March 2012 SAT I Critical Reading Thread

<p>@tlsgur1 I believe the correct answer was “came to mind”</p>

<p>@monepo i wonder if u know my cousin. but id rather now discuss that on a public forum lol.</p>

<p>Agreed with Monepo.</p>

<p>@tls. I also put it “introduces the narrator’s voice” or something. In fact, it said something like this: in lines 1-3 the sentences (was the “s” there?) have what purpose?
There weren’t any “preceding” sentences as mentioned in the answer people think is correct. :confused:
And resurfaced was “mention AGAIN” or something like that. Your A & B are incorrect.</p>

<p>No, there was a preceding sentence. It was something like “I always saw myself in my sister.” Then, what the passage was asking about was the next sentence that was something about looking in mirrors.</p>

<p>@Lappith agree.</p>

<p>@lappith, then I must have underlined wrong :stuck_out_tongue: Then amplifying is the best answer~</p>

<p>So I think I missed 2, which is -2.
One is the qualification/argue/undertaking which has too much controversy for me to count my answer (qualification) right.
My other is the Chinese passage family lifestyle/cultural heritage one.</p>

<p>This is assuming sinister is the right answer, which I firmly believe it is. Why would the author think the chest is evil? She also says that the chest had everything in it, which leads me to believe that she may have thought the chest was necessary.</p>

<p>Simple q but just making sure for the science and fantasy question. The question was like, what was the main idea?</p>

<p>@monepo
still an 800</p>

<p>Does anyone remember a SC with embellish as a choice?</p>

<p>embellish was not the right answer to any of the questions. i don’t even remember seeing it, so it might be experimental.</p>

<p>Hmm, I did have a CR experimental so that’s very possible.</p>

<p>who’s got a compiled list? let’s start using that and we can work from there. I remember on the Jan SAT people remember 66/67 questions, so let’s see what we can do now!</p>

<p>@Imperviouss I put something like “to note a shift in popular culture”</p>

<p>I was just wondering if I messed up marking my answers…
Did we have 20 questions on the last section?
Thanks.</p>

<p>Okay, I thought I did well on CR… but judging by some of the majority of people’s answers, maybe not :P</p>

<p>I remember getting these passages:

  • Chinese heritage
  • Charlie Chaplin
  • Electoral college (SO difficult)
  • Space/galaxies</p>

<p>AND haha, I put “familiar” for the question about the girl’s antique chest. The lines they gave us didn’t really mention anything inside the chest that was familiar to her, until the beginning of the very next line discussed her picking up her grandfather’s robe which reminded her of him or something like that. Oh well.</p>

<p>UGH, was it really “process vs. outcome?” I thought it may be “creativity vs. actuality” (or something similar to it) because Chaplin’s films were very aesthetic (yet failed to show in his films), but then the narrator realizes how many shots it takes for Chaplin to perfect his film and all that.</p>

<p>I did some compiling; it is kind of messy so feel free to clean it up. Also feel free to fix some answers as on some I really wasn’t sure.</p>

<p>Also, I have “Emily” as one of the passages for some reason, is this the one with the reflection of the kid?</p>

<p>Total: 53</p>

<p>SC</p>

<p>deliberate…work
peremptory
Implacable
Anomalous
writin is fightin controversy
precipitate…confluence.
penchant for…enmity
beguiled…havoc
characterization…derisive
polar
jovial
culled…truncated
scavenger
mimicry…fashion
finite</p>

<p>Electoral College</p>

<p>Both authors agree that electorate system: something like impacts campaigns
The last paragraph of passage 1 was: evenhanded
Which describes both: Passage 1 criticizes a system which passage 2 regards a misconception.
What does author of passage one think about the critics argument in passage 2: he thought they should present good solutions.
The reformers think the baseball analogy would be: flawed
***What was the purpose of the analogy in passage 2: undertaking or qualification or change
What does back most nearly mean: champion
What do the reformers think of the electorate college: believe that it will not represent the majority since candidates go for battleground states
What does passage 2 imply of popular elections: it will make multiple parties and impede progress
Accident most nearly means: circumstances</p>

<p>Chinese</p>

<p>intergenerational connection
sinister
the rice thing shows the aunt’s attention to detail
the comment about heritage shows the aunt thinks about the world around her
Her appearance
the author considered the aunt to be an influence on her personality
acute most nearly means severe
the author does not fully identify with any culture</p>

<p>Chaplin</p>

<p>Skeptical
Process and outcome
Transition: the 132 part
Poet polishes flawless sonnet multiple times
Perfectionist
Resurfaced = came to mind</p>

<p>Neatness</p>

<p>Considered virtues
passage 1 would say about the explanations for anxiety offered in passage 2 that messiness acutally does cause loss of time</p>

<p>Space Passage</p>

<p>The author mainly uses: analoiges
the 2 space shuttles is to fix a possible misconception
the part about skin is to fix a misconception
the jungle analogy suggests that the outer reaches of space are impossible to imagine
the parantheses defines a boundary
being spirited into jungle would be considered revelatory
the final paragraph reiterates a point</p>

<p>Emily?</p>

<p>the description shows her idealization of emily
the passage contains everything except an appeal to reason</p>

<p>Sci-Fi</p>

<p>Unrealistic expectation
Shift in popular culture</p>

<p>Not sure where it goes:</p>

<p>amplified the preceding statement</p>

<p>*** no idea about this one</p>

<p>@Lappith agree about shift in popular culture. Also the general consensus (including myself) for the next question was “unrealistic expectations” for the utopia visions.</p>

<p>Not sure about the qualification/no change question because I had no change originally but then erased it and put qualification at the last minute. But I think a lot of people are confusing qualification with qualifier. A qualifier is something that makes the statement less specific: phrases like “sometimes,” “are possibly,” etc. A qualification, however, is kind of shaping the argument of defend/challenge and putting your own spin-ish thing on it, so it’s not totally arguing for or against something. I don’t really know how to explain it, but then again, this was from AP comp, so i’m not sure if it’s the same thing for this. ugghhghasgs .</p>