<p>let’s study!</p>
<p>Yeah!</p>
<p>Time to memorize all my noun and verb endings!</p>
<p>hey, i have a q: have you had poetry yet? my class has mostly focused on grammar and the prose…but i’ve seen a few questions on it…can you explain like an anaphora?</p>
<p>anaphora is repetition of a word or phrase to emphasize something.
here’s an example
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<p>There was ONE scansion question on my SAT II, no questions asking specifically about obscure poetic terminology.
It’s all fill in the blank, choose the correct forms, “here’s the English derivative, from what Latin word did it come from,” and read the passage and answer the questions.</p>
<p>Walked into it with no preparation but the two years of Latin that I had behind me.
Easy as pie. Delicious pie.</p>
<p>^ one last q: was it more like “exceptions to general rule” or no?</p>
<p>Er, not sure what you mean by “exception to general rule.”
Give me an example?
It doesn’t test grammar down to the very excruciating detail.
It wouldn’t ask you for something ludicrous like:</p>
<p>Cleopatra: --, lema sabachthani?!</p>
<p>A. Meus Antonius
B. Mei Antonie
C. Me Antonie
D. Mi Antoni</p>
<p>By the way, since there are only four answer choices, each incorrect answer will cost you 1/3 of a point: lame.</p>
<p>Yay for Latin!</p>
<p>I’m really not too nervous about it. If you know your endings, basic vocab, and the like, you can pretty much wing it and get a good score.</p>
<p>I haven’t seen much info on this test. What kind of questions do they ask? And if I am good enough at Latin to be able to translate the Aeneid with accuracy, am I pretty much guaranteed a good score on this test?</p>
<p>Collegeboard offers some sample questions in their “SAT II Preparation Center”:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>Grammar - picking the right form of a word
(ex: The ablative of felix is ___?)</p></li>
<li><p>Derivatives - they give you an English word, you pick the Latin word it comes from.</p></li>
<li><p>Translation - they underline Latin, you pick English</p></li>
<li><p>Sentence completion - you pick whatever fits best in the Latin phrase/sentence.</p></li>
<li><p>“Parallel meanings” - they phrase the Latin a certain way, and you pick the choice which means about the same thing.</p></li>
<li><p>Comprehension - they give a paragraph, and you answer based on the reading.</p></li>
</ul>
<p>[SAT</a> Subject Test in Latin](<a href=“College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools”>College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools)</p>
<p>From what I’ve seen of practice tests and heard from people who have taken it is that the translations are roughly similar in difficulty to those you’ll find on the upper level NLE tests. The other questions are somewhat easier. If you can do the Aeneid, you’ll probably be fine.</p>
<p>“upper level NLE tests”… Hmm, which level? Does a gold medal on this year’s III-IV Prose test bode well for the Subject test?</p>
<p>More toward V-VI is what I’ve heard, although a few people have compared it to the III-IV test. Most of the people that I know who got golds on the NLE have done fine on the subject test in the past.</p>
<p>< Maxima 9, 12, Summa 10, 11</p>
<p>The passages and accompanying questions on the NLE are very much similar to those found on the SAT II.</p>
<p>kwu: obscure poetic terminology, haha! I remember last year one of the questions on NLE had choices of zeugma, tmesis, and some other weird words. Fun.</p>
<p>I didn’t understand what you said about maxima and summa and the numbers?</p>
<p>Oh, sorry, I was just bragging =)
Summa cum Laude is the “Gold Medal,” and Maxima cum Laude is the “Silver Medal.”
I had Silver freshman and senior year, Gold sophomore and junior year.</p>
<p>Oh, that < sign threw me off. I get it now. I had silver freshman year and gold sophomore and junior year too. I hope I get gold again next year so I can apply for that NLE scholarship!</p>