<p>can someone explain # 9 on pg 485 from bb?<br>
I was able to eliminate a,b and e but I got stuck between c and d
c: "They were once persuasive but now go mostly unheeded"
d: "They are no valid today than they were in those years" </p>
<p>and also how do u guys manage to do word questions on CR not the sentence completion
but finding definition of words in CR
like in line sth, "word" most nearly means blah blah</p>
<p>thx :)</p>
<p>For the word questions what I do is reread the sentence that contains the word and get a general meaning of the word. Then I proceed to look for synonyms of the word I think is the meaning of the referring word in the sentence.</p>
<p>For example: He had “drawn” his information about college acceptances from College Confidential.</p>
<p>Without looking at the sentence you may assume drawn means to sketch, but when you read it means to pull or get from. (I just made the example up so it most likely isn’t very accurate, but gives a general idea of my process for those sorts of questions).</p>
<p>thx for the reply indianjatt
it’s just that sometimes there are several choices for a word that have its original(well-known) meaning and ask you to find its secondary definition that can fit well into the context
anyways thanks 
can someone plz help me with bb #9 on 485
still no clue with this question,</p>
<p>Here is the collegeboard explanation for answer letter D
Explanation for Correct Answer D. Choice (D) is correct. These lines describe the imitation thesis, which the author suggests dates back to the eighteenth century when novels were largely condemned. The author’s tone suggests that the imitation thesis is as unjustified today as it was when applied in the eighteenth century.</p>
<p>Explanation for Incorrect Answer A. Choice (A) is incorrect. The author does not refer to any time period prior to the eighteenth century.</p>
<p>Explanation for Incorrect Answer B. Choice (B) is incorrect. The author does not suggest that the principal concern of eighteenth-century cultural critics was the danger of reading novels.</p>
<p>Explanation for Incorrect Answer C. Choice (C) is incorrect. The author asserts that theses based on morality have never been persuasive. Even in the eighteenth century, according to the author, such arguments only amounted to vain warnings.</p>
<p>Explanation for Incorrect Answer E. Choice (E) is incorrect. The author does not suggest that television is a medium for art.</p>