Peterson's AP English Diagnostic Test - Reflection

Going into the test, I thought I would do pretty well on it. Literature tests are typically the kind of tests that I excel at. But I didn't do as well in some areas and I think the biggest thing I need to expand on is my knowledge of lit terminology. Most of the questions that asked about what type of poem or story the passage was I didn't know what a few of the choices meant. For example, I got question nine wrong because I didn't know what a Lyric was. Questions regarding knowing what happened in the passages is easy for me, and since those type of what-does-this-line-mean, what-is-the-author's-point and what-does-this-person-want questions came up a lot in the Pride and Prejudice passage and in the last passage (historical, I love history), I did well in those sections of the test. And since poems aren't as literal and often use language that mires and obscures what the work is about, I have more trouble on those. The poem about the white mares at the break of dawn was followed by several questions where I had to figure out what the heck was being talked about. Having to pick apart poems one word at a time to try to interpret what an author is saying is not something I enjoy doing, largely in part because I find difficulty doing that. I ended up doing moderately well on that section of the test but it ended up taking a lot more time than all of the other sections. That's something that I'll most likely need to improve this year.