easy</p>
<p>i think i did decent on the multiple choice. i thought the essays were easy, but i just got tired of writing after the first or second essay</p>