<p>@OMF how can I read the article? I only found an info page…</p>
<p>@vivizzz
waddya mean read it?.. scroll down or something? loll i have no idea what you could mean</p>
<p>@skipblooms
i also put “personal and creative” and thats definitely right, because finding your soul and a distinctive voice is definitely both of those
the distinctive answer choice would definitely be wrong because it went something like “the value of jazz is hard to determine because every jazz player is distinctive”
- it mentionted nothign about the VALUE of jazz
- not every jazz player is distinctive, just because they are trying to achieve it doesnt mean they do</p>
<p>i also hope its creativity precedes formal, not formal precedes creative…</p>
<p>@viv i think undefinable cannot mean “cant be separated” => it just DOESNT make sense!??
in fact now that i read the passage i again im sure its relentless
@OMF im not sure about you, but personally im REALLY sure it was conservatory before creative because i was really confused by that question and couldnt find a good answer so i settled on demanding instead. if it was creative preceding i would have picked it for sure.</p>
<p>Vocabulary (15)</p>
<ul>
<li>Corrupt minister: Castigated/Misconduct</li>
<li>Sentimentality: Mawkishness</li>
<li>Boy, youthful energy etc: Obstreperous</li>
<li>deifferent national backgrounds, something about Mexican: Synthesize/Divergent</li>
<li>Someone claimed that he was calm but his friends disagreed: Imperturbable/Ruffled</li>
<li>government trying to show respect to taxpayers: Austerity/Curtail </li>
<li>a movie review, something about contemplating without taking a side: Meditation</li>
<li>passionate speech, enraptured audience: Infectious</li>
<li>rambling, comprehensive: Succinct</li>
<li>a method of making digital chips is fundamentally not right:Small/Functional</li>
<li>author, characters: Empathy</li>
<li>Firm, Outspokenness</li>
<li>Procrastinator</li>
<li>Mars: Misnomer</li>
</ul>
<h2>- Jewelry: decorative/devotional </h2>
<p>Minipassages</p>
<p>Jazz Passage (2)
- learning Jazz is a demanding activity
- personal creativity</p>
<p>Video Games passages (3)
- Video games can transform players
- 1st passage analyzed a topic and 2nd passage said it was harmful
- “Form” means type</p>
<p>Ocean Passage (2)
- Sentence was for transition
- Investigating a crime scene</p>
<hr>
<p>Big passages</p>
<p>Whales Passage (8)
- Purpose: A personal account of studying whales(Idon’t really remember the options, but it was def NOT how the author became interested in whales)
- Using analogies and metaphors in writing
- Bursts and smokes meant scientists put in much effort already( there is still discussion on futility vs. effort, but “effort” is most likely the answer)
- Mentioned all EXCEPT WHY the author switched to whale study from owl… study
- reference to another animal: pace of activity
- sonnet: Appreciation of some obvious limitations
- some dialogue ending with” for god’s sake the whales are playing”: Offer a likely train of thought
- whale’s play might not be perceived as what it is at first sight…</p>
<p>Time/space Passage (7)
- the general idea question: The comparison of expansion of nighttime or something like that
- Blur between day and night
- Evening schools
- Imagery described contrast between day and night
- references to Hover, watch alike: Have the reader view human history visually
- “both” refers to Available space and usable time
- Rhythm - biological pattern</p>
<p>Black Concert (12)
- Bears: proceeds
- Exuberant celebration for the high schooler
- Cherry blossoms: wild
- Crowd of people: relentless force
- Great migration: belonging
- Waiting for lifetimes: generations
- general purpose: impressionistic view of a public event
- girl’s view of the city(postcard, textbook): idealized
-Crowd tone: color - Endless ground : inclusiveness of society
- Reference to baby kicking and something about “two month ago”: Novelty of a development
- Lifting barriers</p>
<p>Cave Paintings Passage (10)
- Credibility
- Aesthetic power
- Beauty is eternal: reverent
- Playfully careless
- Sympathetic
- General agreement
- Evocative and moving
- Gifted artists of the Paleolithic period
- evidence for natural historian </p>
<p>WEVE GOT 59 LETS KEEP THINKING</p>
<p>@OMF I want to read the black singer article but your link led me to a review page without the actual article…</p>
<p>idk… i REALLY hope it was creative preceding formal
or else ill feel like a *<strong><em>ing idiot…
excuse my language but that will seriously *</em></strong> me off… loll</p>
<p>@vivizzz
is the first page “the song of our lives” or something written on the back of a black guy’s head?
i checked the link, it works fine…</p>
<p>like i said, middle of page 40, just search “tidal basin”</p>
<p>I put the landscape too. And the effort.</p>
<p>GOD i really wish we could come to a consensus on the following “hot” topics:
- jazz demanding
- relentless force</p>
<p>and also we should keep brainstorming all the vocabs. theres more than 15… i really wanna get closer to the 67 mark guys :)</p>
<p>Thank god for CC. I felt like I completely winged the CR section, but every single one of my passage answers matches the consolidated list perfectly @_@</p>
<p>Wait, except for the changing tone of the crowd being color. fuuu</p>
<p>CR questions about major guy being elected because of his programspolicies but rather being badword of other guys radical views or something</p>
<p>^oh yeah i remember that vocab too but what was the exact wording??? anyone???</p>
<p>jazz demanding is impossible, because we dont know the answer choice to precedes…
and it is definitely relentless</p>
<p>i didn’t know what “mawkishness” and “obstreperous” meant by i thought they both sounded right and guessed them lololol</p>
<p>great. and also are we settled for the sparks and smokes being effort??? there was someone really really sure that it was futile… now im really scared of gettting like 3 wrong and i really need 750+</p>
<p>I got most right, definitely more right than I got on my practice tests. Do you think I can pull a 650+? And I changed from obstre…whatever to voracious x| UGH.</p>
<p>And I didn’t put mawkishness either because it sounded like “mock” - wow haha.</p>
<p>About the election, I think it was like… the politician didn’t win because she _____ on her policies, but by ______ on her’s opponents radical views. I think I chose an answer with some form of the word vindictive in it… can’t remember though lol</p>
<p>The sparks and smoke I was almost sure I got right. Funny though, I thought effort and futile were part of the same answer. :x</p>
<p>^^^ futile really didn’t make sense in the context of the paragraph, i’m pretty sure we’re mostly agreed upon that it was effort.</p>
<p>edit: also, policies was one of the answer choices. i picked it but i’m not sure what the second word was.</p>
<p>wouldnt the precedes answer be right for both orders since you could interpret “precede” to have two meanings. </p>
<p>conservatory training precedes (finding soul – dont know exact wording) = they do conservatory training first</p>
<p>(finding soul – dont know exact wording) precedes conservatory training = finding soul is more important than conservatory training</p>
<p>It was repudiate for the second blank because I remembered it meant refute! :D</p>