*OFFICIAL* September 2012 ACT Reading Section Discussion

<p>Scores will be on your account Sep 24 - Nov 2. They give a really big margin haha</p>

<p>For the question #27 about the purpose of the writer:</p>

<p>“I have to believe that imagining a story will somehow help people to imagine a way around difficulty. And that by encouraging a sense of hope, some woman, some man, will exercise their imagination in a way we could not have foreseen and that will be our blessing and our release from pessimism. Somebody will see a different way to do things. Stories, in some way, work as blueprints for the imagination.”</p>

<p>“So when I say a literature of hope, I mean a literature that gives you the opportunity to be hopeful about your own circumstances or circumstances for your family or your larger community.”</p>

<p>These quotes make it seem that his purpose of writing is to spark imagination in the reader.</p>

<p>@usamopro, of course I understood that. You’re right, any good reader should be able to. What I said was that after she said she was tired of the “ovals” (tracks), she said she was looking forward to riding in the mountains. This makes sense, since she was tired of the same old thing. She explicitly stated she would be going to the mountains later that week. I’d appreciate it if you weren’t so condescending in your reply.</p>

<p>@ballislife. I agree that he wants to spark imagination in the reader. I was going to choose that (D) as an answer choice, but there was a one part that bothered me. The wording of the choice D was something like, “He wanted to escape from real life by sparking imagination to the reader”. I wasn’t sure, in fact, i am sure, that He did not become writer to “escape”</p>

<ol>
<li>What did the girl and her grandfather share? (passage 1)</li>
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<p>Does anyone remember the choices for this one?</p>

<p>their place of birth, rikaww or something</p>

<p>Need34orAbove read the thread before asking about a question that was answered a long, long time ago.</p>

<p>^ Don’t remember. Love for horses, and the island of Rwakrkrka. Answer was island of Rarwrkwor lol </p>

<p>I’m so desperate to see my scores. forreal. I’m used to finding out how I did within a few minutes after the test since I grade them myself :P</p>

<p>@wcclirl444: I was asking about the CHOICES, not the answer. I wanted to remember what I chose.<br>
Please, read the response before putting someone down and making yourself look like an idiot.</p>

<p>How do you Guys think the curve will be?</p>

<p>@The Nexus: Are you sure? I think I put a love for horses.</p>

<p>What was the answer to the question in the seed passage asking about which statement can best be supported by the passage?</p>

<p>@marcut that’s what I put</p>

<p>I’m hoping that the curve for 36 will be at least 59-60 if not 58-60 simply due to the number of horribly worded questions that this section had.</p>

<p>CAN WE FINISH THIS LIST PLEASE… LETS THINKKK </p>

<p>FIRST PASSAGE.

  1. Which would least explain the memory of the track (horse passage)(reminscing and mentioning sensory details about the musty smell/taste/etc.)
    She is presently at the track (can’t be cause she’s on the bus)
    She is not currently at
    <strong><em>NOT CONFIRMED</em></strong>
    2.Which of the first occurred first chronologically (bus/horse story)
    Riding a horse
  2. What did the girl and her grandfather share?
    They shared being born on the same island (Rawkrwwna or something like that lol)
  3. Question talking about bangs and pangs in her body lines 44-46
    A feeling of longing
  4. What did it mean when the girl said the horse was tired" of going round and round"?
    The horses exercising on the track
  5. Why did the girl and her friend work with the horse?
    Labor of love
  6. What was the family doing on the bus?
    They all kept to themselves
  7. Which of these questions was not answered?( First passage riding bus/horse passage)
    Why they were moving to Texas.
  8. Which is an example of personifcation?
    The wind whistling</p>

<p>SECOND PASSAGE

  1. What were the chicahona trees used for?
    Antimalaria treatment
  2. [I can’t remember the question, but the answer was]
    The seeds were not native there
  3. What does “take away” in context mean here?
    Take away from the New World / Bring back to the Old World
  4. When were plants/animals first domesticated?
    Before history was even recorded
  5. Where were seeds not stored?
    In deep complex chambers??
  6. What can we infer from the passage about the ancient egyptians seeds?
    Peddlers sold them
  7. What effect did the seeds have?
    promote commerce/economic growth
  8. What was the purpose of the one of the paragraphs?
    To show how humans played a role in spreading the seeds</p>

<p>THIRD PASSAGE

  1. What is an example of “tasty popcorn” the author gives
    A car in an advertisement
  2. What is the “space” the author is referring too
    A psychological space
  3. (writer story) Why did the writer want to write?
    He wanted to do it for the better good
  4. There was one question in the write passage I think it asked what does the author think a story really is? Last question of the passage
    Blueprint for the imagination
  5. Writer passage can’t remember question.
    It was a result of consequences rather than sacrifices
  6. What makes the writer mad because it was a neglected issue?
    Global warming
  7. How was the interviewer’s 3rd question was different from the first two
    The interviewer looked at the author’s works beforehand</p>

<p>FOURTH PASSAGE

  1. What is the authors tone in early lines talking about wind chill temperatures?
    Slightly mocking
  2. What does wind chill really measure?
    Your skin temperature meeting with the air’s temperature
  3. What did the author suggest we do with wind chill temperatures?
    Abolish it altogether
  4. How did Siple and Passel measure wind chill?
    Observed how long it took for water bottles to freeze
  5. What caused obceveski and other russian sounding name to get interested in the topic?
    They noticed inconsistencies with real temperature and wind chill temperature</p>

<p>Was Raiatea the island in the passage?</p>

<p>“According to the tradition of the Maori (Polynesian people of New Zealand), Raiatea is the place from which all of eastern Polynesia was colonized.” [Hiro</a> (Maori figure) – Britannica Online Encyclopedia](<a href=“Hiro | Maori figure | Britannica”>Hiro | Maori figure | Britannica)</p>

<p>Seems right to me. If this is it, I’ll keep googling to find the passage.</p>

<h1>1 in the 4th passage should be in the 3rd passage…</h1>

<p>i remembered one question… what was wrong with Siple and passel’s work… and it was something like… it was hard for people to understand something like that… right</p>

<p>Is there any D’s in the last column of reading section???</p>

<p>i dont get second passage #6… how was that suggested?</p>