Multiple Choice :/

Meh.

So I just want to say that this title is misleading; I really didn’t mind the multiple choice prep, but multiple choice in general is just

This unit taught me many test-taking tips that will help me on the AP exam. The part on poetry was the most helpful to me, since I’m terrible at analyzing poetry. The tip to read poetry in sentences makes a lot of sense, and using that technique to read the examples really helped me. I like that the book emphasized the importance of guessing and moving on. Usually I get caught up on a question and I just sit there and stare at the question until I can guess an answer. Now I know that I should just guess the answer and move on. My favorite strategies for the multiple choice questions were strategies 9 and 10, eliminate the extremes and partly wrong answers. Those two worked the best for me, and I feel like if I use those on the AP exam I will be set. A lot of the information in the book was just a review for me, but during the test last year, I forgot all of the test-taking strategies. Hopefully this year I’ll remember the tips after reading them again. 

I can’t think of any questions I have on the reading. Everything seemed pretty self-explanatory. I think the most important part of the reading was the part about time management. It’s important to plan a set amount of time for each passage. I try to do that with my tests, but usually I get through 2 passages on time and then I rush through the last 3. Hopefully during the AP Lit exam I can get past that and complete the multiple choice section without crying.

This will help me on the test by cementing the test-taking tips into my brain. I feel a lot better about the test now that I’ve read the test prep book and practiced questions in class. Many things on here I learned last year in AP Lang, but a lot of stuff was new to me (like how much the multiple choice score affects the total test score). I’m glad you made us read this, it was a good refresher of test-taking strategies, and I forgot a lot of them over the summer.

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