November 2010 SAT - Writing

<p>What about the question about authors adapting their own books to films? “benefits to be gained from…” </p>

<p>I put NE.</p>

<p>There we go…^THAT’s THE THIRD NE!!!</p>

<p>The “adaptations of their work” work WAS NEEEE!!!</p>

<p>So we have 3 thrEE NE’S!!!</p>

<p>the "“that the research … hinted at” one was NE right?</p>

<p>^indeed…</p>

<p>yes, sentence starting with “That” was No error. a similar sentence was in last year’s PSAT…</p>

<p>and the other 2 Ne were the authors adapting their own books and???</p>

<p>^the journey question. </p>

<p>If i remember correctly, this is the entire phrasing</p>

<p><em>the name of the person</em>, the (most eccentric) person (I know), journeyed three thousand miles (to sample) the Chicago pizza. Nothing wrong with that sentence.</p>

<p>oh yeah!! thanks!!</p>

<p>anyone there who can help me?</p>

<p>For teh wright brothers question, the correct answer was to " to begin the sentence with at the same time" or something along those lines… it was not changing “when” to also.</p>

<p>For waht should be added, i asked many people and everyone thinks it should be to talk more about Chinatown because he mentions it only in the last sentence- it comes out of nowhere AND he is talking about the book Dragonwings as a whole, not just the character who built the plane. </p>

<p>and the last question was something about waht should be added to the sentence…the correct answer was something about “rather than writing a biography, he wrote Dragonwings.” This is correct becuz the prior sentence says there were only 2 articles on him- meaning he did not have enough info to write a biography so he had to write the blend of fictional and factual events…</p>

<p>Wait, but I didn’t say to change when to also. There was an answer choice B, that said like… Add something to the front, and remove “when”. I was hovering between that and A, which was to just add something to the front.</p>

<p>Do you remember that question more clearly?</p>

<p>Also, did you remove “too”?</p>

<p>Was that one question “have been in search of” or “have been in search for”?</p>

<p>^i didn’t have that question on my test. I believe that was for a different form, version of the november test.</p>

<p>@futball1991 and gensis
that answer choice was where you added “at the same time” to the front and substituted when. You did both</p>

<p>also, i put “more about his first flight” because wasn’t the entire passage about his biography? what did chinatown have to do with it?</p>

<p>Read the entire thread to see what we decided upon.</p>

<p>I didn’t subsitute when, I removed it :frowning: Did I get it wrong :(</p>

<p>the answer was “in search of”</p>

<p>As in, the original sentence said “have been in search of” … ? If that’s what it said, it was NE, which means I screwed up because I selected it as an error.</p>

<p>I could’ve sworn it said “have been in search for” and thinking that either the for should be an “of” or the “in search” should be a “searching”.</p>

<p>sorry…you guys are right. </p>

<p>The question had 2 parts…you were supposed to add" At the same time the wright brothers wer blah blah blah" AND delete “when”. I was thinking they were 2 separate questions, but it was one. </p>

<p>And for the last question, that’s the point. He never spoke about Chinatown in the essay, yet his concluding sentece talked about how the novel was a book about fictional characters, reveal events, and Chinatown. You say that in your conclusion if you never mentioned it in the essay. So , you must add details about Chinatownin order to back up your sentence. There is no need to add more info on his succesful flight…</p>

<p>i also had in search for as an answer</p>

<p>it shouldve been searching for or in search of, it was not NE</p>

<p>also for this first id question, for we children shouldve been for us children right?</p>

<p>It was NOT Chinatown.</p>