October 2010 CR SAT Thread

<p>ohhh, this -</p>

<p>question: what is the purpose of the anecdote on lines - to -? (the thing about sitting on the porch and thinking/I only think with a pencil in her hand)</p>

<p>answer: to /introduce/ the authors opinions on the nature of writing</p>

<p>I thought introduction was a different answer choice so got all confused.</p>

<p>Thanks lonelywayfarer
I think it’s starting to appear in my memory again</p>

<p>HOLY CRAP–if I do accidentally misbubble, say, questions 18-25, Collegeboard would regrade it right? o_o</p>

<p>@seungness</p>

<p>I think you’re reading too much into it…the author was surprised at the fact that there was /no/ historical writing disputing the event. I suppose you could change it to ‘virtually uniform’ and ‘virtually unanimous’… but since the ‘uniform’ is already a extreme term the synonym would be unanimous.</p>

<p>@lonely i don’t think that’s what the choice said. Wasn’t there a choice that went along the lines of “reflecting on the nature of writing”?</p>

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Probably 730 - 780.</p>

<p>Can anyone explain why ‘probably occurred’ is correct? I put probably didn’t occur because there is limited literature on the topic. </p>

<p>Also, is it a general consensus that ‘undesirable’ is correct?</p>

<p>And what is the ‘personal anecdote - introduction’ question? (no.43)</p>

<p>@linger</p>

<p>it was something like what does Kael/the author (doesn’t matter b/c the author supports Kael) think of the fizz of colloquial language</p>

<p>sorry I don’t remember more</p>

<p>@Viggyram i put probably didn’t occur because there was no supporting evidence.</p>

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I hesistated to put unanimous for the same reason, but the passage said almost uniform, so replacing that with almost unanimous wouldn’t be too extreme.</p>

<p>“in the ancient world it was the almost uniform belief that the trojan War was an historical event: the philosopher Anaxagoras was one of only a handful known to have doubted it, on the good grounds that there was no proof.”
[In</a> search of the Trojan War - Google Books](<a href=“In Search of the Trojan War - Michael Wood - Google Books”>In Search of the Trojan War - Michael Wood - Google Books)</p>

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All of these questions are still debatable, and are not fully confirmed yet.</p>

<p>It was probably occurred because, in the last paragraph it made that very clear.</p>

<p>@user2134, exactly. I put that answer too because the whole passage was about ‘supposed’ evidence but nothing that was concrete. I never read the last few sentences of the passage though.</p>

<p>What about ‘undesirable’? Is that correct? I remember I was stuck between that and ‘inevitable’.</p>

<p>@lonely i don’t think that’s what the choice said. Wasn’t there a choice that went along the lines of “reflecting on the nature of writing”?
^ I picked that answer, but introduction sounds familiar, I think it was in there somewhere… maybe “introduces the authors reflection on the nature or writing” or something</p>

<p>there were two choices for “probably incorrect”… I think I picked the other one, not literature, anyone remember what it was?</p>

<p>So far I have either -4 or -5 wrong (probably closer to -5) anybody think this could still result in 750 or better?</p>

<p>I had thought “personal anecdote - introduction” was the same as the “nature of her writing” — can someone confirm that?</p>

<p>just my thoughts, I think “undesirable” and “probably occurred” are correct. (even though i had put probably did not occur…)</p>

<p>Damn, I never read the last paragraph. Does anyone remember the question on the movie passage that was something like “Different approaches to writing” or “Substance vs. structure or something”</p>

<p>Which is the answer? I chose the former I believe.</p>

<p>^it was style vs. substance</p>

<p>@Harambee
NO… I guess I was thinking too much into it…
But do you happen to remember other choices? I’m not sure but I think I picked “recurring”… What’s wrong with that answer choice?</p>

<p>@lonely, the other choice was 'definitely did not occur due to no historical documentation"</p>

<p>I put substance vs style, and it was asking what the purpose of the 4th paragraph was or something.</p>