In paragraph one, reflect on the type of questions asked and the format and content
of these questions. Your focus for paragraph one should be the EXAM ITSELF.
For paragraph two, focus on your performance. Discuss the types of questions that
were easy for you, and which types you missed. Discuss any patterns you have
noticed about your work. Do you have a hard time with a specific type of question?
Is there one term that always throws you off? What are your strengths here?
Weaknesses? The focus for paragraph two should be YOUR EXPERIENCE.
The questions asked me about the style of the passage, about the speaker of
the passage, and basically asked me to analyze parts of the passage as well. For
example, I was asked to identify the relationship between the drunk and the
musician, and about the meaning of a word (intimate) in its context in the story.
Questions about the style included number 28, which asked, “The style of the
passage as a whole is most accurately characterized as-“. Questions about the
speaker included number (The speaker in the passage can best be described as a
person who-), number 18 (That the speaker “sympathized with” the drunk’s
“obsession” (paragraph 1, sentence beginning with “Just how many lines…”) is ironic
chiefly because the drunk-), number 19 (It can be inferred that the speaker and the
drunk were “fellow victims” (paragraph 1, sentence beginning with “We were simply
fellow…”) in that-), number 24 (The speaker’s attitude toward the jazz musicians is
best described as one of-), and number 25 (The speaker suggests that the jazz
musicians to whom he refers accomplish which of the following by means of their
art?) As you can see, specifically, I was asked about the speaker’s attitude, how he
related to the drunk, and what he is trying to get across about the jazz musicians.
The questions that asked me to analyze included number 20 (In context, the word
“intimate” (paragraph 2, sentence beginning with “No, these more involved…”) is
best interpreted to mean-), number 22 (The description of the “delicate balance”
(paragraph 3) achieved at jazz jam sessions contributes to the unity of the passage
in which of the following ways?), number 26 (In the sentence beginning “There were
times” (paragraph 4), the speaker employs all of the following EXCEPT-), and
number 28 (The style of the passage as a whole is most accurately characterized as-)
I was asked to analyze some words and phrases used in this passage and their
meaning and the style used here as well.
Out of these 11 questions, I missed 4. They were 17, 18, 19, and 22 and they
were also the most difficult for me, obviously. Number 17 asked about how the
speaker could be described, number 18 asked about the irony of the speaker’s
sympathy with the drunk’s obsession, number 19 asked me about the similarity
between the speaker and the drunk for the fact that they were two fellow victims,
and number 22 asked about the “description of delicate balance” and how it
contributes to the unity of the passage. It is evident here that I have a weakness in
determining the speaker’s attitude and relationships with others. Number 22 was
the most confusing, however, because I just didn’t understand the question. Now
that I read it more closely and know the right answer, though, I understand it better.
This is a pattern I have seen. I am poor at analyzing closely and at deciphering what
exactly the question is asking me for and I have seen it in my other AP classes that
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of these questions. Your focus for paragraph one should be the EXAM ITSELF.
For paragraph two, focus on your performance. Discuss the types of questions that
were easy for you, and which types you missed. Discuss any patterns you have
noticed about your work. Do you have a hard time with a specific type of question?
Is there one term that always throws you off? What are your strengths here?
Weaknesses? The focus for paragraph two should be YOUR EXPERIENCE.
The questions asked me about the style of the passage, about the speaker of
the passage, and basically asked me to analyze parts of the passage as well. For
example, I was asked to identify the relationship between the drunk and the
musician, and about the meaning of a word (intimate) in its context in the story.
Questions about the style included number 28, which asked, “The style of the
passage as a whole is most accurately characterized as-“. Questions about the
speaker included number (The speaker in the passage can best be described as a
person who-), number 18 (That the speaker “sympathized with” the drunk’s
“obsession” (paragraph 1, sentence beginning with “Just how many lines…”) is ironic
chiefly because the drunk-), number 19 (It can be inferred that the speaker and the
drunk were “fellow victims” (paragraph 1, sentence beginning with “We were simply
fellow…”) in that-), number 24 (The speaker’s attitude toward the jazz musicians is
best described as one of-), and number 25 (The speaker suggests that the jazz
musicians to whom he refers accomplish which of the following by means of their
art?) As you can see, specifically, I was asked about the speaker’s attitude, how he
related to the drunk, and what he is trying to get across about the jazz musicians.
The questions that asked me to analyze included number 20 (In context, the word
“intimate” (paragraph 2, sentence beginning with “No, these more involved…”) is
best interpreted to mean-), number 22 (The description of the “delicate balance”
(paragraph 3) achieved at jazz jam sessions contributes to the unity of the passage
in which of the following ways?), number 26 (In the sentence beginning “There were
times” (paragraph 4), the speaker employs all of the following EXCEPT-), and
number 28 (The style of the passage as a whole is most accurately characterized as-)
I was asked to analyze some words and phrases used in this passage and their
meaning and the style used here as well.
Out of these 11 questions, I missed 4. They were 17, 18, 19, and 22 and they
were also the most difficult for me, obviously. Number 17 asked about how the
speaker could be described, number 18 asked about the irony of the speaker’s
sympathy with the drunk’s obsession, number 19 asked me about the similarity
between the speaker and the drunk for the fact that they were two fellow victims,
and number 22 asked about the “description of delicate balance” and how it
contributes to the unity of the passage. It is evident here that I have a weakness in
determining the speaker’s attitude and relationships with others. Number 22 was
the most confusing, however, because I just didn’t understand the question. Now
that I read it more closely and know the right answer, though, I understand it better.
This is a pattern I have seen. I am poor at analyzing closely and at deciphering what
exactly the question is asking me for and I have seen it in my other AP classes that
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