International SAT December 1st 2012 Discussion for Critical Reading

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<p>what was the purpose of the book passage?</p>

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<p>And passage 2 takes issue with an example presented in passage 1?? Was this one answer to some question on the comics passage?</p>

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<p>So far so good, I omitted almost 10 total questions in CR but the rest seem to be right</p>

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<p>passage 2 didnt elaborate on passage 1 … passage 1 was about the experience of artists and passage 2 was a general overview</p>

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<p>@Derp1996 I think it was like elaborate sth</p>

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<p>Me too it looks like I got over 650 on critical reading!</p>

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<p>With the book on Pasteur, was it Joy or Relief?</p>

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<p>Relief I think</p>

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<p>relief i guess</p>

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<p>It was relief. Huh?? Did it elaborate,take issue or was a general overview? everyone giving conflicting answers lol</p>

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<p>are you sure it isn’t elaborate?</p>

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<p>You can find many answers in these threads:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/590831-november-2008-sat-critical-reading.html?highlight=elephant+art[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/590831-november-2008-sat-critical-reading.html?highlight=elephant+art&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/1075298-sat-january-2011-international-discussion.html?highlight=elephant+art[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/1075298-sat-january-2011-international-discussion.html?highlight=elephant+art&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>I am copying the most interesting parts:
These were the passages:

  1. One paragraph on bioluminescence
  2. One paragraph on Post World War II junk food
  3. Mini-Pair on Comics (both authors were positive)
  4. Big Pair on artistic elephants
  5. Passage on Alu finding the Pasteur book
  6. Passage on a hiker who found an ancient artifact
  7. Passage on how poets increasingly write for themselves and not a broad market</p>

<p>The Newton-Shakespeare one was experimental.</p>

<p>Sentence Completions

  1. Trust
  2. Alter … Environment
  3. Metaphor
  4. Parallel … Disparity
  5. Zealous … Ameliorate
  6. Copious … Acerbic
  7. Solicitous
  8. Noted … Discrimination</p>

<ol>
<li>Adhere … authenticity</li>
<li>Loquacious</li>
<li>Thrive … Antediluvian</li>
<li>Misplaced … unsavory</li>
<li><p>Unique </p></li>
<li><p>Elite … Function</p></li>
<li><p>Discern</p></li>
<li><p>Provisional</p></li>
<li><p>Virtuosity</p></li>
<li><p>Precluded</p></li>
<li><p>Wrongdoing … Chicanery</p></li>
</ol>

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<p>And these are some questions from passages posted in those threads, I don’t agree with a few.</p>

<p>Bioluminescence short passage

  1. Foolish because hiding in the dark with a light is paradoxical
  2. passage showed ways bioluminescence could be beneficial to sea creatures</p>

<p>Packaging Food

  1. Industry was eager to continue using its new technologies
  2. Foods were “absurd”</p>

<p>Comic Strips

  1. passage 2 elaborated on passage 1
  2. author of passage 1 talked about his experiences
  3. author of passage 2 wanted comics to be an accepted art
  4. comics used as an educational resource</p>

<p>Artistic Elephants (Long Double)

  1. personal anecdote/general overview
  2. sori had drawn them herself/himself
  3. authors agree that elephants deliberately paint
  4. “right” means “direct”
  5. Ruby can’t be used for experiment because he/she learned to paint in captivity
  6. substance is “reality”
  7. quote: nuance and complex
  8. numerous and unrecorded* (I chose uninformed)
  9. handler in passage 1 regards the drawings as artistic

12.</p>

<p>Uncle’s book

  1. solemn
  2. mutual acquaintance
  3. relief
  4. overjoyed
  5. book held her captive
  6. composed
  7. book was reliable escape from life’s chaos
  8. “quarelling friends” explained father’s attitude
  9. passage in general showed past experiences

13.</p>

<p>Hiking/Artifact

  1. significance of personal experience
  2. ball in the undergrowth
  3. to show how old the object was
  4. map was misleading (no water)
  5. imaginative speculation*
  6. “settle” means rest*
    7.</p>

<p>Poetry:

  1. “famous” is ironical
  2. statistical evidence was misleading
  3. paradoxical situation
  4. bemoaning a trend
  5. students referred to specialization of poetry
  6. principal audience

8.</p>

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<p>i think its enjoy not relife</p>

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<p>i think its general overview cz he didnt elaborate on anything… and the first one was a teacher talkin bout her students comics and how it makes them feel and stuff</p>

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<p>Yeah, I put uninformed…</p>

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<p>I put uninformed too… and it was relief for sure</p>

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<p>Oh man…3 sentence completions wrong and I put takes issue which is most probably wrong…Rest everything seems ok</p>

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<p>hmm guys any clue about curve? I am aiming for 700 but I think so far I got like -5 wrong…</p>

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<p>No idea but mostly a 57 or 58 is 700 so you’re good…</p>