Official October SAT Critical Reading Discussion

<p>@Echelon11</p>

<p>The first passage doesn’t relate peer work to creative writing classes’ value, though. It only mentions classmate cooperation as one of the ways people became good writers before the creation of writing classes.</p>

<p>In any case, it is indisputable that both passages agree that creative writing classes can be ‘useful but not necessary’. Passage 1 - creative writing classes can help you earn a degree and are another means of becoming as good of a writer, though as people in the past have done this without classes. Passage 2 - classes provide valuable teacher and peer feedback, but most become good writers after reading</p>

<p>Agreed. In the end, he specifically states that although some people might see this theory as eccentric, there was no evidence for the ape understanding language completely. He never wavered or shed light on the other side’s argument.</p>

<p>@King</p>

<p>While nothing is certain, I think there’s a general conensus that the questions show off his “uniqueness” - or whatever it was that the answer was. I really don’t see how easily persuaded could be the answer.</p>

<p>Agree with you GoodJobBro.
@GalindatheGood:
Disagree with “readily willing to challenge perceived notions.”
Also, it was definitely “has not been proven wrong yet”
And I don’t agree with alternative explanation. It was related to sharing info</p>

<p>@800, the first passage basically said there was no value in classes. It was definitely peers.</p>

<p>The whole passage did not have anything to do with his uniqueness. It had to do with him giving everything away to his daughter. Why would he try to make a “point” that he was unique? It doesn’t make sense when looking at the context of the whole passage.</p>

<p>@Echelon</p>

<p>I don’t think the first passage supported the idea of peers. He mentioned that writers used to get critqued objectively, and that that is no longer the case. </p>

<p>I don’t know why nobody’s thinking of</p>

<p>“talented writers most likely don’t attend”.</p>

<p>@Kingshrey13</p>

<p>I’m confident that he showed his uniqueness in responding to his teacher’s questions.</p>

<p>I’m also pretty sure that it was ‘appreciated his daughters attention but was ambivalent’. He loves his daughter and appreciates her inquisitiveness, but is ambivalent about her eagerness because he, as the passage explicitly states, tries to sieve the uncomfortable experiences from what he feels comfortable sharing with her, but ends up telling her everything even if he didn’t intend to.</p>

<p>It would be ridiculous to state that a talented writer has never attended a writing class. Most today probably have.</p>

<p>@GoodJobBro</p>

<p>what were the other options?</p>

<p>I also agree with 800 that it was useful but not essential, the first passage never said anything negative about classes nor positive.</p>

<p>Also, for the Dinosaurs, were the dinosaurs portrayed in an ‘unflattering’ light before their new image? They used to be seen as immobile, impersonal (as opposed to maternal), and “boneheaded”</p>

<p>And for the daughter passage, the things that pass through ‘the sieve’ are the experiences he feels comfortable sharing.</p>

<p>It was definetely unflattering. he mentioned that the dinosuars heads were “too big to stay afloat” and the"boneheaded monkey"</p>

<p>@flickor, they were:</p>

<p>thought they were useful but unecessary
valued input from peers</p>

<p>HEY GUYS CAN U PLEASE HELP ME OUT? For whomever had 4 CR sections, do you remember what the 2 passages in the CR Sections 2 and 3 were on?
Was section 2 was on mars and venus?</p>

<p>@King,</p>

<p>If he never said anything positive, how can you assume he found them useful. The only thing he clearly mentioned was input from peers</p>

<p>mars and venus was experimental</p>

<p>Yeah I agree with kingshrey13 and 800 that the creative writing workshop is useful but not essential. Did any one find the word completition part to be hard?</p>

<p>Did the second passage mention input from peers? If I recall correctly, it only mentioned writing a lot and reading a lot of books.</p>

<p>@Echelon11</p>

<p>He did say positive things about classes. He said it could make you a good writer and get you a degree.</p>

<p>The ‘input from peers’ part of Passage 1 had to do with literary culture before the introduction of writing classes, so that answer is incorrect.</p>