<p>Many of you guys are probably not familiar with the test, but I want to know who has already taken the test so they can give me some pointers. Does anyone know if there is a 1/4 deduction on the multiple choice part? Also how hard are the essays?</p>
<p>i took it a couple of years ago, and though i can’t specifically remember, i’m pretty sure all tests have the 1/4 of a point deduction. i think it just goes without saying for all the tests. </p>
<p>the essay difficulty depends on how much of the list you read and how comfortable you are with writing in spanish. that’s really all that matters… if you can’t fully understand the prompt or your third essay is on a book you never read, you’re pretty much out of luck. you should be fine as long as you read the Abriendo Puertas books and do practice essays.</p>
<p>Yeah I took the test last year, make sure to study literary terms and be familiar enough with the works so you can reference them in your essay(s) if a prompt lets you choose one or two of say four options?</p>
<p>So I should focus on the literary terms. And I have read about 3/4 of the reading list. Do you think that is enough? Any other helpful hints?</p>
<p>I’m taking this tomorrow, and I’m kind of worried, even though I’ve read all but maybe six or seven items on the list. (Unfortunately, one of the items I did not read is Las ataduras, which appears to be pretty long.)</p>
<p>Do more of the MC deal with things printed on the test (in other words, stuff not on the list), or required works, or is it fairly evenly split?</p>
<p>MC is with other works not on the reading list. Oh and I have read Las Ataduras, its really long but I believe you should read it just in case.</p>
<p>Las ataduras was like… this girl marries this guy who is a painter and her parents come to stay with them but it’s awkward and confrontational and they hate her husband. And then she has some sort of important conversation with her abuelo.</p>
<p>Lol, my Spanish teacher hated Las ataduras, as did we. I’m nervous for literary terms… does anyone have a good list they wanna post? Or a good review site?</p>
<p>The Best I can come up with
[url=<a href=“http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categoría:Figuras_retóricas]Categor”>Categoría:Figuras retóricas - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre]Categor</a></p>
<p>sooo what did u think?</p>
<p>I thought there’d be more works that are on the reading list on the MC, but I loved all three of the FRQ. And I couldn’t take the grin off my face after reading the 2nd prompt :)</p>
<p>The MC was kinda eh for me. I didn’t finish, and had only read two of the works before (one of them being the last one, and time was called before I could speed through the questions).</p>
<p>LOVED the essays though. My Spanish teacher had been predicting since early last year that that specific work would be question #3 for this year’s exam. I didn’t recognize the piece that we had to analyze for #1 but it wasn’t too tricky to understand, at all, so that was good.</p>
<p>Agreed about the second prompt… any student who took the exam today should have found on that list a work that they were familiar with, and that was a pretty simple question. I was so happy when I saw it… almost as happy as I was with #3, lol. My Spanish teacher was so excited when someone told her that she was right.</p>
<p>The question #3 was the easiest question they could have given us. #2 was alright, and #1 was icky. I hated that stupid poem.</p>
<p>aww i loved las ataduras, i was really hoping it would be on it! i agree the essays were really easy though…multiple choice was fine also although i think i misinterpreted one of the poems, i narrowed some down to 2…</p>
<p>“My Spanish teacher was so excited when someone told her that she was right.”</p>
<p>I was under the impression that it is illegal to discuss the FRQ’s after a 48 hour interval and that it is illegal to discuss the multiple choice, PERIOD. I have a recollection of signing that I would abide by such a statement too.</p>
<p>No one was ever discussing specific questions or mc on here so there shouldn’t be any problems.</p>
<p>^ I think Kapwatt meant that the Spanish teacher’s students shouldn’t have told her about the FRQ prompt.</p>
<p>Our Spanish teachers like come and ask us afterward, unless a classmate runs to them first… if anyone is responsible for that, it’s not me.</p>