Failed American Lit

[dan32547]

So I failed American Lit today. Got a 48. It seemed half the test was analyzing and interrupting poets or paragraphs. Apparently I really suck in that area. I guess I'm going to try English Lit now. It is the same thing but with different authors? Is it easier than American Lit? This is the last class I need to finish out my general ed classes.

Thanks
Dan

[cookderosa]

So I failed American Lit today. Got a 48. It seemed half the test was analyzing and interrupting poets or paragraphs. Apparently I really suck in that area. I guess I'm going to try English Lit now. It is the same thing but with different authors? Is it easier than American Lit? This is the last class I need to finish out my general ed classes.

Thanks
Dan

Well, that's because poets don't like to be interrupted milelol: j/k couldn't resist.
Sorry about the fail, that was a really close score. I failed an exam once too, it messes with your head.

I thought English lit was a lot harder than American, but that's probably because I hadn't really read anything from the English authors and HAD read a lot more in the American (back in high school). In my opinion, the American Lit was one of my harder exams (I took about 15) and I thought English was too hard to even try. Is there ANYTHING else you can take? If you need something from humanities, Analyzing and Interpreting Literature is much easier (it's a reading comp exam, not a fact/recall exam) and I've heard others say the general humanities exam was very doable. Both of those would also be 6 credit exams.

[alleycat]

I second Cook's recommendation of A&I lit. Tech Writing could also be a good choice for Humanities or Gen Ed credits.

[dan32547]

My school only takes American Lit or English Lit. for their literature category. After browse the forum, I think I'm just going to suck it up and take the class. I've passed 5 of the 6 CLEPS/DSST so I'm not too disappointed.

[cookderosa]

My school only takes American Lit or English Lit. for their literature category. After browse the forum, I think I'm just going to suck it up and take the class. I've passed 5 of the 6 CLEPS/DSST so I'm not too disappointed.

Bummer!! Well, if you only need a 3 credit course, I think you're making the right decision. If you need 6 credits (2 semesters) it might be easier to try for the English Lit after all. Good luck whatever you decide!

[LaceyLady]

Sorry to hear about the fail. That is always disappointing. And so close, too.

The same thing happened to my brother. Recently, he took American Literature and got a 48. He, likewise, had trouble with analyzing and interpreting the paragraphs and poems. I think he also had some trouble with literary terms, although I had told him to make sure he studied those well.

I took English Literature a while ago. I decided to take it over American Lit. or Analyzing and Interpreting Lit. because it seemed easier to me. I had finished high school English Literature several months before so it was more fresh in my mind and I enjoy reading works from a number of English authors. It seemed doable to me, not the easiest, but not too hard, either. That was my very first CLEP and I passed with a 67.

[Rhashad]

I agree, both American and English Lit are two of the harder exams, unless its your area of expertise. If you received 48 on this exam, a&i shouldn't be a problem.

[dan32547]

thanks for all the comments. I think I'm going to give English Lit a try. I'm military so it is free. Does anyone have a study guide they want to share? I'm definitely going to spend more time on analyzing and interrupting section.

[blahbleheh]

I know how you feel. just got a 48 on my spanish clep.

[CMOS]

It has been several years since I took the English lit exam but I seem to recall that close to 50% of the exam is Shakespeare. For me, that made it easy even though I was not very familiar with the other authors. I Used English Lit for dummies to study but that would not have been enough on its own had I not been familiar with Shakespeare.