*OFFICIAL* June 2012 ACT English section discussion

<p>Illusion
and protect it</p>

<p>Does anybody know if the volcano info was relevant??</p>

<p>OMG LOL the hallway jumble of something and umbrellas part too me sooo long. I was like, semicolon? Why is there no choice with the word “a” ?!</p>

<p>I said no for volcano because it was about the plant, not the volcano. The height of the volcano has nothing to do with anything.</p>

<p>What’s this one question people keep talking about? The it/itself one? I don’t remember that.</p>

<p>It was were-- would of been and could of been should be would have and could have…Did anyone get “Can” for an unacceptable option.</p>

<p>@calllikid I said it was irrelevant. The height of the volcano didn’t matter because the paragraph was about a plant, and it didn’t add anything useful. Although, I could be wrong.</p>

<p>@alargeblackman14 I’m pretty sure I put “can” for an unacceptable option.</p>

<p>I put no comma on jumble. Do people really not know what jumble means?</p>

<p>@Callli I did say relevant because habitat…the extreme height of the volcano clearly shows how the plant is special for living so high up</p>

<p>After I figured out there was no punctuation for the jumble sentence the whole thing made perfect sense :stuck_out_tongue: Though “, a jumble of ____ and umbrellas” should have been an answer.</p>

<p>Yeah that question should definitely be thrown out… ACT writers smh…</p>

<p>that jumble question… i was staring at it for a good minute thinking “*** IS THIS?” i hope they throw it out</p>

<p>If it is “thrown out” do we get it right or does it not count? I got the answer, I want my point.</p>

<p>There is one that was “could of” and “would of”
I think it was about the plant. I don’t remember the rest.
Anyone?</p>

<p>“Could of” and “would of” are both wrong, at least.</p>

<p>I chose itself because i felt it was an objective case noun</p>

<p>I found that the entryway was describing the jumble</p>

<p>First of all, they do not “throw out” questions. Ever. They simply lower the curve one point if they see that one of the questions was overly difficult or subjective (like the jumble one…however the answer without punctuation was the only one that could have been properly deduced). However, I’d honestly doubt that they are going to make the curve for English anything less than -0 for a 36.
I’ve heard of it happening once. So it’s possible, but highly unlikely.</p>

<p>so do we have a consensus on the diode, or LED, question at the beginning of the last passage?</p>

<p>what was the full answer choice…</p>

<p>Was one of the questions in the plant passage the longest answer choice that had the name of the flower in it? I felt it needed the name to be clearer</p>

<p>for the plant one, the answer was neither “it” nor “itself”. the sentence was saying that the SILVER HAIRS protected “the plant”. Putting “it” or “itself” would indicate that the silver hairs on the plant were protecting…the hairs</p>

<p>I don’t remember “the plant” being a choice, but if it was, then it’s right, by nomnom’s reasoning.</p>