PSAT October 15 CR Compilation Thread

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<p>lets go guys!</p>

<p>here’s some i remember:</p>

<p>(vocab)</p>

<li>alleviate</li>
<li>lucid…unencumbered</li>
<li>demagogue</li>
<li>effusive</li>
<li>volatile…subdued</li>
</ol>

<p>comedian passages:</p>

<p>both authors used personal voice</p>

<p>author of passage one would completely agree with quotation</p>

<p>attitudes were: p1 characterized the comedian’s efforts as futile, and auth of p2 admired the audacity of the comedian</p>

<p>“base” meant foundation in context</p>

<p>mars passages: </p>

<p>p1 was topographical, p2 was mineralogical</p>

<p>if more carbonates were found it would directly support p1</p>

<p>information passage:</p>

<p>the one about erasmus shows shifting attitudes</p>

<p>the “contemporary dweller” shows worldly awareness</p>

<p>the “desert island” meant that the less books there were, the more people would appreciate them</p>

<p>LET’S DO THIS!</p>

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<p>6.prosaic </p>

<p>It was in one of the SC choices.</p>

<p>EDIT: NVM I thought you were asking for what vocab words were in it. I agree with Shark btw.</p>

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<ol>
<li>is not effusive…it’s supercilious.</li>
</ol>

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<p>yeah, it’s effusive</p>

<p>positive</p>

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<ol>
<li>volatile…subdued</li>
</ol>

<p>Nah I think it’s “belied” Isn’t it the Mt. Helen question?</p>

<p>6.prosaic </p>

<p>I think it’s lucid+unencumbered. Prosaic has a negative connotation. It doesn’t work well with the sentence because it praises the poet’s works.</p>

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<p>no its supercilious.</p>

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<p>its effusive</p>

<p>it has to be</p>

<p>the sc was all about how the guy was never extravagant in showing emotion, how he was temperate…he was never…effusive.</p>

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<p>the sc was all about how the guy was never extravagant in showing emotion, how he was temperate…he was never…effusive.</p>

<p>I put “somber” for that one.</p>

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<p>(vocab)</p>

<ol>
<li>alleviate</li>
<li>lucid…unencumbered</li>
<li>demagogue</li>
<li>effusive</li>
<li>volatile…subdued</li>
<li>deftly…unnecessary</li>
</ol>

<p>passage about alexander the great:</p>

<p>purpose was to show divergent views of alexander the great</p>

<p>the line question basically showed how alexander the great was obsessed with power</p>

<p>comedian passages:</p>

<p>both authors used personal voice</p>

<p>author of passage one would completely agree with quotation</p>

<p>attitudes were: p1 characterized the comedian’s efforts as futile, and auth of p2 admired the audacity of the comedian</p>

<p>“base” meant foundation in context</p>

<p>mars passages:</p>

<p>p1 was topographical, p2 was mineralogical</p>

<p>if more carbonates were found it would directly support p1</p>

<p>information passage:</p>

<p>the one about erasmus shows shifting attitudes</p>

<p>the “contemporary dweller” shows worldly awareness</p>

<p>the “desert island” meant that the less books there were, the more people would appreciate them</p>

<p>the painting passage:</p>

<p>first two paragraphs talk about how she wanted to be a sculptor (POSITIVE ON THIS)</p>

<p>the parenthetical sentence was about how she admired mishigi’s paintings</p>

<p>she had a desire to create powerful art</p>

<p>she wanted to immortalize herself in art</p>

<p>she liked mishigi’s art because it displayed vitality</p>

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<p>dude just use the other PSAT thread…</p>

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<p>power, there are way too many people posting on that thread at the same time.</p>

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<p>first two paragraphs talk about how she wanted to be a sculptor (POSITIVE ON THIS)</p>

<p>No, the first two para talked about how she was frustrated with her work. Sculptor was only a side idea.</p>

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<p>I thought the one with supercilious was the one about the guy treating everyone with respect and as his equal, so he wasn’t supercilious, which means arrogant. </p>

<p>What was number 2 about? I forgot the question.</p>

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<p>i agree with kscnoko about showing she was frustrated with her work</p>

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<p>kscnoko, that’s what i thought initially.
but you had to look pretty closely</p>

<p>it said later on in the 1st or 2nd para that her frustrations were only a minor factor</p>

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<p>I’m pretty sure it’s supercilious.</p>

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<p>I agree with Kscnoko about the first two paragraphs talking about her frustration of her work. It only mentioned she wanted to be a sculptor because she was frustrated at first with her painting.</p>

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<p>no. 2 was about</p>

<p>if people want to enjoy and understand this book, this author’s lucid…whatever can’t remember it lol</p>

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<p>yeah seriously this is not the voice of the people</p>

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<p>yeah, i’m almost positive it’s supercilious.</p>