***Official AP Language and Composition 2012-2013 Thread***

<p>God, collegeconfidential is full of spazzes. Who the hell cares if you spelled his name wrong in the rhetorical analysis? </p>

<p>In any case, mc was significantly more difficult than 2012 one. It was essentially an average mc.</p>

<p>Essays were dumb. I really liked the synthesis, though the question itself was dumb. The rhetorical was… Different. I discusses how his argument is based mainly in personal reflection and in said reflection is appeal to nostalgia with later glorifying of childhood days and demonizing of modernity to exemplify this. Argumentative was weird, but it was super fun!</p>

<p>The test was boring.</p>

<p>@AimHigh2: I believe that AP graders score essays under the assumption that any well-reasoned argument addresses the opposing view. That being said, a deduction (if any) will not be significant enough to dramatically change your score providing your essay is otherwise meritorious.</p>

<p>Oh my God guys we are still here? The exam is over. Stop worrying about it until your score is released.</p>

<p>Did you any of you guys talked about Johnson & his bronze statue in your synthesis</p>

<p>@smarty1201 I did</p>

<p>I managed to work in Socrates’ Allegory to the Cave in the position essay! I used it to show that some of the most value and sense of self is found through experience (making it out of the cave and into the real world and the sun) rather than by possessing material objects.</p>

<p>IM FREAKING OUT!! I wrote the first paragraph of the 3rd essay and I didn’t like how it sounded so i skipped two pages and started over and completed it. HOWEVER I forgot to cross out the paragraph that I wrote two pages before. Will this effect my score?</p>

<p>@ apalapa</p>

<p>You’re only half addressing the prompt it seems. As I recall, the prompt asked you to show your sense of ownership contributes to your sense of self. Unless you said you defined the term ownership as having “experiences,” I don’t see how that could work.</p>

<p>It seems as though two essential things were needed in formulating a response:
1.) Define your own sense of the term “ownership,” and compare/contrast it with the philosopher’s conceptions of the terms
2.) Explain how your sense of the term “ownership” contributes to your self understanding.</p>

<p>Can you please answer my question?</p>

<p>@ lilkoolj577</p>

<p>They will only read the first paragraph of your third essay, and will score you on that. It will appear to the reader as though you ran out of time, and even if they do notice your work on later pages it is unlikely that they will count it. </p>

<p>If you actually didn’t cross out the first paragraph, they will only grade you on that and not on your rewritten essay.</p>

<p>But I still put #3 in the box for my complete essay. And I believe I started on the next page. Im freaking out.</p>

<p>@Lilkoolj577</p>

<p>I’m 99% sure they will only count the first paragraph, sorry.</p>

<p>There’s really no point in freaking out because nothing you can do now will change your score. I mean, if you did well on the multiple choice and other essays you’re certainly not out of the running for a 4/5.</p>

<p>Anybody tell me if I’m off topic. </p>

<p>On the analysis essay, I talked about how technology like automobiles and Tv separate people and nature.</p>

<p>You’re on the right track. I said something similar.</p>

<p>I wrote the first paragraph of the 3rd essay and I didn’t like how it sounded so i skipped a page and started over and completed it. HOWEVER I forgot to cross out the paragraph that I wrote the page before. Will this effect my score? I still put #3 in the box of my complete essay.</p>

<p>Who’s right on track? Are you answering to me? Lol</p>

<p>yeah. can you answer my question?</p>

<p>I’m pretty sure if they see the completed essay they would know that you forgot to cross it out, like it’s common sense. But depends on the grader, the grader might look at the first paragraph & be like “oh that’s probably that last of it in this booklet” .</p>

<p>For the analysis essay, I talked about rhetorical questions, dialects & quotes, and descriptions. Anybody agree?</p>

<p>Thanks I was in a panic attack but you calmed me down.</p>

<p>For the analysis I also talked about rhetorical question. I also talked about repetition of specific words, anaphora, alliteration, and imagery. Nothing really matters unless you talked about the EFFECT, WHY, and SO WHAT.</p>

<p>There were a lot of quotes & for description, I talked about the automobile like the Luxury of it.</p>