May SAT 2011: CR Section

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<p>AZN… I think you’re wrong about the smokes and sparks one, I don’t exactly remember the answer but I remember eliminating science seems magical</p>

<p>The aesthetic power one was between C and E for me, I changed it to E at the last minute which was something like, it showed the changes between ancient and modern art.</p>

<p>not sure about the jazz question</p>

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<p>the science one was almost definitely the effort one.</p>

<p>don’t remember the diversity one.</p>

<p>okay, do you remember the question for the jazz one? because i might be totally off but i thought it was saying that going to conservatory should precede other learning, so i didn’t put it. i didn’t like that question, i couldn’t find an answer that was clearly the best match. :/</p>

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<p>For black concert: migration question, didn’t they ask for the METAPHORICAL meaning of the phrase “coming home”, not the figurative one?</p>

<p>And does anyone remember what the other choices for the “mawkishness” vocabulary question was?</p>

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<p>i honestly dont remember the question about the accessibility… anyone care to up me on that? and can we please put to rest the early attempts by accomplished artists?? its driving me nuts. the cave passage is my most worrisome one…</p>

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<p>To describe the behavior of animals was a choice; someone refresh my memory…</p>

<p>Impassionistic was the black concert…</p>

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<p>@Waterworks - i just remember mawkishness, munificence, and serendipity.</p>

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<p>hey… just wondering… what are the chances that any of us actually get in trouble for discussing all this?</p>

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<p>Yeah, I remember narrowing it down to mawkishness and something else, but I can’t recall what I put down in the end.</p>

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<p>LIST:</p>

<p>Vocabulary</p>

<ul>
<li>Corrupt minister: Castigated/Misconduct</li>
<li>Sentimentality: Mawkishness</li>
<li>Boy, youthful energy etc: Obstreperous</li>
<li>Synthesize/Divergent</li>
<li>Imperturbable/Ruffled</li>
<li>Austerity/Curtail </li>
<li>Meditation</li>
<li>Infectious</li>
<li>Succinct</li>
<li>Small/Functional</li>
<li>Empathy</li>
<li>Firm, Outspokenness</li>
<li>Procrastinator</li>
</ul>

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<p>Minipassages</p>

<p>Jazz Passage

  • learning Jazz is a strenuous activity
  • personal creativity</p>

<p>Video Games passage (2 passages)

  • Video games can transform players
  • 1st passage analyzed a topic and 2nd passage said it was harmful
  • “Form” means type</p>

<p>Ocean Passage

  • Sentence was for transition
  • Investigating a crime scene</p>

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<p>Big passages</p>

<p>Whales Passage

  • Purpose: describe personal something???
  • Using similes and metaphors in writing
  • Bursts and smokes meant scientists put in much effort already
  • Mentioned all EXCEPT motivation to study whales
  • Speed/pace of activity
  • Appreciation of limitations
  • Offer a likely train of thought
  • What a whale might be doing may not seem like anything at first (something of that nature)…</p>

<p>Time/space Passage

  • the general idea question: Compare time and space or something like that
  • Blur between day and night
  • Evening schools (vs. lunch hour)
  • Imagery described contrast between day and night
  • Have the reader view human history visually (it was the look, hover question)
  • “both” refers to Available space and usable time </p>

<p>Black Concert

  • Bears: proceeds
  • exuberant celebration for the high schooler
  • Cherry blossoms: wild
  • Crowd of people: unrelenting force
  • Great migration: belonging
  • Waiting for lifetimes: generations
  • The panorama of the city: idealized
  • Crowd changing: color
  • Endless ground : inclusiveness of society
  • Reference to baby kicking: Novelty of a development
  • Lifting barriers
  • Impressionistic view of city</p>

<p>Cave Paintings Passage

  • Credibility
  • Aesthetic power
  • Beauty is eternal: reverent
  • Playfully careless
  • Sympathetic
  • General agreement
  • Evocative and moving
  • emphasize paradox
  • Gifted artists of the Paleolithic period < ANY DEBATES???
    -STILL WAITING TO CONFIRM THE “early attempts” question</p>

<p>There are a lot of iffies but theres approx. 56 here we need like 10 more or so…</p>

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<p>@jd - everyone already took the test, didn’t they?</p>

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<p>nobodying is replying me on may sat 2011 thread! hmm</p>

<p>@waterworks: the answer is mawkishness,i m pretty sure. the other choices i rmb are opulence,munificence and serendipity.</p>

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<p>can anyone confirm if vocalization was experimental or not?</p>

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<p>yeah they did waterworks, but our proctor was like “dont discuss these answers online ever”</p>

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<p>ugh vocalization was probably experimental, it seems like no one else got it except for me and a few others…</p>

<p>it was also the easiest ****ing passage on the test :/</p>

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<p>@dizzying experimental for sure. dont remember any answer like that.
@jd lol they tell us that every time we take it… and look at all the previous threads for other exams. theres about a couple thousands high schoolers doing this on random sites.</p>

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<p>Since 7 of the 11 questions we need are easy SC we just need 4 passage base readings…surely someone can pull 4 questions out of his/her head…Right??</p>

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<p>@sauternety: for the first jazz one, I think the word was “demanding”, not “strenuous”, if I remember correctly :slight_smile:
I know, it’s the same general meaning, just to make it more correct</p>

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<p>how was the jazz one demanding or strenuous!?</p>

<p>I remember choosing something more along the lines of “it is very unique to ones identity” it seemed to fit the passage more, if it was strenuous it would have said like long hours of practicing…</p>

<p>Honestly I dont really care if you guys concur with that, but I am confident in my answer</p>

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<p>Let’s get going on those four Q’s and A’s…</p>

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<p>i don’t remember anything about uniqueness or identity as an answer to the first question; the only thing close to that was that jazz was hard to classify or something.</p>