December 2010 ACT English Discussion

<p>Provide additional information that adds to the logical flow and coherency of the passage was definitely a choice.</p>

<p>The other answer I was debating was that it didn’t fulfill the expectation of the last statement or something like that.</p>

<p>It was the option about not living up to the previous claim, since the preceding sentence referred to a legacy that was ~more than what he physically achieved (badly paraphrasing here). That worked wonderfully with “his intangible grasp of harmony,” but not so well with the medal.</p>

<p>I remember the choice clearly, it was it doesn’t fulfill the previous expectation set up. I originally put that, but changed it because he was talking about how great Pei was and all of his contributions, so I thought adding the Medal of Honor part would fit logically because that is such a prestigious accolade for only those distinguished individuals.</p>

<p>The answer was “doesn’t fulfill a previous expectation established by the passage.” Here’s why. The author of the passage specifically stated his admiration of Pei’s architectural achievements right before the location of the question. The Medal of Honor has nothing to do with architectural achievements.</p>

<p>^ Yeah, that was the right answer. Also, what is this colon question everyone is talking about in the Pei passage? I don’t remember it.</p>

<p>^It was something like… “Pei means means _____ in Cantonese (was it Cantonese? I don’t remember anymore) which is very prophetic” and then it went on to explain why it was prophetic</p>

<p>25 squared then that further contributes to my argument, Medal of Honor has nothing to do with architectural achievements right? Well in the previous statement it said that depsite Pei’s achievements, he gets a lot of respect because of other contributions. ( It was along those lines)</p>

<p>I honestly don’t know -_- lol.</p>

<p>Scott, your wrong. Give it up buddy. It was a tough one, so don’t fret.</p>

<p>Scott I think I may have put what you put…cause it made sense at the time. Like the metal of honor from the president thing was the only choice that eluded to the previous statement about other contributions (or something like that)</p>

<p>i put the same> In the begging of the paragraph it said he had other contributions than architecture.</p>

<p>I think I said it didn’t fulfill the expecting setup. What was the ending, exactly?</p>

<p>I remember that. I put that I did b.c it proves something about a previous statement and b.c it was talking about Pei’s achievements as whole or something…</p>

<p>lol yeah, the medal of honor isnt for civilians anyway, but the passage didnt fulfill expectation because it had a leading sentence at the last paragraph and then just chagned topics.</p>

<p>the answer is celebration of btw. a guy got a 36 on he 2009 october and he put clebration of</p>

<p>the answer is celebration of btw. a guy got a 36 on he 2009 october and he put celebration of</p>

<p>^they re used a passage?</p>

<p>Doesn’t mean he’s infallible. But yeah I don’t understand how it couldn’t be ?</p>

<p>^aCtually it does mean he’s infallible. English ACT curves are usually NORMAL, if not Harsh. Getting a 36 would mean that he got all the questions correct, including the “celebration of” question.</p>

<p>^ Acutally it doesn’t . I don’t mean just on ONE test. I mean generally on all the ACT tests or different tests in life. He CAN make a mistake. Point _________ . Nevertheless, I do agree that “celebration of” is the answer. Again, I don’t understand why it wouldn’t be.</p>

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<p>How do “all the ACT tests” and “different tests in life” have any relevance to what we’re talking about?</p>