<p>It's driving me nuts...</p>
<p>So my plan is to take 5 min in reading the passage... and 12 minutes in totals for each answering the passage....</p>
<p>I STILL RUN OUT OF TIME....</p>
<p>I want to hear other plans others have :)</p>
<p>…okay thanks for the input you guys ; n ;</p>
<p>lmao people barely read these forums.
On the practice test, I had 8 mins to spare and miss less than half (which is good). You can’t really time your reading and answering since each passage length differ. You need to get into a rhythm of answer questions quickly. That all I can say.</p>
<p>mmkays thanks :)…</p>
<p>i don’t know… i plan 2 min to read the passage… then 7 min to answer questions… 2 min to check… then i move on to the passage…</p>
<p>and i calculated… there’s going to be at least 5 passages… under an 1 hour… so i think my best best is to give each passage 12 min</p>
<p>Honestly, you just have to start answering the questions quicker. Don’t get stuck on one question for too long. And realistically, during the test it would be hard to actually keep up the times you have set for yourself. One passage might take longer to read (and that’s fine) but you should not get nervous because you’re taking longer than you wanted to. It’s important to read the passage AND understand it.</p>
<p>and, as i just read your above post, do not allot time to check your answers. This isn’t a math exam. Just my advice, but I feel it’s not beneficial to check since you might end up changing what was a correct answer.</p>
<p>Thank you guys :)</p>
<p>The key is USING THOSE MARGINS. By the last day of my AP Lit class, my margins were always filled with scribbles and notes. Unless you are a fast reader, there isn’t time to read every single word and stop to analyze as you’re reading along. Every few sentences, jot down the main idea next to it-- “upset because he’s running late” or “feels like no one understands her” or “not sure what do about jealousy” or whatever. It takes a few tries to get a rhythm going where you’re getting down the main ideas while reading fairly quickly, but if you can find the pace where it works for you, it really helps.</p>
<p>It actually takes me only 2 minutes to read a passage. </p>
<p>I learned it varies for the person xD. Like I skim the passage first, then I give more time answering the questions. I honestly don’t fully get the passage, until like I read the “on lines… blah blah blah”… then i answer the “tone, and purpose” questions last…</p>
<p>MCQ isn’t that important anyway–if you write decent essays you can miss 10-12 and still get a 5, and if you can’t write decent essays you’re unlikely to get a 5 at all. The points are in the essays. Even the very, very best students rarely get fewer than 5-6 MCQ’s wrong, after all.</p>