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Does anyone remember the full answer for "pertinent observation" in the Indian programmer passage? I think i put pertinent observation, but i vaguely remember having the word "introduce" in my answer. Was it something like "a pertinent observation to introduce a topic" or did i just screw that question up?
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<p>Yep, that's how I remember it.</p>
<p>delian, I think its metaphor also.</p>
<p>Yea delian, i think its fairly settled that it was a metaphor.</p>
<p>Thanks BeKindRewind, that makes me feel a lot better. Does anybody else remember it that way?</p>
<p>Was there any other choice besides metaphor?</p>
<p>i definitely didn't put metaphor or danger, as far as i can remember, and i can NOTT remember the other answer choicess!! grrr</p>
<p>Did I read this question wrong, or on the Lion passage, was there a question that said "what does passage 2 use that passage 1 does not?"</p>
<p>I put scientific evidence or something like that.</p>
<p>bob dylan that one was personal anecdote i'm pretty sure</p>
<p>But passage two doesn't use a personal anecdote, and passage one does.</p>
<p>ohh, i thought it was the other way around?</p>
<p>That's why I'm saying I may have read the question wrong, but I checked it over and I could have sworn it was "what did passage 2 use that passage 1 did not", which would make it scientific evidence (the extinction stuff).</p>
<p>MasterFox72: Yeah, I got that too.</p>
<p>the diamonds one...was this the qusetion where B was like 'his inexperience as a writer?'</p>
<p>It is definitely what did passage 1 use that passage 2 didn't. And for the person that asked, intemperate and inimical was something about eating too much being bad for your health.</p>
<p>Does anyone remember their answer in the sentence completions for the last question in the 20 minute reading section about Diligency or something like that? I think I put superficial and whatever word it correlated with, but I wasn't sure...</p>
<p>Adding to the pertinent observation vs. explanation question (I just remembered the exact reasoning I followed when I took the test):</p>
<p>Twain's quote was about how people who praise others want praise in return, which makes his quote an pertinent OBSERVATION. If his quote had been about how people who didn't praise others did not want praise in return, then it would have been an EXPLANATION. I think this is the defining aspect of observation vs explanation in this particular question. I might be going a little too deep into the question, but it makes sense this way.
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Regarding this,
the particulars of the question asked WHY the quote was referenced, not what it signified.</p>
<p>Therefore, though the quote itself may be an OBSERVATION, it did not reflect the situation at hand, so could not have been a direct observation. An "indirect" observation to support a case seems a bit more like an explanation for an occurence.</p>
<p>He even went on to say "People must not need my admiration" - sounds like explanation to me.</p>
<p>Also, answer was NOT bewilderment.</p>
<p>The author expressed no confusion in the beginning of the passage, which is what the question referenced.</p>
<p>Yes the answer for that one wasn't bewilderment. It was wistfulness i think.</p>
<p>Can someone explain the florid Sentance completition question?</p>
<p>Also for the Cunningly Fraudulent and utterly problematic question, I put utterly problematic first but then I switched it because it talked about how scientists were trying to deceive the public about the true nature of science.</p>
<p>Any help?</p>
<p>Don't think wistfulness was an answer for that one, not sure. Only possible choice was admiration.</p>
<p>Bewilderment certainly WAS the answer. He was BEWILDERED with the naming process, why it was no longer his beloved broncheasaurus, and couldn't even say the name because he was BEWILDERED. I don't even know how people can argue another way...just seems like rationalization for their wrong answer, honestly.</p>
<p>And it also was a pertinent observation. Mark Twain was not explaining their reactions. The author was observing that Mark Twain's quote appeared to be true....he wasn't using it to explain their actions.</p>