<p>I put insincere instead of naive =//</p>
<p>So, i got that one wrong + the double meaning + the 2nd question for the stupid aunt</p>
<p>What is the main purpose of passage 1 of the historian thing? To clarify a misconception or to show the benefit of knowing history? </p>
<p>CAN WE PLEASE DISCUSS THE HISTORY PASSAGES</p>
<p>ilove- oh man i had a hard time choosing that one.. i chose benefit...</p>
<p>but not sure... what did others get?</p>
<p>was it historian's reliability or relevance of the past to the present?
some1 help me out please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>author 1 never talks about historians really.</p>
<p>I think that it was to show the benefit of knowing history...that's all the author talks about.</p>
<p>here is what i have so far. if you remember a question thats not here yet, or disagree with one of the answers, let me know.</p>
<p>CRITICAL READING</p>
<p>Sentence Completion:
:halcyon....company
:consummate....lab researcher
:create/feasible....cheap cure? or was it accessible.
:vibrant....painters colors
:/<em>/</em>/obdurate....ideas and opinions of the girl
:resilient....dutch
:enigma....greta garbo
:servile
:improvident
:diligent....nasa
:/<em>/</em>/placid/outraged....a woman is able to control her temper</p>
<p>8 more.</p>
<p>Psychics (short passage):
:sardonic
:charlatan</p>
<p>Aunt Sylvie (short passage):
:double meaning....evening in three syllables
:she wanted the outdoors in her house?....mermaid</p>
<p>Physics (long passage):
:wist/<em>/</em>/ful....tone
:/<em>/</em>/overabundance? stampede....crush
:scientists want social interaction....why do they meet in conferences?
:undiscovered scientific truths....plums
:staying objective has practical benefits....what was the purpose of the moon quote?
:never uncreative....ptolemy
:accuses....what does he not do?
:scientists had to accept an uncomfortable truth...."very well"
:/<em>/</em>/personal experience/objective fact....two communications
:how they were formed?....universality</p>
<p>Candy Factory (two short passages):
:facetious/earnest?
:naive....what would the second passage think of the first?
:mechanic....what do the passages agree about?</p>
<p>1 more question.</p>
<p>History (two long passages):
:historians are valuable and indispensable guides....what does passage one think about historians?
:the importance of history....main idea of passage
:the reliability of history/historians....what do they disagree on most?
:/<em>/</em>/objective....tribunal
:they would be skeptical.... what would the minority in passage 2 about history as a guide
:/<em>/</em>/people are vulnerable to persuasion....gaping</p>
<p>about 6 more questions.</p>
<p>Sailor (long passage):
:distressed but determined to persevere....captains voice
:resides....a disadvantage of the sea "lies" in the fact that, what does lie mean?
:/<em>/</em>/power of the sea....main point
:the sea is both dangerous and beautiful
:the waves come one after another
:aesthetically pleasing....picturesque</p>
<p>Photographs (long passage):
:constricting force? absence of tradition?....no photographs on the wall
:looking at the childhood diaries....what is similar to what they were doing?
:intrusion....how did she feel as a child about the photographs?
:its important to have them always on display....photo album vs. photos on wall
:heritage....constructing identities
:extreme behavior of adults....obsession</p>
<p>healing process goes somewhere</p>
<p>author 1 refers to historians, but he does mention the methodolgy of the historians</p>
<p>and back to what someone said earlier</p>
<p>it is oracle because if u look at the question the question is asking "based on line 1" you're pulling an assumption that the author is making that the psychics are frauds you're not actually using the text to prove</p>
<p>yay! i hope we're right want2b...</p>
<p>chinnu, i don't really understand which question ur talking about.. could you clarify?</p>
<p>"objective....tribunal" wasnt illuminating also part of the answer</p>
<p>luckycoin11: the one which asks on which idea do author 1 and author 2 disagree?
the choices were historian's reliability and relevance of the past to the present</p>
<p>so what is the answer for the one where the passage says like "what really confuses me is why psychihcs would go on hotlines instead of going to wall street." is it sardonic or the confused one?</p>
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it is oracle
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<p>i thought most people agreed it was charlatan. does anyone else think its oracle?</p>
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"objective....tribunal" wasnt illuminating also part of the answer
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<p>oh, maybe. i dont remember if that was a two parter.</p>
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so what is the answer for the one where the passage says like "what really confuses me is why psychihcs would go on hotlines instead of going to wall street." is it sardonic or the confused one?
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<p>thats the sardonic one.</p>
<p>for the two communications//did u put how universality is achived or how it is interpreted</p>
<p>for the tribunal one, is objective the same one as the illuminating one? cuz i only remember my answer had illuminating...</p>
<p>i put how it is achieved... i hope tahts' right</p>
<p>Sardonic is too extreme of a word..it means "biting" or "characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering". From what I read, the author seemed genuinely "baffled"...</p>
<p>oh, chinnu, for that one i put reliability of historians..</p>
<p>the one which asks on which idea do author 1 and author 2 disagree?
the choices were historian's reliability and relevance of the past to the present</p>
<p>and i agree with baffled</p>
<p>does everyone agree that the answer is 'discredit the validity of a project' instead of 'present a strongly held belief"?</p>
<p>no i said present a strongly held belief</p>
<p>can anyone give me the question for the tribunal..</p>
<p>oh, i put present a strongly held opinion. because its his opinion, and he feels strongly about it. i didnt think that there was enough about a project to say that.</p>