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

<p>@ Riffed</p>

<p>Thank you! Very helpful, and the site is just what I was looking for.</p>

<p>@ Kiwiasian</p>

<p>That helps too, thanks!</p>

<p>6/9 essays and 8 wrong on MC is probably where I’m at. If I get a 5, it’ll be by the skin of my teeth.</p>

<p>Is it bad that I feel like I just threw up a bunch of words on the essays… :(</p>

<p>Who else thought that the topic for the synthesis essay was incredibly stupid? Everything else was pretty easy though.</p>

<p>The first essay was amazingly simple. I think I owned that one. The second essay was like huh? I just head in there. Third essay was a little eh.</p>

<p>After the exam, I felt … like this: <em>.</em>
haha…that was a lot of writing…hope I got a 5! is there a way to know what scores we got on the MC and individual essays later?</p>

<p>Hey when are scores available online ??</p>

<p>july im pretty sure</p>

<p>AP scores will be posted on the College Board website for a specified 24-hour period in early July, depending on what region of the country/world you live in.</p>

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<p>Source: [AP</a> Online Scores for Students - AP Exams and Courses](<a href=“http://www.collegeboard.org/ap-scores.html]AP”>View Your AP Scores – AP Students | College Board)</p>

<p>Do they use the same scale for the makeup exam? I self-studied and was supposed to take the exam at a school that offered it, but they made a mistake and somehow ordered English Lit. So I’m taking the makeup but am curious about the curve. Thanks!</p>

<p>I prob got 8/8/5 and 45-50ish/52 . Exam was really easy tbh. I found all the passages pretty interesting except the one about art. They were all pretty easy to understand though.</p>

<p>Will I be penalized if I forgot to cite the source for the photo, and instead just discussed the statue itself?</p>

<p>wait…Niceboat, weren’t there 55 MCs?</p>

<p>For the rhetorical analysis, what techniques did you analyze?</p>

<p>My essay basically was about how he compares “what is” to “what was” through exemplification and quotes and that he has an indignant tone when highlighting the hypocrisy and ignorance of American parents. And at the beginning the quotes show the different perspectives of the argument, setting it up for him to introduce his view. I also discussed that while the anaphora and nostalgic tone at the end were effective, it was ultimately an appeal to tradition and was illogical.</p>

<p>And for the argument, my thesis was basically that physical belongings provide a sense of lasting security while intangible belongings (skills and ideals) provide a sense of fleeting security.</p>

<p>Can someone give examples for the ricard louv one, like whats cosidered rhetorical analysis examples?</p>

<p>I use logical rebuttal/anecdote/ anaphora with nostalgic tone.
Wasn’t hard to think up of it.</p>

<p>Rhetorical analysis would be saying what literaty devices and styles of writing he used to make his argument. I mentioned that he made his argument through nostalgic imagery, appealing to the past, anaphora, contrast between the past and present, and so on. Thought it was the easiest one… other two essays were doable but kinda weird.</p>

<p>I’m only worried that I didn’t write enough. I only wrote about 2 1/2 pages for each.</p>

<p>I counted my pages and I wrote 6/4/4 pages. And my hand is dead…</p>

<p>@Rob1995: Don’t worry, it’s about quality, not quantity. If you look at the student responses on the College Board website, most of the higher scoring essays are no more than 2.5-3 pages.</p>

<p>Idk, I thought it was mostly easy but I was surprised the multiple choice was styled like the SAT :stuck_out_tongue: I barely finished on time ahaha I hated the avant garde passage :stuck_out_tongue:
For the essays, I used ethos, diction, and rhetorical questions! I thought this was the most straightforward essay out of the three
The argumentative and synthesis threw me off a bit tho, It was easy but it was just advocacy not really arguing a side lol.</p>