March 2012 SAT I Critical Reading Thread

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<p>My post from before. I think defended “undertaking” pretty well. </p>

<p>He saying that people accept the world series even though the winner isn’t the one that score the most points something something. Presidential election is simply an election based on electoral college and not on popular votes, just as some competitions are not based on who score the most point. </p>

<p>Qualifcation=
He isn’t weakening his stance at all, so it can’t be qualification. He’s just bringing up examples that don’t follow the “most vote/score/whatever” rule. He’s strengthening is point by saying that all these competitions=world series, etc… are not based on most points so it’s perfectly fine for the presidential election to be based on electoral College not popular vote. </p>

<p>Argue against Change- 2nd best answer.</p>

<p>____ undertaking. Not sure what the word is. Describing? Showing? Supporting?</p>

<p>The “undertaking” would be the enterprise of having things ran not by most votes/points/scores.</p>

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<p>a qualification of something is when u take a assertion and u modify it. (AP Lang skilzz) dont mistake it for Clarification. lol yh i think its the arguing against change.</p>

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<p>@lillyy96</p>

<p>It explicitly said in passage 1 that critics of the electoral college wanted reform…aka change.</p>

<p>I also said it was argue against change but I wasn’t sure.</p>

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<p>qualification is modifying an assertion. dont mistake it with clarifying</p>

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<p>whoops sorry for the repost… thot it didnt post the first time</p>

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<p>If someone were to give me exactly what the “undertaking” answer choice said, I would be able to figure this out.</p>

<p>I remember distinctly that I immediately crossed out everything except argue against change and qualification. I don’t even know why undertaking is being discussed.</p>

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<p>drac - it was simply undertaking a qualification. i think.</p>

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<p>Because it’s the answer =P.</p>

<p>nikhil. Those are two different answers.</p>

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<p>wow im totally blanking xD</p>

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<p>Theres no way it can be undertaking, its hardly relevant to the World series analogy given. It can’t be related to the passage as a whole which is a mistake many smart SAT takers like to make. I agree that it is argue against change. It is directly relevant to the example</p>

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<p>It was “support an undertaking” 100%.</p>

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<p>it is argue against change that question was balls easy…</p>

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<p>Saying that it is hardly relevant to the World Series without saying why is not a very convincing argument.</p>

<p>Thank you Monepo. I was 65% sure it was support but didn’t want to say it without knowing definitely.</p>

<p>Now if the word in the beginning was support then I am 100% that support an undertaking is correct.</p>

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<p>Ok, so I took what everyone said and compiled it here: please add. These are correct. </p>

<p>1) some animals join together to scavenge for food
2) Mimicry ( imitate something) ? two blank
3) precipitate/confluence. sentence on phobias – a confluence of something
4) someone was jovial
5) peremptory- about a teacher who was really strict and the children wouldn’t misbehave. it was clear from the ___________ teacher that she would not tolerate any disobedience
6) polar
7) deliberate/work deliberate and work cuz it said that she didnt want to be rushed or something.
8) philosophers were beguiled by theories, but understodd the havoc that it caused .
9) Biologist or something hated the characterization of predators as being derisive or something like that
10) Some wrens have a penchant for stealing eggs, so scientists feel enmity towards them
11) There is an abundance of money, but people warn it is actually finite
12) anomalous- some skeleton is flexible,
13) implacable- Implacable was the answer to the one about Hera’s hatred for the something
14) culled/truncated</p>

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<p>Where’s the undertaking?</p>

<p>A formal pledge or promise to do something: “I give an undertaking that we shall proceed with the legislation”.
A task that is taken on; an enterprise: “a mammoth undertaking that involved digging into a cliff face”.</p>

<p>Those are the definitions. I’m not really sure I understand where he is committing to anything within the passage. He is arguing against something, but not pledging to do anything. </p>

<p>ON THE OTHER HAND.</p>

<p>The world series serves as an example that demonstrates a long-standing tradition, accepted and incontrovertible. People do not question WHY the baseball teams who win do not score the most points, but accept that the winner who followed the regulations to get there. Politically, this analogy serves to demonstrate how the premise of Electoral College votes should not be questioned. They should be preserved.</p>

<p>Maybe if you could clarify where he committed to an undertaking, it would make the argument more plausible.</p>

<p>I am not too worried about this score (I have a back up ACT score) so I won’t be biased in my arguments as long as you can back up yours.</p>

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<p>EDIT: I meant that the answer choice read “support an undertaking”.</p>

<p>I personally chose “introduce a qualification” but idk.</p>

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<p>@niceboat</p>

<p>Haha, support an undertaking makes it 100% incorrect…omg, I am laughing right now I almost thought I got that wrong. So it is between argue against change and qualification, I believe it is very much the former.</p>

<p>How does that analogy in anyway whatsoever support an undertaking, if anything, it denounces actions altogether.</p>

<p>@jimmy</p>

<p>You are right, where is author two undertaking or trying to do so anywhere in the passage?</p>

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<p>@novelidea 2. is mimicry…fashion</p>

<p>Rest are all correct.</p>

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<p>Thank you @ novelidea! That really helps =D</p>

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<p>anyone want to compile/say what they got for this word most nearly means questions in the passage parts of CR?</p>