1) Understand what the writer is trying to convey. What is their tone of voice? What is their message? What kind of clues can help you figure these things out?
2) Study poetic terms. Understand the difference between the meters or stanzas.
3) Study different writing styles. Romantic vs. sonnet vs. lyric.
4) Know differences of the poem's history, which may help in understanding. What era was it written in? Who wrote it? What were the conditions of the times?
5) Pick up on second meanings and metaphors.
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Diagnostic Test Review
Wow, I did not do so well on this test. Of course, I could blame the fact that I was trying to finish quickly because I'm leaving for New York tomorrow, and have yet to pack, but I would say I still did quite terribly nonetheless. Also, I took the test without printing it out, and they say that you retain about 30% less information reading from a computer than from a hard copy. That's just what "research" claims, though (possibly pseudoscience? Olstad's class, anyone?). Anyways, judging by this test, I don't think I would receive any type of college credit from the AP test, which would is the aim of the game, here. I found that I wasn't familiar with a lot of the vocab and literary terms on the test, or I had seen it before from Brit Lit or earlier, but couldn't exactly pinpoint the definition. I guess overall, this test just made me realize that I have a whole lot of studying to do for next year, which should be just terrific.
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