- I usually consider vocabulary (be it required terms or fun expressions) one of my strong points and a good chunk of the questions I got wrong were because I was a little fuzzy on the basic terminology. I already looked at some of the other word files on the website and found the definitions to the words I didn't know on the Terms Test Info Sheet.
- Another part of the test I loved/hated was the poetry. Because I'm a very visual person I loved the imagery in "Night Clouds" but I think I got a bit lost in the inferences and definitions for "Forbidden Mourning". (Because I liked both poems so much I probably spent too much time rereading them for fun.)
- I did really well on Pride and Prejudice, but that's probably because I've read the book so many times and I really like the dynamic between Mr. and Mrs. Bennett. I did slip up on a few questions because I answered based on my knowledge of the whole book, instead of focusing on that particular section.
- To be perfectly honest, when I finally got to Modern American Poetry: A Critical Anthology I was totally bored. I was more focused on getting through that section and finishing the test than on what was being asked.
- This might sound a little weird, but I've always found reading/comprehension/English tests fun. I really like reading little snippets of different writing styles, so I enjoyed taking this test.
Overall, if I had read the passages and questions more carefully and taken my time on some of the more frustrating sections, I probably would have gotten a better score.
I personally don't think it's weird--when I was your age I thought this kind of test was fun, too, because I always saw it as a challenge that I was pretty sure I could take on. You know, like someone had said "Bet you can't solve this puzzle" and I was looking forward to not only solving it but DEMOLISHING it. =)
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