January 2010 Critical Reading

Test Preparation SAT Preparation
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<p>Progenitor - a person or thing that first indicates a direction, originates something, or serves as a model; predecessor; precursor: the progenitor of modern painting. </p>

<p>The jazz drums player was a PROGENITOR because he exploited melody rather than rhythm. - Something like that</p>

<p>Locution - a particular form of expression; a word, phrase, expression, or idiom, esp. as used by a particular person, group, etc.</p>

<p>The man had a PENCHANT (preference) for colorful LOCUTIONS, describing a political race as “Spandex tight”</p>

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<p>I got raped by writing and cr :/</p>

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<p>comfortable or tender? I’m starting to think it was tender.</p>

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<p>I did NOT feel very good about CR.</p>

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I think the father’s face was tender.</p>

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<p>Why was it wistfullness? I knew it meant yearning, but I felt that it was something else because he was living in the moment, having a fun time with his father. Why would you yearn for something that youre doing at the moment? Unless I didn’t read it right. But I put lightheartedness. oh well</p>

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<p>I put lightheartedness as well…</p>

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<p>yea, tender and also arrogant and fascination were answers to passage questions right?</p>

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<p>Are you guys sure it was rancor? I put the “c” word… not commiserate but the other “c” word. I think it was choice E?</p>

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<p>oh yeah i had arrogant as an answer but wasn’t sure about it</p>

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<p>I recall tender and arrogant, which passage/question did you put fascination?</p>

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<p>I think it was tender because he had been thinking about his wife…</p>

<p>Did anyone else think that this test’s CR section was much easier than those previously administered? Usually I have to struggle through almost every question but this time it seemed so easy…it was so weird.</p>

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<p>For the political race question, what was the word that went along with epithet? Epithet fits better than locution in the second blank.</p>

<p>I still don’t remember what I put for the Jazz question.</p>

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<p>Rancor - bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.</p>

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<p>Wistfulness:characterized by melancholy; longing; yearning.</p>

<p>The kid was recalling his memories about his mom. Though I guess it wasn’t really melancholy, I think he was being nostalgic and thinking about the past.</p>

<p>I was debating between progenitor/exploit and another choice. Ultimately I decided against progenitor/exploit because it seemed like exploit had the wrong connotation, but I didn’t know the definition of progenitor, which probably caused the error.</p>

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<p>First of all, it wasn’t epithet, the choice was knack/epistles. Secondly, locution means a particular form of expression; a word, phrase, expression, or idiom, esp. as used by a particular person, group, etc. That fits exactly with the sentence, the guy had a penchant for locutions such as describing a political race as “spandex tight”</p>

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<p>For the question comparing the two authors, I put that the author of Passage 1 had a more “reflective” tone than the author of Passage 2. </p>

<p>Stupid, stupid, stupid. </p>

<p>The answer was “didactic”. </p>

<p>I’m really frustrated at myself now.</p>

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<p>^ Yea that one was pretty easy haha</p>

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<p>^ Heh… way to rub it in…</p>

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<p>So was it rancor? I didn’t even look at the other choices and just picked rancor lol</p>