March 2012 SAT I Critical Reading Thread

<p>idr at the time why i thought it was regal, i think it has something to do with the fact that it was described in the same fashion as those objects made by two furniture makers whose furniture was regal?</p>

<p>but if imposing and regal mean the same thing they can’t be the answer</p>

<p>perfect@</p>

<p>I put something Undertaking</p>

<p>@thesmiter: agreed. although it was awkward that they used the word “introduce”, which wouldnt be a proper thing to do in the final paragraph, it was providing the qualifications as to why people should accept electoral college</p>

<p>@thesmiter was the “qualification” thing choice C? I think I put C but I can’t remember what it was</p>

<p>@cathbomb: Believe so, if I’m not mistaken.</p>

<p>OKAY. Reading this made me hopeless…</p>

<p>I don’t think it’s qualify. It’s to argue against a change. First off, you can’t start a paragraph off with a qualifier, if you are providing a qualification, it is right after a statement in the same paragraph. Second, he was clearly using the World Series example to show how people shouldn’t change the world series nor the electoral colleges because those are the rules spelled out…</p>

<p>I don’t recognized qualification as one of the answers I put. What was the question?</p>

<p>@thesmiter @hkim</p>

<p>What was the qualification question? Do you remember the options?</p>

<p>@drac I think I put down “to be against change” if we’re thinking of the same question here.</p>

<p>for the purpose of the world series analogy i put support that people undertake the task of gaining knowledge of the electoral collage system</p>

<p>was i right?</p>

<p>but in reality “imposing” and “regal” are quite different. Imposing is-grand and impressive in appearance, which i believe the chest was. Regal-of, resembling, or fit for a monarch.</p>

<p>Was the “global village” harmonious, small, sophisticated… or??</p>

<p>@jimmypod</p>

<p>what dreamchaser just put ^ was the question
i think undertake, qualification, argue against a change…dont remember other two</p>

<p>i put vital…
the parts of the passage that describe what was in the chest came after the designated lines, and i got goosebumps while reading the part. ok not really but im attached with “vital” lol</p>

<p>Hey Guys - 3 iffy ones atm:</p>

<p>Chaplin passage:
Everyone is saying “132 something…” but I vaguely recall that the sentence actually started with “but…”, which started the last paragraph that dealt with his teacher providing him new-found insights regarding repetitive mistakes.</p>

<p>China:
“Signs” most nearly means:
I put “gestures,” but some people are saying indications? I only put gestures because it has to do with the physical aspect of a “sign,” - in this case the physical appearance of the great aunt which pointed towards a calm look. Plus, I don’t remember indications being an answer choice…</p>

<p>Neatness
the relationship between the passages: I put that passage 2 challenges a POV held in passage 1 because P2 criticizes the people who try to better organize themselves in order to order to get more done, because in reality they are only doing so as an innate response to a perceived cultural virtue.</p>

<p>@satmaster</p>

<p>I COULDN’T agree more. I put regal because I thought of imposing more so as in your face, while regal as in noble or fit for a king. I didn’t see anything that led me to believe that so I put regal, but it seems people think it is sinister. The word dark used in the beginning led me to believe the chest WAS in fact sinister.</p>

<p>But I don’t know what the right answer is.</p>

<p>@aznace</p>

<p>You can’t have a transition in the second to last sentence of a passage or at the end of a paragraph. And the transition started in the beginning of the paragraph with 132 because he started to change his mind about the subject.</p>

<p>It’s indication, plain and simple. If you looked at it again right now, you would choose that. She looked right at her face for indication of the truth.</p>

<p>That is what everyone put for the neatness paragraph. You are right</p>

<p>Alright guys. Here’s why I put sinister. The entire passage was about how the chest represented the Chinese part of the boy’s life. Also, it clearly said that everyday the boy folded the clothes from the chest implying that the chest was important to him and hence vital. Sinister implies nefarious purposes and the chest was anything but sinister. </p>

<p>As for the Polemic even handed question this is why I put Polemic. </p>

<p>The first passage itself WAS EVENHANDED but the last paragraph was not in any way. It was a tirade aimed at refuting the reformers for not having thought about alternatives. In relationship to the last paragraph of passage 2(baseball) this paragraph was much more polemic. The reason why IMO evenhanded does not work was because the last paragraph of passage 2 aimed to call upon education and was ALL positive and in no way critical of the reformers. This being the case, the last paragraph of passage 1 is more POLEMIC than the last paragraph of passage 2. </p>

<p>CR was pretty difficult this time. Did not expect this. Did decent but hoping for a real generous curve.</p>

<p>signs is definitely indications im sure about that one</p>

<p>@aznace</p>

<p>2.The reason why you put gestures is what college board want you to do.
It wouldn’t make sense for you to look at a person for gestures would it? It is one of those trap answers. Kinda like having “experiment” as answer choice for a SC question involving scientists, even though experiment might not be the answer.</p>

<p>1.The 132 something sentence just had 132. It didn’t begin with 132. That it begin with a “but”, I’m not sure. But it did started the last paragraph. So you probably still chose the right one.</p>

<p>@aznace i put indication. depends on if u include a facial expression as a gesture i guess</p>

<p>and derivative i put polemic too but evenhanded made more sense when i looked up the definition</p>