January 2013 SAT Discusion

<p>^Mollify was on a few. At least for me.</p>

<p>@oasisoasis
The bird one was the answer with erosion and plethora</p>

<p>No mollify was in fact not the anser</p>

<p>I don’t remember putting erosion and plethora, do you remember the exact question for that? And I just don’t remember putting mollify ever so just wanted to make sure it wasn’t ever the right answe</p>

<p>@bkkacyem
no the bird one was not plethora and erosion, it was dearth and diminution</p>

<p>Same glasses1! I got dearth and diminution</p>

<p>also for the architecture critical reading passage did anyone say the author was explaining a phenomenon?</p>

<p>I third glasses1’s answer. On my form it was A) dearth; diminution</p>

<p>I also second your answer, he was explaining a phenomenon: that of the involuntary human response to environmental stimuli in the context of architecture.</p>

<p>A related question, about which I am uncertain, asked about the purpose of the phrase [what appears to us as negative…]. I chose that it admits that these stimuli are open to various interpretations, as it seemed to suggest that an architectural style giving one person a negative vibe might be acceptable to another. Obviously, this would account for differences in architectural tastes, as well as make sense in the context of the passage. I remember being stuck between that answer and some other answer. I forget what the option was, but I chose the answer above because there was a section later in the passage that seemed to support it.</p>

<p>I remember choosing another answer that said that the human response to these stimuli isn’t entirely autonomous. Does anyone else remember more, or something to the contrary of this?</p>

<p>@glasses1 You’re right about dearth and yes it was phenomenon</p>

<p>Yes explaining a phenomenon. Was kind of unsure though because I didn’t rly know if it counted as a phenomenon but I think it was the best choice</p>

<p>and then a few for the japanese american passage:
the one about Marcy saying he didn’t present the rice in a japanese way was an alternate explanation
the one about what was meant by “rich” in “I felt like I was rich.” was “wealthy”
the last question about how the last paragraph sounded was “optimistic”
the first half was an extended anecdote and the second half thoughtful musings
he felt embarrassment b/c his grandmother asked if someone had burnt the rice
the part about the narrator pouring the grain into the 3ft tall “trash can” showed development b/c it showed the value of rice to the family
her dad was justifying a practice when he said that the grandfather lived to be 80 years old eating japanese rice
the sentence about using a different type/style of japanese language to portray things that were foreign (katanga) didn’t refute a claim</p>

<p>can anyone verify/dispute?</p>

<p>Agree with all of them!!!</p>

<p>@Radicalness
can you maybe try to remember more about the first question you have about the architecture passage? that would help me remember what I put. i dont think i put the stimuli are open to interpretation one though</p>

<p>and yes, i put answer saying that humans are not entirely autonomous</p>

<p>Amazing memory…</p>

<p>also for one of the writing sections, there was an identifying errors question that had something to do with a river with almost no plankton left (might have been experimental)
and choice d was “food supply for fish.” is this idiomatically incorrect? or was the answer to this one e)“no error” ?</p>

<p>I definitely put E for that question but it might have been in the experimental if it was with the Asian american politician improving paragraph</p>

<p>@radicalness yes I put he autonomous thing and for the one with open to interpretation I got the same thing but was debating it with the choice with self determination</p>

<p>yeah i changed that one to “e.” both writing sections seemed of equal difficulty to me though so we’ll see. there were a lot of weird ones in the asian american improving paragraph one. like was the one with the Indus valley d) “in what is” from “in what is now Pakistan”? b/c wouldn’t it had to have been “in which is” ?</p>

<p>Darn, I put wealthy at first then changed it</p>

<p>do you remember any of the other choices from that question with the open to interpretation answer?</p>