*****2013 October 16th PSAT Answers*****

<p>Okay for some critical reading…
I honestly don’t wan’t to type out the questions and don’t feel comfortable photographing or scanning the test but I will give the answers written out- then if you have a specific question- I will type that question out and post it.

  1. Impressed…demonstrate
  2. detect
  3. cartography
  4. rejected…enrich
  5. icon of…credibility
  6. tenuous
  7. caustic…a trial
  8. a credulous</p>

<ol>
<li>cite a precedent for the comparative study of literary texts and the visual arts</li>
<li>It depicted an unattractive man</li>
<li>They reported on social issues that later became the focus of major news coverage</li>
<li>at odds with their own goals</li>
<li>people today generally have become disconnected from the way products are raised and grown on farms.</li>
<li>the transportation industry</li>
<li>contrary to historical trends</li>
<li>mock astonishment</li>
<li>historical context for the current relationship between urban people and agriculture</li>
<li>conspicuously</li>
<li>note an incongruity</li>
<li>inadequate, because children need to be exposed to working farms</li>
<li>disbelief</li>
<li>They involved minimal transportation across large distances</li>
<li>destroy</li>
<li>emphasize the value of direct experience</li>
<li>Voluntary</li>
<li>aggregation…cohere</li>
<li>surreptitiously</li>
<li>prone…histrionics</li>
<li>a passive…balk</li>
<li>appreciation</li>
<li>missing other significant aspects of it</li>
<li>not just a decorative art but also a cultural phenomenon</li>
<li>critical</li>
<li>not of primary interest</li>
<li>movie</li>
<li>simile</li>
<li>diverse examples</li>
<li>show the power of mathematics to reveal truth</li>
<li>provide a transition</li>
<li>reflect on the importance of mathematics to human understanding</li>
<li>appreciation of Gen’s skills</li>
<li>exasperation</li>
<li>litany of complaints</li>
<li>prepare the reader for significant contrast</li>
<li>an objective account is followed by a subjective reaction</li>
<li>convey the nature of Mr. Hosokawa’s reaction</li>
<li>effectively handled many tasks</li>
<li>had access to Mr. Hosokawa’s thought process</li>
</ol>

<p>if you feel you need additional info I will try and type out the questions you ask for.</p>