AP
Practice Exam Reflection
Yesterday
I took my very first practice AP exam. I think I did very well for it being my
first time. I was completely and utterly focused, nothing could shake me.
Another strength I had was my ability to skim passages while still absorbing
information. The questions I answered correctly, I believe, was due to these
strengths. Also, when I didn't understand a question, I attempting to figure it
out; however, if I wasn't able to then I moved on and would come back to it
later.
Not
taking any form of an AP exam before yesterday put me at a disadvantage.
Besides not knowing what to expect, my anxiety was skyrocketing. Although I was
focused, my anxiety made me doubt my answers and myself a lot. Going through
the correct answers afterward, I noticed that a lot of the answers I got wrong
I had circled originally, but changed in the end. The other questions I
answered wrong I just had no idea how to answer. I tried to make an educated
guess, but I struggled with different poem forms and analysis of literary
devices.
What
I am going to do to prepare for improving my scores is to go back through the
test booklet and take it again, giving myself the same hour time limit. Then I
will compare to see if I did better a second time. After that, I will go
through and read the explanations for every answer I got wrong. I will do that
for both the first time I took it and the second time I took it, in case I
answered certain questions differently and incorrectly.
Another technique I am going to do to better my exam-taking
abilities is to take more tests, study different literature types, and analyze
more literary devices. Taking more tests will help ease my anxiety, since I
will know what's coming. I will also be able to complete the exam with time
left to go back through so I can double-check my answers. Studying literature
and analyzing literary devices will help me to understand the content part of
the exam better. Once I learn every type of question that is asked on the exam
and I am able to answer them correctly, my test scores will improve.
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