the test was pretty much exactly what I expected it to be. I think it's awfully silly to try to grade one's interpretations of figurative language objectively, and with a multiple choice test no less. that said, not all of the test was flawed, and I did better than I was expecting to do; I'm usually not good with languages. I should probably brush up on vocabulary a bit, so I don't forget what elegies are or anything like that. uhh I liked the humor in the Pride and Prejudice passage a lot, and I liked the John Donne poem, if only because it was lyrical (though I do think it's stupid when people try rhymes like "love" and "remove").
"Love" and "remove" may have rhymed during Donne's lifetime, because English was still undergoing the Great Vowel Shift at this time. Or they may be an example of "eye rhyme" (Have you been studying your vocab?)
ReplyDeleteWe will discuss in class the way that the College Board attempts to take into account the somewhat subjective nature of the field, (though it is not in any degree as subjective as students often wish to believe it is.)
well I guess if there's a term for it then I think eye rhymes are stupid haha. wasn't aware of the Great Vowel Shift, though. that sounds pretty interesting!
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