Official Writing January 2005

<p>To get back on topic...</p>

<p>Anyone recall the question about the child prodigy? The sentence read, "thought precocious at the family", when it should've been "thought precious by the family", IMHO.</p>

<p>sexy,</p>

<p>Yes stupid bullcrap - I came and was asked to start Math.</p>

<p>I thought this was the case too - writing was the first test in the booklet so I thought we should start with that.</p>

<p>I discussed my aunt's divorce, and how she handled it by comforting her children, working double jobs when she didn't want to, and standing up to people who ridiculed her for splitting with her husband.</p>

<p>I'm pretty sure the third thing I mentioned is courageous, but what about the first two?</p>

<p>yeah..you're supposed too..stupid proctors..i really hate them..GR...</p>

<p>i realyl like pret..because women are looked down just because they split up with their husbands..guys always look good..losers..and plus it is really courageous to take care of your children on your own and two jobs yep..its way easier to stay with the azzhole....seems like an interesting essay..</p>

<p>Thanks for your thoughts, Desi. Let's hope the graders think the way you do. ;)</p>

<p>was sentence 12 supposed to go after sent 13?</p>

<p>Eh, I'm pretty sure that question was phrased differently. Damn my memory!</p>

<p>Not your question, 20/20. </p>

<p>I believe the sentence should have stayed where it was.</p>

<p>oh, i put it as the 2nd to last sent b/c the last sent was about how the lady hoped the community would continue to paint. crap. i hated the mc.</p>

<p>Do you recall what the sentence said?</p>

<p>something about how they stopped painting in the 1950s i think</p>

<p>Yeah, thanks. Maybe you are right? Let's hope not. ;)</p>

<p>No, the sentence made more sense after sentence 13... if I remember correctly, that made it complement sentence 14 better.</p>

<p>Were there any misuse of idioms. I think i found one... i don't remember which one though.</p>

<p>I did, a bunch of e's period. I also had a crappy essay, I didn't introduce that coruage has many faces until my ending sentence "...blah,blah,blah, proving courage has many different faces." Do you think I'll get lower than a 7/12 on my essay, if the rest is decent, for doing this?</p>

<p>the middle questions of the last set of MC 52-57 seemed to be awfully hard.</p>

<p>its impossible to determine what you will get on your essay bc its more subjective. if you daddled around and didnt answer the prompt then your going to be getting a midrange grade. you know how well you answered the prompt intuitively. how well you answered the prompt, your style, complexity, vocabulary, and grammar all add up too. but just realize that the better you felt you answered the prompt the better you did.</p>

<p>Was "desirous" an error in one of the sentences? Say yes.
Did you all get several Es during the last 10 questions?</p>

<p>You guys can get a lot wrong and still get an 800...</p>

<p>When I took it I got 3 identify sentence errors wrong, 2 improving sentences, 3 improving paragraphs wrong, and 11 on my essay...I got an 800</p>