AP Lang- can i even get a 4 on the exam?

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My ap lang teacher is brutal. He doesn’t believe in 100’s because there’s no such thing as a “perfect piece”; he thinks giving bad grades can motivate students to learn.

I really bought into that at first- I was so motivated to revise all my essays, journals, and speeches.
Now, I dread the class- I work so hard just to get awful grades (usually mid 80’s)
I’m used to getting straight A+'S in English

Meanwhile, my friends with the other ap lang teacher half ass everything and get A+'s.
It’s unfair, and honestly I don’t think I can deal with it anymore. The only reason why I’m still in ap lang is because of the exam- I just think about how much better I’ll do than my friends.
I got a rhetorical analysis back and got a 3/9. What. The. Hell.
What do I do? Can I even do well on the exam?

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@dancingthroulife For rhetorical analysis. 3 out of 9 means your writing is considered “inadequate”. The average is a 5 or 6. Either your teacher is not grading according to the AP rubric, or you’re about to fail the AP exam.

My AP Lang teacher usually gives me 7s and I only consider myself a decent writing. I also only got A minuses in my previous English classes. Yes, you could probably get a 4 on the AP exam if you know the schemes and can get above a 60% on the MC section. Look on collegeboard for examples of 8 or 9 level rhetorical analysis. That should help