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So, I'll post the answer to that one in a few days. Anyway, yesterday on Thursday we had the English test, right? Remember how I posted that it seemed really hard and impossible to do? Well I have good news.

IT WASN'T THAT HARD!! :D

The definitions were a piece of cake, because I'd studied (like REALLY REALLY HARD). The quotes were okay too, because you always get hints in the story as to which one it is, but the more difficult part were the questions about the stories. I ran out of time at the end to do one of them, so I'm pretty sure I got that one wrong.

Also, the thing about English is that it's very subjective, so as long as you can provide a reason for an answer, it's technically right. But then, with multiple choice questions, it gets very iffy as to what exactly the theme of something is, or what the initial incident of a short story is, or something like that. Which was the next section. Which means I'll have FAILED it, because I think too much sometimes and I end up getting things wrong because I thought about the most minuscule possibilities and went with a technicality, which usually means it's wrong. :(

For example, you know how in grade 4 and 7 you have to do an FSA test? I remember (very, very vividly, because I felt totally wronged) that there was this one question (the last question) on the Math section. It asked you how many different pens you could draw with 24 gates. (like sheep pens, and sections of gate) It never stated how many gates you had to use. Did you have to use all 24 or just 3? So I went to ask my teacher, and she said, "Just do the best you can." So then I thought, to be on the safe side, I should draw all the possible pens you can with 24 gates including the ones that don't use all 24 gates. I ran out of room at the end and got 2/4 on that question because I didn't draw all the gates that could be made using ALL 24 gates!

Classic example of how much I think.

Anyway, the last question was a structured essay question, but it was easier than I thought. There were 3 topics to choose from, topic A being the easiest, topic C being the most difficult.

Naturally, I chose Topic C. Because I'm just that kind of person. Actually, I'm joking. I AM that kind of person, but that's not the only reason I picked it.

The other two essay topics were narrative and compare and contrast essays (Erica told me after the test). I didn't know how to do EITHER of them, because I'd never learned it. Topic C, however, was a persuasive essay, and we did those in MACC from grade 5-7 for me, so I was like, YAY! I CAN DO THIS! I'd also practiced History essays over the summer because of my History exam in August (those are basically you practice writing the essay topics so much you're basically rewriting it on the day, but the point is that you are VERY CLEAR about the 3 points in each of your paragraphs, because the marking people only scan your essay and it helps to have concise and clear points). Therefore, when I did the essay (explain the importance of indirect characterization with examples from any of the stories read in class) I used short, simple points (because Mr. Hauck said he didn't expect as much from Topic C as Topic A) that weren't rambling or long or required complicated explanations, as my essays usually are. I also applied the debate philosophy, in having a Statement, Explanation, and Example, which helped me to organize my thoughts and (hopefully) drive the point home.

Overall, it was a very good test. :) I'm sorry for writing such a rambling and long post, with absolutely NO sentence structure whatsoever, but... oh well. It's not an English test. :P