<p>As an AP grader, can you tell us any specific things she is told to look for or any things she considers?</p>
<p>I talke about diction, parallelism and detail selection. I thought it was pretty straightforward.</p>
<p>I said "it" was needed. Period. I hope I'm right.</p>
<p>That's what I said, darkrulerII.</p>
<p>same... did we take it too literal?</p>
<p>You'll probably know in 48 hours time when your actual AP teacher (if you have one) will most likely get the green insert of your FRQ and probably review it with the class.</p>
<p>Try not to violate the college board agreements that you personally signed. ;)</p>
<p>This is what I originally thought, but then I realized it was talking about money, if you DESIRE it, is a force that holds one back from true happiness. They think they are social rejects and failures because they don't have it, when they really have people who admire them and love them, but they will never realize it until they have died. He focuses the 2nd sentence - about 99% of the essay - about how money is the key to, not true happiness, but true sorrow, only if it is wanted.</p>
<p>I don't think so. I think it was just easy like that. Maybe the syntax through people off, and thats why it was an AP level essay.</p>
<p>Can anyone find a place where this passage is?</p>
<p>Everyone in my class interrpretted it like me. I hope we are not al wrong.</p>
<p>The syntax was what you're saying it was. One can never be happy without money. Except there was one word thrown in the beginning of the second sentence, desired, that completely changed it. I may be wrong though, I'm just glad it's done.</p>
<p>But archaically, desire could mean need, out of nessecity. Because if you need, you also desire. </p>
<p>Does anyone have any idea what I mean? I'm worrying myself to death</p>
<p>Yes, I understand you.</p>
<p>I found the passage. It says "to live in want of", not "to desire".</p>
<p>Don't worry. I'm sure most didn't do so hot on one essay but did fine on the others. I failed the third essay, as I used absolutely no examples. I probably failed the others too, not because they were wrong but because of all the grammatical errors I made (do NOT stay up for 38 hours, followed by 6 hours of sleep before AP exams!).</p>
<p>Meh. I had examples for #3, but not that great ones.</p>
<p>I got:
12 a's
11 b's
10 c's
10 d's
10 e's</p>
<p>Lol I can't believe you counted. I didn't even think about distribution of letters (although I usually do). I hope my ignorance of letter distribution helped me.</p>
<p>You counted?</p>
<p>yep...i had time.</p>
<p>we tested in a gym (there was bad lighting and it sucked)</p>
<p>ew...That must have sucked...We had to go to the school board of education building about a mile or so from the school to take it.</p>