Official US November SAT discussion

<p>Sorry to ask again, but for the writing questions, which ones did you all put ‘No Error’ for?</p>

<p>I put ‘no error’ for Sir Peter Blake the sailor, the 24 year-old author, and I should have but did not put ‘no error’ for the ‘lain in neglect’ one.</p>

<p>I put predictable for that one :S…</p>

<p>I don’t think the author was surprised because his whole argument is him saying how difficult it is for one to change his views on the subject, and he uses the college students as an example. I think the researchers were surprised but not the author, and I’m pretty sure the question was asking what the author thinks of it…</p>

<p>Also, why is “comical to accentuate a point” wrong for the “Woof!” question?</p>

<p>Anyone remembers the “facial nature of reporter’s interview” or “show how upset he is”</p>

<p>Also tradition vs. modern or order vs. chaos</p>

<p>It was facile nature of the interview (not facial haha) and tradition v. modern.</p>

<p>Was there another ‘No Error’ writing one - I think the city in Zimbabwe made without mortar? Or was that in the practice test I took (I’m conflating them haha).</p>

<p>and solid : substantial or uniform?</p>

<p>@carbon how come it’s facile?</p>

<p>substantial over uniform - there were even various names for the discipline.</p>

<p>@simonl, look up the meaning of ‘facile.’ She didn’t talk about the nuances of calligraphy such as why it remains important in the modern world. Rather she talked about superficial issues such as ‘winning’ while giving the impression that she was comprehensive (she exhausted her litany of questions including ones as trivial as ‘what kinda ink do you use?’). Nothing was deep or complex.</p>

<p>I was confident in my “predictable” answer choice. Don’t think it was surprised as the whole article stated otherwise.</p>

<p>Uh the question said "the author implies that this research results APPEAR to be… So I thought its surprising not predictable… The author knows its predictable but the tea researchers think its surprising</p>

<p>@carbon but i think in the article it means “one thing with various names” doesn’t that make sense?</p>

<p>Actually, given that the researchers were informing the somewhat surprised author, I thought the researchers weren’t surprised but rather predicted this. They had known before testing the college students that people assimilate theoretical knowledge into their outlook of life rather than the other way around.</p>

<p>i’m pretty sure it’s predictable
the researcher says that it’s surprising
but the question asks that:" the author indicates that the researchers’ finding regarding …" might be " "
obviously, the author has different idea than the researcher about that case</p>

<p>Can someone please confirm or argue against “comical to accentuate a point” for the “Woof!” question?</p>

<p>again anyone remembers the question of “defile”?</p>

<p>I think the answer was “surprised”. In the paragraph, it stated that “Even kids who took a first-year physics course [blah blah blah]…”. The “Even” part suggests that the study was surprising to the researchers.</p>

<p>@ Pigsgooink, wasn’t the answer “comical to emphasize a novel situation”? I put flippancy because he really was highlighting something undesirable (and hypothetical).</p>

<p>and for the question about “computerizing skin” anyone remembers the answer “breakthrough the field” or “view a phonomenon” or sth like that?</p>

<p>i agree ^ also, it didnt say “the author thinks…” i’d have put predictable if it said author thinks… it said the author implies that this research appear to be…</p>

<p>i tink the defile question was experimental</p>