<p>IMO, the most difficult part of the test is the mc. I have a hard time finishing on time and of course the questions are on a different level compared to the SAT.</p>
<p>are there like any patterns/certain answers/tricks they have, like on the SAT CR? Its collegeboard so there must be some patterns, but I can't find them.</p>
<p>I'm getting 9-12 wrong on the practice tests (released exams) which is great, honestly, with the trouble i have on the questions im surprised my scores are that good. I'm just barely making 5 (because essays are ehh...i put a 5 on each when i do the scoring)so I'm a bit worried for the test.</p>
<p>I'm having the same problem.....though I'm missing more like 10-15. </p>
<p>What I'm doing (and what I did for SAT review) is going through the MC that I missed and identifying exactly where my problems are (i.e, tone questions, detail, implicit/explicit...etc.), then practicing on those. </p>
<p>If there are any parallels to what you missed on SAT and what you're missing on the AP (which, in my case, are pretty much the same thing), it'll be easy to see where your problem spots are. </p>
<p>How do you guys approach your passages?
I go to the questions first, and for every line reference, i highlight the line. Then when im reading, at every highlighted point, I answer that question. Then at the end i answer all the overall questions.
With this strategy ive been getting around 15-20 wrong. But whenever the test has 5 passages, i have trouble finishing.</p>
<p>Do you guys have any different strategies?
Also, do u know if its usually 4 passages or is it 5...when its 4 its sooo much better.</p>
<p>My teacher went to an AP Lang teachers conference, and has told us some very helpful things.</p>
<p>Spend 2/3 time w/passage, 1/3 w/questions
There are patterns to wrong answers!!
-"out there" options (most ?s with have one)
-Right word/wrong concept- when the right words are yoked to the wrong concept
-Wrong word/right concept
-Pretentius sounding answers (rarely correct, look for crazy lit terms... syllogism is almost always wrong... but make sure you know what it is just in case!)
-Authority effect ("Well this sounds like something a teacher would say...")
At least one, maybe two passages will be archaic prose (before 20th C)
At least one by a woman
At least one by ethnic minority
At least one by "dead white male"
Usually one about art of writing
These may be combined, such as a dead white male writing archaic prose about the art of writing</p>
<p>What do you guys do first? Do you immediately start reading the passage thoroughly and answer the questions as you go along? Do you first skim the passage quickly and then refer back to the passage as needed to answer the questions?</p>
<p>I usually do the first method, but then I run out of time for the last few questions at the very end...</p>
<p>If it's a long passage, I look over the question and see if I can answer some without reading it at all (such as, "The word xxxx on line xx means...). </p>
<p>My teacher also told me that whenever there's a quote on a certain line you have to answer a question about, make sure to read a couple lines before and a couple after it, because a lot of the time those couple of lines will help you figure out the question.</p>
<p>are the questions in order as they appear in the passage? (like in SAT)
i've taken practice tests before but I never noticed, so do you guys know?</p>