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I have been thinking about the AP Literature exam since you just gave them back to us and considering the fact that the test is next week. AHHH!!! :) yay! I got a three on my exam. I think it is because I got fives on all of my exams. I really need to get those up because then I could get a four. If I could get six or seven’s on my essays maybe I could be not at a three on the exam. I found that it was much harder to answer the prose passage because I was not used to them anymore. There was a point where I felt that the poetry ones were harder but now it’s the other way around. The poetry ones are so much easier because I feel that there is actually something to analyze. I feel like the prose passages are just parts of movies or something. Sometimes I find it difficult to find any literary merit in the passages chosen. During my essays for the prose passages I tend to summarize way too much. I already summarize too much but I think in prose passages I feel like I have nothing else to talk about.

The thing I need to work on most is not falling into summary too much. I always think I need to explain parts of the passage but I really do not need to do that. My writing would be so much stronger if I could avoid so much summary in my writing. I think I need to implant it into my brain that summary is not necessary.

The multiple choice part is easy but after a while it becomes difficult to comprehend the passages because there are so many of them. Also, sometimes it feels like the passages are far too unrelated to the questions. I guess that means that I just need to read more deeply into the passage and analyze the phrasing and word usage, not the plot.

I feel so ready for this test! I am going to destroy it. Your class has prepared me for everything and I do not think I could be any better prepared after the practice exam. I know what I need to fix and what has to be done to get the score I desire. I am so excited that there is only a couple more days until the exam because then we get to have fun with you the rest of the time! I’m excited for the AP lit feast! Can we bring another piñata?