May 2012 Critical Reading Discussion

<p>@sattaker, was that the one about replacing the word nontheless? I put broadly speaking, but not sure</p>

<p>It was definitely “in particular”.</p>

<p>@sat8888</p>

<p>Yea sorry broadening speaking i was thinking about something else lol</p>

<p>@sat8888sat </p>

<p>I put in particular.</p>

<p>also, for the question about gifts, was it that gifts could have unforeseen results/consequences?</p>

<p>I don’t know. “Broadly speaking” and “in particular” both seemed to work. But since the author wasn’t necessarily singling out the university students, I think “broadly speaking” is a better answer. It was a broad, general statement and there was no need to say “in particular”.</p>

<p>so the three non exp sections were:
-doll hosue
-trojan planets
-dancing/texting
??
is there anyone who didnt have cr experimental and didnt have any of those three?</p>

<p>Its “in particular” because it narrowed down to inexperience college students from talking about it in general. “Broadly speaking” would never address a particular group of people/students.</p>

<p>@bllb</p>

<p>Yea, because if you plugged in ‘in particular’ it changed the sentence, because the next line didn’t make sense with ‘in particular’ and if the meaning doesn’t stay the same it’s absolutely wrong.</p>

<p>The prior sentence was something like “Few people are allowed to touch the books because they are too fragile.”</p>

<p>Then</p>

<p>_____ , college students have no need to use these books. In particular makes no sense at all</p>

<p>the writing question about fragile books. did anyone choose the option with “, they realized,” in the middle of the sentence?</p>

<p>Hey… I remember one that was like “what was the purpose of paragraph 2” for the Trojan asteroids one. I thought it was either gives info on preceding or setting up an argument. I put giving info on preceding passage, but I’m kind of unsure.</p>

<p>@chacha</p>

<p>Yea most of us picked that. Pretty sure it’s right.</p>

<p>for the writing section on the paragraph, there was a question which asked to revise a sentence.</p>

<p>was it the original one or the one which said in the case of books, the students will find damages.</p>

<p>We can’t seem to agree on the “in particular” vs “broadly speaking”</p>

<p>Here is why “in particular” makes no sense:</p>

<p>there was no need for addressing specific students by saying in particular. Its not as if they said, “many students dont value the books. Inexperienced, college students…”</p>

<p>It doesnt flow with the prior sentence or the next sentence</p>

<p>the sentence was a generalization, so the author should quantify the generalization by saying “broadly speaking”</p>

<p>@eagles yea the revising question. uhh, not sure, but I chose the answer that had “they realized” in it</p>

<p>For the one about the girl talking about her father,… did she address his conclusions on the post cards he sent her with “mild criticism” or “satirical…” something?</p>

<p>@anonymousA i put satirical</p>

<p>@anon</p>

<p>Mild criticism. Look back in the posts, it was answered already.</p>

<p>sat8888sat same… initially I put criticism but I decided to change it. Hopefully it’s right!</p>