*OFFICIAL* September 2012 ACT Reading Section Discussion

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<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>Oh, yeah! It asked something like why was the original system not very popular, or something like that.</p>

<p>@Steven, It pretty much said directly in the text that the peddlers sold them… It was like at the bottom left of the first column of text (no idea how I remember this…)</p>

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<p>lol another silly mistake… not looking forward to my score</p>

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<p>@wcclirl… what did you put for that lol… also… wasnt there also a question about loneliness? like what does the writer indicate bout his loneliness. I kno one of the choice was like, “it was preventing him from reaching the truth he wanted to get in his writing” and other was like, “it seriously challenged him from writing” and so on… that question actually troubled me… what did you pick?</p>

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<p>oh and another question. how did MobyDick was used in the interview? It was something like it is something that demonstrates the writer’s goal as a writer… wasnt it? i need consensus ^^</p>

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<h1>1/10. How does she remember Hinano? Through favorable personal experiences</h1>

<h1>3: Effect of Loneliness- “seriously challenged him from writing”</h1>

<p>“pasteboard from Moby Dick” - goals he sets to live life
wants to be reader’s company, not authority</p>

<p>what were other options for #3 why does the writer want to write?</p>

<h1>4 - Orignal Sipel/Passal- Not Understandable to Public</h1>

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<p>sqidu10, would you give me more explanation about #1/10. I dont remember that question what were the other choices</p>

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<p>did anyone got d’s in the last 5 question from the wind section??</p>

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<p>@kudosjisoo</p>

<p>loneliness was a very real and challenging part of his writing career or something like that.</p>

<p>he used the image (“pasteboard”) in Moby Dick for one of his fundamental goals in his writing</p>

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<p>what did you guys say reading a book was like?
I put the escape from reality answer but i don’t know if it was right.
AND THE SCIENCE HOLY ****.</p>

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<p>@helloimjoon, goooddd those are what I chosee :slight_smile: we aree almostt donee!</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
  9. How does she remember Hinano?
    Through favorable personal experience</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
  8. Moby Dick
    goals he sets for his life
  9. What does he want to be to reader
    company
  10. Effect of loneliness
    Challenging lifestyles</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
  6. Why was Siple nd Passel’s work not popular?
    It was hard for people to understand</p>
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<p>Oh. fourth passage, what algorithm does the author suggest? it was personal experience right</p>

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<p>does anyone remember any of the other passages?</p>

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<p>@kudosjisoo yup personal experience. i only remember answers not questions :P</p>

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<ol>
<li>Why did the girl and her friend work with the horse?
Labor of love</li>
<li>(writer story) Why did the writer want to write?
He wanted to do it for the better good
those are the only 2 we got differently! all the others were the same!
for the first one i said it was a hobby, and for the second i said to escape from reality.
i think the second one i said was wrong though.
also for the english section, there was a question and it was like how can it be said that its the same as every other year without a negative tone? what did you put?
also for the one that was talking about black gospels and hymms, did you put a comma, period or ; in between?
lastly for math, did anyone get 5 root 26 as an answer? and also for the rational question did you guys get 2/3?</li>
</ol>

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<p>@cheergirls english: ritual was always the same… isnt it?</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
  6. Why was Siple nd Passel’s work not popular?
    It was hard for people to understand
  7. What algorithm does the author suggest?
    personal experience</p>

<p>PLEASE … what are the other three questionsss help me out here!! lol</p>

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<p>Hey guys, does anyone remember that question from the wind chill passage about why weather forecasters use/include wind chill in their forecasts (or something like that)…</p>

<p>I put something like…to make it interesting because in the passage it said “to add an exclamation point to the banality of winter”. Not entirely sure what that implies…can anyone double check with me?</p>

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<p>MunCB22 please read through the thread before wasting other people’s time to answer an already solved question.</p>

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<p>one was like:
what was the point of the referring back to Siple and Passel definition of wind chill?
i think the answer was something about how it has always been inconsistent
also what did u get for the math ones?</p>

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<p>For question #3: Why did the author want to write? </p>

<p>I don’t remember what I put. Anybody remember the other options? All I remember is speeding through with the gist of the writer’s thoughts, that life was limiting and writing was a way to express imagination and share it with others or something.</p>

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<p>Does the author want to write to express imagination and share it with others or does he write because he wants to do it for the better good?</p>

<p>@kudosjisoo The author recounts her passage through favorable experiences with Hinano.</p>