<p>I was wondering why so many people believe effusive is the right answer. Supercilious is right.</p>
<ol>
<li>alleviate</li>
<li>lucid…unencumbered</li>
<li>demagogue</li>
<li>effusive (debated) supercilious<===== really wanna agree with you guys, bc i put supercilious down, but my genius friend put effusive, so i dk.</li>
<li>explosive…belied</li>
<li>deftly…unnecessary</li>
<li>paragon…frugality</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>Mars question: Both evidence are conducive to life on earth.</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>he cites examples of a type of reading</p>
<p>birthright- opportunity to learn about the world </p>
<p>the painting passage:</p>
<p>first two paragraphs talk about how she wanted to be a sculptor/ (being debated) she was frustrated with her work</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>
<p>last para elaborated on how she fell in love</p>
<p>the pathogens passage: (NEED HELP, DON’T REMEMBER ANY ANSWERS!)</p>
<p>The bacteria question 2%: Most bacteria slipped into the country</p>
<p>Most people were unaware that they were helping spread tree disease or w.e</p>
<p>immortalize herself, dangit again i erased the right answer!!!</p>
<p>the “desert island” meant that the less books there were, the more people would appreciate them
i dont agree, i think it showed it talked about those people were the ones that would read a book for details alot</p>
<p>birthright
i think i put they had opportunity not sure though, i know i put somethig to do with worldy awareness</p>
<p>it’s how she was frustrated with her work! big picture, people!</p>
<p>oh, and cast=“put forth”</p>
<p>and i can only remember the question, but the mars one regarding what both passages used. i think it was something like new research? might be getting muddled with something else…</p>
<p>how would LARGE amounts hlep out</p>
<p>it would support passage 1 of the oceans</p>
<ol>
<li>alleviate</li>
<li>lucid…unencumbered</li>
<li>demagogue</li>
<li>effusive (debated) supercilious<===== really wanna agree with you guys, bc i put supercilious down, but my genius friend put effusive, so i dk.</li>
<li>explosive…belied</li>
<li>deftly…unnecessary</li>
<li>paragon…frugality</li>
<li>challenging…(the doctor had a challenging task or something)</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>Mars question: Both evidence are conducive to life on earth.</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>he cites examples of a type of reading</p>
<p>birthright- opportunity to learn about the world</p>
<p>the painting passage:</p>
<p>first two paragraphs talk about how she wanted to be a sculptor/ (being debated) she was frustrated with her work</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>
<p>last para elaborated on how she fell in love</p>
<p>the pathogens passage: (NEED HELP, DON’T REMEMBER ANY ANSWERS!)</p>
<p>The bacteria question 2%: Most bacteria slipped into the country</p>
<p>Most people were unaware that they were helping spread tree disease or w.e</p>
<p>does anybody remember CR question on like “bear” means pertain to or carried forward</p>
<p>@neot: passage two implies that large amounts indicate bodies of water, while small amounts could be simply collected from outside matter.</p>
<p>@powerbomb: pertain to, if i remember correctly</p>
<p>the mars:</p>
<p>one question was about how author 1 would respond to author 2’s arguments. It was either C- surprised at an attack on a deeply held theory or D- reluctant acceptance–the 2nd passage was only indirectly about water.</p>
<p>large amounts of carbonate would support passage 1’s claims (because large amounds indicate oceans) like powerbomb said</p>
<p>i think it was E, i dont think it was reluctant acceptance or something i think Passage 1 would use it for corroborating evidence</p>
<p>bwt it wanst conductive to life on earth; it was recent studies both passages used</p>
<p>never talked about being sculptor (later she said she gave up that idea), main idea was her frustration with work</p>
<p>I said surprised. (wait, it said large amount of carbonate? dang)</p>
<p>wasn’t the second blank to the doctor one “aid”? sort of talking about when she returned to the village, it was not without hardship and she had to treat the disease without aid? (roughly)</p>
<p>@ ingette (btw, can you tell me the origin of this ?)</p>
<p>that does sound familiar… I remember the vocab wasn’t particularly hard.</p>
<p>@fluffy: william inge is a favorite playwright of mine, plus -ette as a feminine dimunitive. woo wordplay! haha</p>
<p>now, do you happen to have copious amounts of fluffy hair? i have to say i picture a little, white furball of a dog…</p>
<p>ha!
I have a peculiar fondness for the “f” sound (i know it sounds pathetic compared to your virtuosic admiration of a playwright)- muffin, fluffy etc.</p>
<p>I think my bio teacher helped me develop that. His favorite phrases were, “water is polar” “life is complex,” “humans are fluffy.”</p>
<p>wow, your teacher sounds really interesting. but why “humans are fluffy”?</p>
<p>sorry, this is (very) unrelated to the psat cr.</p>
<p>Hey guys. I’m going to take the PSAT on Saturday. Is it a completely different test than the one you guys took today?</p>
<p>yes, it will be a completely different test.</p>
<p>Yo guys I have a question about the Mars passage.</p>
<p>It asks how would the author of one respond to author’s two findings. Won’t it be “surprised?”</p>
<p>no its concurrence</p>
<p>Large amounts would support passage 1s arguemnt that oceans existed</p>