<p>I just finished my first Critical Reading practice section since early January and was reasonably satisfied with the -3 result. I am aiming for a high 700 on the Critical Reading portion of the SAT on the June sitting.</p>
<p>Anyway, I had trouble with three passage questions and would like to ask you guys for input. Also, it would be cool if you could help me identify my weakness based on the questions I got wrong e.g. is there a specific area that I am deficient in?</p>
<p>Here goes nothing:</p>
<p>Problem #1 (Level 5) <a href="http://i.imgur.com/zIgxd.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://i.imgur.com/zIgxd.jpg</a>
Problem #2 (Level 5) <a href="http://i.imgur.com/PVC9u.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://i.imgur.com/PVC9u.jpg</a>
Problem #3 (Level 4) <a href="http://i.imgur.com/6VGCm.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://i.imgur.com/6VGCm.jpg</a></p>
<p>What did you put down for each problem and what was your reasoning?</p>
<p>P2 I would have put D, a source of profound disappointment. These kinds of questions are generally on the vaguer side, but the passage overall conveys the feeling that she felt disappointed that what she thought was true ended up being false.</p>
<p>P3 C is the logical, practical answer, but the context of the sentence and the precise way of describing the stack of paper makes me think it’s actually B - the letter-writing was an onerous assignment. I can feel the resentment of the task in the preciseness.</p>
<p>P1 is the one I’m having the most trouble on. I think it is D. The question’s answers seem similar to P3 in that one of them is a logical, practical choice, but offers little in terms of rhetorical analysis.</p>
<p>Sure. I was hoping for other people to give me their input, but I guess there’s no harm in talking about my (wrong) answer choices.</p>
<h1>1. (C) Irony denotes something that deviates from what is expected. He is repacking what could be concrete evidence for the press to use and making fun of their methods.</h1>
<h1>2. (B) In retrospect, I’m not quite sure why I put this one. Nothing really stands out to me.</h1>
<h1>3. (A) The floral paper “badly cramped her style;” she disliked the paper - it was not aligned with her preferences.</h1>
<p>To the second poster: you got P1 correct. The rest are wrong, but it could be my fault for not offering enough context.</p>
<h1>1 D Choice C and D are kind of harsh because it uses the word “mock” and “undignified” and the passage doesn’t state or imply anything about them ,the Collegeboard would never use these as an answer. It’s probably D</h1>
<h1>2 A In the passage it doesn’t really explicitly imply about surprise(choice B). Choice A is probably the correct answer because before that is talks about how the bones were fake and then it adds info about how the chandelier is fake so it is recurrent.</h1>
<h1>3 E It’s probably E because the rest of the answers state the obvious and B is bad because it has the world “onerous” watch out for those strong words. You have the choose the answer that is the most defensible and the least subjective.</h1>
<p>You are correct for numbers 1 and 2.</p>
<p>For (3) the answer is D. [Required more space than her grandmother’s stationary provided.] It is the answer that has the most direct connection to what the author actually says.</p>
<p>“Skimpy” means “providing less than is needed”, this in the sense of quantity. Synonyms for skimpy include small or inadequate.</p>
<p>To “cramp one’s style” (and badly at that) means to prevent that person from using her abilities fully and confidently. Certainly not having enough space to do the job properly would cramp her style.</p>
<p>@Areelperson: What deems an answer choice to be “too harsh.” I haven’t picked up that mindset when reading yet.</p>
<p>@fogcity: Oh, so skimpy is the keyword in this passage. Interesting. I think I just anchored on the idea that he didn’t like the floral pattern, even though he doesn’t explicitly say that. Also, I didn’t make the connection between the two answer choices. Thanks.</p>
