<p>I think the irresponsibility you're talking about was another question? Because another one asked about who the "porcupine woman" is analogous to in the real world, and the answer was something about irresponsible people who prepare inadequately. Something like that.</p>
<p>so guys, i can`t find my answer among those answer choices cited for beaver question. there is still need for a person with good memory for question answers, please!</p>
<p>For the question about "difficult" I put understatement and then changed it to exaggeration. If I remember correctly the author said something about euphemism and that means to replace a mild word with a harsher one. And wouldnt that also explain why difficult was in quotes? So if hes replacing a mild word with a harsher one (difficult) wouldnt that be exagerration?
I really dont know anymore..., I dont even know why Im still visiting this board, it just makes me feel worse about how I did.</p>
<p>And I also remember the difficult was referring to her life. Well I didnt get any impression that she lived a difficult life.</p>
<p>For the writing question "make or break", was the answer "support or dispute"? Because some people are saying be "critical of".</p>
<p>Euphemism is to replace a harsher word with a milder one, like "passing away" instead of "die". It's understatement because the reading said that the Tanaina lived a "difficult" life because they lived in a harsh area where there were few sources. It wasn't referring to the porcupine woman herself.</p>
<p>I think it was "be critical to", because the relations in Antarctica are tenuous. Also make or break implies that it's really extreme. Support or dispute is too mild to fit "make or break".</p>
<p>Halcyon you're right I might be thinking of a different question. This thread is really self-defeating...We only have to wait a few weeks and now we're just nitpicking.</p>
<p>However: be critical of is even milder, and implies no actual result. I just can't see that making sense.</p>
<p>Well I looked up euphemism on dictionary.com and this is what I got: The act or an example of substituting a mild, indirect, or vague term for one considered harsh, blunt, or offensive.
I forget, what/who is Tanaina again?...</p>
<p>no it wasn't be critical of. It was be critical TO. If it was be critical OF, then support or dispute would be the best answer.</p>
<p>When it says substitute for, it means the first one replaces the second lol. The definition is a bit confusing >>, but euphemism is definitely saying somethign milder instead of harsher.</p>
<p>Tanaina was the tribe that had the story of the porcupine woman.</p>
<p>the euphemism one is definately "understatement."</p>
<p>Are you sure it was critical to?</p>
<p>Yeah I checked the question over and over cuz I was unsure of it. It was to, not of.</p>
<p>Ahh yes, yea your right, the definition is confusing. Yea, definitely understatement then.</p>
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<p>This is stressing me out...</p>
<p>The first question on the Tainana story, I think it was something about what the author meant by "meaning," that was culturally determined right?</p>
<p>Gxing- what question are you talking about?</p>
<p>The one where it asks the purpose of the last sentence of the paragraph? It was something like "So it is a surprise that black holes are so closely intertwined with the formation of distant stars."</p>
<p>It was to refute a previous argument (I dun remember the wording of the answer). Because the passage talked about how black holes are actually weak even though they seem so strong to us. And then scientists "long believed" that. And since it's a "surprise" that they're closely intertwined, it refutes the belief that black holes are weak. That's what I thought anyway lol.</p>