<p>the answer choice read: “conservatory training SHOULD precede finding soul/creativity/whatever.” there was no evidence for that in the passage, i’m almost certain it was incorrect.</p>
<p>The answer choice was that soul (reworded) must precede conservatory training, which was wrong because the passage said that after learning the fundamentals, one must find their soul. I put demanding for that question. Did most put demanding, then distinctive voice after? I’ll be so glad if those are right, because reading comprehension is my absolute WORST subject 
I’ll appreciate a 660+.</p>
<p>^i agree with dizzying
and THANKS guys for ANOTHER VOCAB CRACKDOWN <em>dance in joy</em> :</p>
<p>Vocabulary (16)</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>
<li>Jewelry: decorative/devotional
-politician winning office: Policies/Repudiate??? < something like that; wasn’t a hard question</li>
</ul>
<hr>
<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
THATS 60!!! 60!!!60!!! 7 MORE TO GO!!!YIPPIE!!!</p>
<p>okay but you guys are missing the point that “precedes” can have more than 1
meaning:</p>
<p>“to go before, as in place, order, rank, importance, or time.”</p>
<p>note IMPORTANCE. but i think we may be overanalyzing. </p>
<p>Also here’s the paragraph about the unrelenting force…</p>
<p>“The crowd condenses. It’s standing room only, flowing the length of the reflecting pool and down West Potomac Park. The floor of this church is grass. The columns of this nave are budding trees. The vault above, an Easter sky. The deeper Delia wades in toward the speck of grand piano, the stickpin corsage of microphones where her idol will stand, the thicker this celebration. The press of massed desire lifts and deposits her, helpless, a hundred yards upstream, facing the Tidal Basin. Schoolbook cherry trees swim up to fill her eyes, their blossoms mad. They wave the dazzle of their pollen bait and, in this snowstorm of petals, fuse with every Easter when they ever unfolded their promissory color.”</p>
<p>ALSO @saut, for the video games minipassages, didnt it ask for the primary purpose of one of them? or has the day break made me delusional?</p>
<p>@anothergalaxy
YEESSSSS, someone who supports my answer choice wording
but anyways, if that’s right im 100% sure thats the answer, it was supported, just look back in the passage that i posted</p>
<p>GREAT got the relentluess question!!!
@lord I think you’re over-analyzing the meaning of “precede”… now its just getting confusing… can we just stick to demanding being the correct answer???</p>
<p>@■■■■ It’d be great to have the exact question… i dont remember personally either… getting delusional as well. :(</p>
<p>@saut
i dont think its overanalyzing… “precede” is pretty widely known as importance and rank also…</p>
<p>but the conservatory DOES NOT precede in importance to creativity… and i was sure the choice was stating that conservatory DOES precede creativity… i dont get how that can be argued unless you’re saying its the other way around…</p>
<p>ANY MORE VOCABS MY DEAR DEAR FRIENDS???</p>
<p>exactly, thats what all the confusions about
you and dizzying support conservatory preceding creativity and me and galaxy support the other way around
2v2</p>
<p>Rereading the “unrelenting force” paragraph makes me more confident about choosing “undefinable part of the landscape”. I think the key is the line #s that are referenced.</p>
<p>The question was like “The references to water in lines XX-YY are meant to show that the crowd was:” I remember underlining WATER and then all of the water references in those lines… CONDENSES, FLOWING, WADE, LIFTS, DEPOSITS, UPSTREAM. If you only look at 1 sentence… “The press of massed desire” then it’s “unrelenting force”. Within 8 sentences overall, those words aren’t very “unrelenting”… instead a group of people has been rendered into an “undefined river”. We’ll see in a couple of weeks I guess…</p>
<p>@dream this question was MOST DEFINITELY relentless force and this was debated for a long time - if you want to see the exact passage, i believe someone posted this a couple pages ago- check again to see the words “lifting, helpless”</p>
<p>uhh i rmb this vocab “vocalization” in number 1. not sure its experimental or real.</p>
<p>@kiko what was the exact question?? someone mentioned vocalization before and i think it was experimental…</p>
<p>and i chose “important intelligence clue” in why people look at animal’s play or sth like that in whale passage
(hope this helps!)</p>
<p>it’s abt mother telling her children or sth like that…sorry i cannot recall the exact question</p>
<p>@sauter Yeah, I already read the posted paragraph…that’s why I posted my updated thoughts. Most of the debate on “relentless/unrelenting force” preceded (lol) @lord discovering it on google. I still think that quoting the entire paragraph instead of just 2 lines is the key.</p>
<p>This might be one of those CR questions that has a difficulty level of “5” (see QAS test answer keys) because <20% get it right. (That’s what I’m hoping for anyway…lol) Like I said, we’ll see soon enough.</p>
<p>Saut I thought in the whale passage there was something about pace of life. it was referring to a monkey</p>
<p>@dream: idk, but i still stand that relentless force is a good choice…
@lord: its already on the compiled list, but thanks!</p>
<p>Vocabulary (16)</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>
<li>Jewelry: decorative/devotional
-politician winning office: Policies/Repudiate??? < something like that; wasn’t a hard question</li>
</ul>
<hr>
<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>Not monkey, WEASEL, DON’T YOU KNOW???</p>
<p>@kikocupcakr yeah I remember something about"intelligent clue"too! But I don’t remember what the question was… I don’t think it is covered in the list though…</p>