The majority of the class got 16 questions wrong. This is their story why...
10. This was a theme question. The word choice of the question asked for the BEST of the choices provided, which adds a bias to the question. This increased the difficulty in answering the question.
22. This was a question on vocabulary. The reason that most people got this question wrong was NOT because if misinterpreted literary vocabulary, by misunderstanding of the meanings of certain synonyms that were provided as answer choices.
29. This was a question that pertained to literary terms. It has been a long long time since we used or went over all the literary devices ans vocabulary that we spent so much time learning last semester, that we forgot what certain things were.
30. This was a theme question. Most people answered a choice that was general for the prose, but theme is universal, so we misunderstood and ignored the broad and most general of answer choices, which just happened to be the answer.
33. This was a question about main idea. The question asked to find the theme of each paragraph and then pick the best two paragraphs this fit under what the question was asking. Under a limited time environment this is difficult.
35. This was a question on tone that asked for the best of all answer choices. The answer choices were synonymous with each other and confusing to differentiate from. Also, it has been a long time since we visited tone, so we may need to be remind ourselves the many tones that there could be.
38. This was a question that pertained to literary terms. It has been a long long time since we used or went over all the literary devices ans vocabulary that we spent so much time learning last semester, that we forgot what certain things were.
39. This was a question on tone that asked for the best of all answer choices. The answer choices were synonymous with each other and confusing to differentiate from. Also, it has been a long time since we visited tone, so we may need to be remind ourselves the many tones that there could be.
10. This was a theme question. The word choice of the question asked for the BEST of the choices provided, which adds a bias to the question. This increased the difficulty in answering the question.
22. This was a question on vocabulary. The reason that most people got this question wrong was NOT because if misinterpreted literary vocabulary, by misunderstanding of the meanings of certain synonyms that were provided as answer choices.
29. This was a question that pertained to literary terms. It has been a long long time since we used or went over all the literary devices ans vocabulary that we spent so much time learning last semester, that we forgot what certain things were.
30. This was a theme question. Most people answered a choice that was general for the prose, but theme is universal, so we misunderstood and ignored the broad and most general of answer choices, which just happened to be the answer.
33. This was a question about main idea. The question asked to find the theme of each paragraph and then pick the best two paragraphs this fit under what the question was asking. Under a limited time environment this is difficult.
35. This was a question on tone that asked for the best of all answer choices. The answer choices were synonymous with each other and confusing to differentiate from. Also, it has been a long time since we visited tone, so we may need to be remind ourselves the many tones that there could be.
38. This was a question that pertained to literary terms. It has been a long long time since we used or went over all the literary devices ans vocabulary that we spent so much time learning last semester, that we forgot what certain things were.
39. This was a question on tone that asked for the best of all answer choices. The answer choices were synonymous with each other and confusing to differentiate from. Also, it has been a long time since we visited tone, so we may need to be remind ourselves the many tones that there could be.
40. This was a question asking to infer on what the narrator of the passage was attempting to communicate, and then summarizing it. This was also a difficult passage.
42. This question asks for the best choice. First one has to figure what paragraph the narrator expressed feelings about mankind, and then pick the best of those. This questions asserts slight bias.
47. In this question the reader is asked to infer about the narrator after going through the entire passage. The answers provided are also twisted forms of what is provided in the poem. So there could also be an issue in translating/interpreting.
48. This is a question about the diction of the narrator. The reason that people got this question is because it is an inference question about the narrator and not the poem.
50. This is a diction question. Most people probably got it wrong because of the diction used in the passage could have referenced different answer choices. One has to go back quite a bit to find the correct answer, as it is not presented right next to where the question directs our attention.
51. This is a question about attitude of the narrator. The reason that people got this question wrong because the answer choices were very synonymous with each other.
52. This a question about the effects of the stanzas on the poem in its entirety. One has to notice how it starts and how it ends, and the subject matter of the entire thing to figure out the correct answer.
53. This is a question about literary devices. The question is worded deviously. The question asks for at least two examples of the literary devices in the last stanza. There could be only one example of the devices and that would be the distraction. This was a very deviously written question.
So basically....the test sucks and it is a bad representation of what we know because it is biased and is worded really really deviously for a timed test.
42. This question asks for the best choice. First one has to figure what paragraph the narrator expressed feelings about mankind, and then pick the best of those. This questions asserts slight bias.
47. In this question the reader is asked to infer about the narrator after going through the entire passage. The answers provided are also twisted forms of what is provided in the poem. So there could also be an issue in translating/interpreting.
48. This is a question about the diction of the narrator. The reason that people got this question is because it is an inference question about the narrator and not the poem.
50. This is a diction question. Most people probably got it wrong because of the diction used in the passage could have referenced different answer choices. One has to go back quite a bit to find the correct answer, as it is not presented right next to where the question directs our attention.
51. This is a question about attitude of the narrator. The reason that people got this question wrong because the answer choices were very synonymous with each other.
52. This a question about the effects of the stanzas on the poem in its entirety. One has to notice how it starts and how it ends, and the subject matter of the entire thing to figure out the correct answer.
53. This is a question about literary devices. The question is worded deviously. The question asks for at least two examples of the literary devices in the last stanza. There could be only one example of the devices and that would be the distraction. This was a very deviously written question.
So basically....the test sucks and it is a bad representation of what we know because it is biased and is worded really really deviously for a timed test.
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