<p>I had problems with the third one ironically as I think I rambled excessively, though I'm pretty certain of a 6 at bear minimum.</p>
<p>kanye west!</p>
<p>yea I am very unsure about my performance. I completely messed up the first essay because I didn't include the author's purpose in my thesis, or really even define a general purpose. I talked about specific examples that showed the author's purpose and I think I did an okay job on that but my essay was lacking direction in general. However, I think I did an okay job on the other two, especially the last one. I am hoping for like a 5 on the first and hopefully a 8-9 on the last two. I'm unsure of M.C. as well, but I answered every question and was unsure about 12 of them, so I think I did a pretty good job. I'm praying for a 5, but I'll be okay with a 4 and disappointed with a 3.</p>
<p>i'm hoping for a 4, settling for a 3. no shot at a 5 probably</p>
<p>Well Glucose the 50s wasnt dominated by the movement like the 60s the 50s was a time of conformity, consumerism and conservatism the 60s was a time of protest, change etc.. dont see how the early civil rights movements fit in with the themes of conformity and consumerism..</p>
<p>the multiple choice on these kind of tests suck because there are always quite a few questions where you can eliminate it down to two choices and both of them really could be the correct answer - you could make a convincing arguement for both. that will probably be the difference between me getting a 4 or a 5, whether I picked the correct one on some of those questions.</p>
<p>I tackled this beastie today cold. After looking over some of the possible responses to the essays I can't help but question the relevance of literary terminology when discussing the works. Quickly scanning, I honed in on the emotions of the first two prompts- the overwhelming sense of individuality of the pink flamingo as an allegory to the American spirit and the breathless discourse of the work on wealth that bears down on its reader like thumbscrews when they realize the outcome of a life devoid of a plump billfold. Picking out particular parts as satire or parellel construction seems like it would lead to a laundry list of examples deviod of the emotion attached these constructions. Was emotion the path to follow? Cheers.</p>
<p>ok. wait, is the 2nd one satire?</p>
<p>not necessarily</p>
<p>yes! ok that is good. bc i didnt see any satire in the passage</p>
<p>I doubt the graders would notice though, right?</p>
<p>I had like 5 minutes left for the last story :( so I skipped like 4 at the end but didnt have time to read. How many stories were there? (so i can estimate errors)</p>
<p>the last passage on the multiple choice about the liberal education/knowledge was pretty damn hard.. but I also remember getting a diagonal on my answers for that passage like some of you guys (ABCDED for the first 6 I think)</p>
<p>As long as you support your argument it's okay if you didn't mention satire, stream of consciousness or whatever in your essays. All they want to see is a well-reasoned argument.</p>
<p>Oh Pompous, you just reminded me. I forgot to mention in my previous post, but on the 2nd essay, in addition to parallel sentence structute, abstract diction, and use of examples, I also discussed emotional appeal (pathos). I was able to tie the mechanical aspect (parallel sentence structure & Use of examples) with the emotional aspect (abstract diction to express abstract feelings/experiences as well as Hazlitt's appeal to his readers' emotions). I'm sure I got an 8 or 9 (even If I didn't get around to discussing the syntax as much as I had consciously planned to). I still made a VERY strong case for the devices I chose. Again, I think I'll get either a very low 5 or an extremely high 4 (on the overall AP exam that is). :D Good luck to you all!</p>
<p>on the second essay the most obvious rhetorical devices to me were obviously repetition (semicolons, starting the first few "sentences" with the same word, the next few "sentences" with the same word, the last few "sentences" with the same word, and also how he continually gives more and more examples), syntax (short simple sentences, basically phrases, there were only 3 sentences in the entire passage and the second sentence was 48 lines long or something like that, etc.), and finally I talked about how the author used the words "you" and "your" to address the audience/reader to make his point more relatable and to create a more personal atmosphere and environment, thus adding more meaning to his examples and stuff. basically everything I wrote</p>
<p>i think i did really poorly on the last essay. ehjeaifjaosefi!!!!</p>
<p>Yeah, I talked about how the author made it relatable to his audience too, although in the context of the devices I chose to discuss (abstract diction, use of examples, emotional appeal, and parallel sentence structure). I believed since he was describing intagible experiences, that his diction had to accordingly reflect that. And since his diction was abstract, it was sometimes unclear as to EXACTLY what the emotions/experiences were - which means they would apply to a huge readership. W/ use of examples, I emphasized that in providing so many, he also made it more possible for readers to identify (and for a wide variety of readers). I emphasized how his examples did not apply JUST to the downtrodden, but to people in "financial necessity" from other social strata. I used parallel sentence structure to discuss how, in juxtaposing the examples in the way he did, Hazlitt also implied that the people who could identify were also placed side-by-side in their common situation of "want of money." Though in this post I've obviously left out a lot of the detail, I'm pretty sure I got an 8 or 9 b/c it is very insightful! Does anyone else agree?</p>
<p>so what do you think I probably got on my essay then? be honest</p>
<p>the mc was easy...
for the first essay, I wrote that the flamingo symbolized wealth, and pink symbolized boldness, and that the author used allusions and choice of words to enforce both theme
for the second essay, I wrote that the first sentence was short, to emphasize the thesis, and the second sentence was long for support. The second sentence was a stream of consciousness, and kind of sounded like the author was complaining. I didn't realize there were three sentences though....I'm so stupid. And I didn't think that it was a satire either...</p>