<p>So I am a little worried…I stupidly misread the synthesis prompt and just wrote about how creating memorials was a good thing as long as the deceased are still respected. If it was a pretty good essay (7-8 probably), would they mark it any lower than a 4? My argumentative was strong, but I’m not sure about the rhetorical…</p>
<p>@basket91 it didn’t answer the prompt so it’s a 4, yes. it seems cruel, but that specific prompt has occurred several times in the past few years and CB has explicitly stated through graded samples that even excellent essays that don’t answer the prompt receive no higher than a 4.</p>
<p>But they wouldn’t go any lower than a 4 if it’s a decent essay, would they?</p>
<p>Did anyone else dislike/think the synthesis prompt was too general? From what I have gathered, people either loved it or hated it. I blanked out at the beginning and was freaking out because I had no idea what to write, so I didn’t have sufficient time to complete the argument essay.</p>
<p>Was it really? Everything is a blur now to me.
I remember for the arts passage that
- The people before the Victorian Era were most likely lower status
And for the women passage the question about “which rhetorical device is used in this paragraph” that was parallelism
And the author uses “then” in order to emphasize the importance of a step</p>
<p>OH and the Von Goethe guy I said he was criticizing the beauty of art
And that the person that most likely resembles him were the pessimists for something
And one question said what do two groups have in particular and the answer was “both concerned about the effect of art on the human morals” or something like that</p>
<p>the von goethe one had another answer chocie which was like… social status had NO effect on Von Goethe and the other guy. This was obviously wrong because of its extremity… idk what were the tother answer choices…</p>
<p>thingschange yes i was talking about gautier</p>
<p>Is this off topic, for the Christopher Columbia statue, I was trying to say that i’ve never recognized the statue before & money and time spent on a statue for nothing. And then I talked about the bronze statue by Johnson… How his work wasn’t recognized as well… Idk. Somebody any thoughts?</p>
<p>No for social status I meant there was one question saying “it can be inferred from the first set of dashes that the people before the Victorian era were…” And the choices were
- Mocked
- Lower status
- Wealthy
- ???
But it was lower status that was the answer</p>
<p>@smarty1201
I don’t know if they will hold an opinion on the statue valid, but I used the picture and explained how it was utterly useless to have a picture of Christopher Columbus in Pennsylvania when he Landed in the indies</p>
<p>I formatted that synthesis essay in terms of steps. For example, money and legal issues are primary factors. They are followed by using symbols and combining the influence of the land in a way that captures the essence of the person honored. that is a secondary factor. Each step is a bit more deeper than the others just like there are many different layers of a sculpture. I hope I can get above a 5 lol.</p>
<p>I used the importance and location of the statue. Like how they placed mount rushmoure in a place indiandmsheld sacred. And also how the lobster guy statue was displayed in dc. I said that had no importance and a statue should be dedicated to someone who has did something powerful that many people respect. Then used the christopher columbus one to show how every recognizes it and how important he is to american history.</p>
<p>Do you guys think that was a good approach?</p>
<p>Seems good to me. On the first passage, did anyone else say “extended metaphor” for the literary device? And in the fish one, that the author switched between disbelief and “grave condemnation” or something like that?</p>
<p>This test was very different from our practice. The multiple choice was significantly easier than what we did in class. I missed half the questions in class and think I missed about 8 at most on the test. The synthesis essay was weird because we always agreed, disagreed, or qualified an argument, but I thought that essay was pretty good. Then, for rhetorical analysis, I think I did well. I was prepared for it. The last essay was a nightmare. I didn’t really understand the prompt, and I couldn’t think of good examples. I ended up writing about Gatsby even though it didn’t really relate just because I couldn’t think of anything else. I think I managed a 4 though.</p>
<p>I just provide a personal experience for the last one. I think it a 7.</p>
<p>Does anyone remember the answer to 55? It was that she was very determined about women’s potential or something right?</p>
<p>I have no clue how you guys remember all this stuff, I’m known for having a great memory and I have an idea what you guys are talking about when you talk about specific questions, but like you guys go overboard. It’s crazy! Just calm down a little bit, the school year is almost over so you should relax, at least until the scores come, but nothing is going to change because the test is over we all took it. I hope everyone here does well and gets 4’s and 5’s. Good Luck!</p>
<p>For the synthesis essay, is it okay if I put that the factors that one should consider when building a monument are subject, material, and location of the monument? The factors were given in the prompt already… so I’m wondering if the graders will deduct points.
Also one of the sources that talked about an Indian memorial… did I misinterpret what the article said or was the person the memorial was going to be based off of NOT a real person? I thought I read the phrase the person “has never been photographed…”</p>