Blue book test #10 Question (Passage based CR)

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<p>I'm not sure if I should make an entire new thread for just one question so please forgive me if I am breaking some rule, and point me in the right direction as to where I should post questions regarding specific SAT questions.</p>

<p>Anyways, for those who have completed the blue book, if you could be so kind as to lend me 3 minutes of your time I would greatly appreciate it. </p>

<p>So in the 2nd edition of the blue book test #10 Section 6 question 14 (page 974) the answer, according to the book is A, pragmatic. However the passage clearly states that Jacobs would have approached the problem differently if she was addressing people that she could better relate to (Other enslaved black women) in lines 28-31. This implies that she is preaching differently from what she believes therefore the passage reveals Jacobs' willingness to be B, disingenuous. For some reason disingenuous is not the correct answer.</p>

<p>Also why would the passage have to reveal that Jacobs was being pragmatic. Isn't that self evident? Why would someone try to preach certain ideas without being pragmatic? Jacobs's willingness to be pragmatic is implied by her preaching the cause in the first place, right?</p>

<p>Thank you to anyone that actually bothers flipping to the page and rereading the passage to help.</p>

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<p>Well, think about it. Jacob wouldve written differently if she was able to write for that specific audience. Since she couldnt, Jacob chose a different route. Considering this, if you look at “disingenuous”, it means insincere, non-candid. Jacob wasnt lying about anything, he wasnt twisting the truth, he was being “pragmatic” He realized the fact that she couldnt reach them well enough so he wrote in a different way. He was being practical on the fact at hand, not twisting the truth, or pretending that one knows less than one actually knows, or you could say “disingenuous” </p>

<p>Sorry if I was being too arcane.</p>

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<p>That makes more sense… Like she wasn’t trying to intentionally deceive, but rather she was just more concerned with getting the job done… being pragmatic.</p>

<p>Thanks so much :)!</p>