<p>I think I made a huge mistake. During the rhetorical analysis essay, I mentioned appeals to emotion and discussed the imagery without really elaborating on how it is pathos. I did talk about how it created a nostalgic yearning for the past, though. Will that kill my score?</p>
<p>Did anyone else use humor as a device in Louv’s passage?</p>
<p>I think I got a 7/8 on the synthesis, an 8/9 on rhetorical analysis and a 6/7 on free response.</p>
<p>The free response question was just stupid, aha. There were so many directions one could have went in and I feel like mine sucked, but I had some solid examples so hopefully it’ll work out for me. I get a low-solid 5 on practice exams (which were much harder than the actual exam) so I’m thinking I got a 5</p>
<p>Everyone in my class seemed to have the same form. The response to the MC was nearly universal - everyone thought the first and last passages were easy, the third was all right, while the second was insane. Only one kid was confident enough to think he got all of them right. Everyone felt better about the essays… </p>
<p>I thought the Synthesis was weird since it totally deviated from everything my teacher told me this semester, but APUSH made that a breeze regardless.</p>
<p>The analysis has always been worst one throughout the class, and this time I could NOT figure out for the life of me how to start it, but once I got into it, I was pretty happy with it. 2nd/3rd body paragraphs and conclusion were pretty great. </p>
<p>In the moment, I felt fine about the argument. I thought that the prompt was a little too broad and unusual, but I went with it. Then, I realized after everyone was done and we all discussed it: I DIDN’T CITE ANY GD EVIDENCE -_____________- my writing was 7/8 material and I took a strong stance with some general references to human history/society, but there was no specific support from literature, or my childhood, or anything. Does anyone have any idea how that’s going to effect my score? </p>
<p>… Praying for a 4. A 5 would be a miracle at this point… maybe 40-45/55 and 8/7/6 ???</p>
<p>What were the answer choices again for the viral revelations question?</p>
<p>Would the grader be able to assume that the imagery Louv used was an appeal to emotion? I thought it was kind of obvious so I didn’t really elaborate on it. </p>
<p>Did anyone mention Louv’s use of “we” and “our”?</p>
<p>@aspiringachiever I mentioned the use of first-person pov (we/our)</p>
<p>Do you think I’ll lose a lot of points for not really elaborating on how imagery was pathos?</p>
<p>YES! It was alliteration, the constant use of “we” in the last paragraph.</p>
<p>I said “we” was pathos, since he connects himself more closely to the reader through the shared pronoun.</p>
<p>I did pretty well on the MC…but I messed up on synthesis. I accidentally only used 2 sources /: … I didn’t realize my mistake until like 1 minute was left for the test -_____- The essay was pretty good though, besides only having 2 sources. How many points are deducted for only using 2 sources? I’m feeling very worried…The argument was pretty easy…I think I did well on that one… but the rhetorical analysis one was like not that good. I think I’ll probably get a 5 or 6 for that one. ): What happens if you like totally miss the author’s purpose? Can you still get a passing score?</p>
<p>i think “we” was better for repetition or parallelism…</p>
<p>It can either be repitition or anaphora. Alliteration is sound.</p>
<p>I wrote about “we” as repetition as well, and I said that he polarized the issue by establishing a we vs. they mentality. </p>
<p>Does anyone remember a question about the uncorrupted land in Eastern Europe, asking for literary devices (metaphor, simile, justification, allusion, etc)? It was mentioned in another thread and I totally don’t remember it… If anyone could provide context that would be awesome haha I’m a little scared I skipped a question and ended on 54 instead of 55 now!</p>
<p>The free response prompt was way too broad for me… and I didn’t allocate enough time to thoroughly write and read the prompt since I’m usually really good at free response. However, this prompt was just too broad for me! Anyone else thought the free response was hard?</p>
<p>It is definently anaphora for we</p>
<p>Did anyone have trouble with the argumentative one? Like how would you state the opposition in that one</p>
<p>Misread the second question…kill me now. :(</p>
<p>@jattkc well depending what your stance was you could use any of the philosophers. Since you had like a specific view on the relationship btwn ownership and self-identity i assume. One of the philosophers must have opposed you in at least one stance</p>
<p><em>facepalm</em> I completely forgot to to add a counterargument in my argument essay. How much will that affect my score?</p>
<p>For the second question: guys. stop being so fixated on naming devices. it’s not the names themselves which are important, its the effect the language has on the argument/story that matters. </p>
<p>I, for one, focused on how Louv seemed to “zoom in” from the initial impersonal, almost political argument, citing reputable sources, almost allowing them to do the job of gaining our trust, to the first person, in how we were pulled into the carseat, watching the telephone poles go by, filled with that same yearning he too felt.</p>
<p>that sounded incoherent. but yeah. No need to name devices, people.</p>