September 2010 ACT English Discussion

<p>I’m going to paraphrase because I don’t remember</p>

<p>How did lines ##-## show that Houdini was good at self promotion? (lol I’m sorry, i don’t remember if this was really the question or not, but this was what it was asking)</p>

<p>It referred to that last part of the passage where he flew the plane in Australia.</p>

<p>I think, the one sentence that ppl discuss on the previous posts, “it was rice seasib”, was “it is rice season” So i deleted it. Because it didnt really go along with the previous sentence on the passage.</p>

<p>Yes it did. Before that, it was describing what happens during rice season. Then it says “it is rice season”</p>

<p>If you deleted it, the rest of the passage wouldn’t have made sense, because there was nothing to introduce “rice” or whatever.</p>

<p>i thought it is rice season worked well. i didn’t move it.</p>

<p>i think it showed that because he drew a sizable crowd or w.e</p>

<p>but did you guys get b, g, b, g (4 in a row of b/g) on the englishwoman passage?</p>

<p>it was “said” that didn’t work.
she wrote what english people wanted to hear right…
it was “and the uncouth sailors” or w.e</p>

<p>and then finally, it was “Americans, she noted, “had…””</p>

<p>right?</p>

<p>^ As far as I remember, I got all the same ones you did.</p>

<p>The rice season choice shouldn’t have been kept. They talk about how rice is important to the Natives, and then say “It was rice season”? How does that even flow?</p>

<p>It wasn’t talking about how rice is important to the Natives, it was describing what happens during rice season.</p>

<p>i thought it fitted perfectly.</p>

<p>im just nervous cause i got 4 b/g’s in a row. that tripped me out</p>

<p>^I remember that. I got that too…</p>

<p>yea that made me nervous</p>

<p>also, after the part where it was “amercans, she noted, “had…””, there was the question where you could replace i think it was “one” with you , they , or etc…
i picked they… thats right right?</p>

<p>^i don’t remember that. Elaborate.</p>

<p>Um. it was like</p>

<p>"Americans, she noted, "had a…sdf.as.d “, and one also took pride in their own government.” </p>

<p>we were supposed to pick something to replace “one”
i put “they”.
this was one of the last questions.</p>

<p>^oh yes i remember. “they” was correct.</p>

<p>“It was rice season” was perfect right where it was as the 2nd sentence. The first sentence explained how you could hear the sound of canoes in the river or something and the next sentence, “it was rice reason,” explains the preceding sentence. The third sentence goes on to elaborate about rice, so you would need that sentence in the 2nd slot. Though it’s a short sentence, it’s dramatic in the sense that it’s simple and to the point.</p>

<p>i was freaking out about keeping the sentence there. statistically deleting it is the right choice, but luckily i actually used my brain and not stats and kept it</p>

<p>^ yes you kept that sentence.
what was the answer to the “eight foot wide, separate bike lanes” questions? I dont think youd put a comma cause then ‘eight foot wide’ would be incorrect and ‘in addition’ would make it a fragment. I remember putting ‘also’ as my answer…</p>

<p>^what? no…The answer was No Change.</p>

<p>^yeah you needed that comma.</p>

<p>it was no change</p>

<p>^ Can someone tell me the exact sentence?</p>

<p>ok i am not reading 22 pages worth of discussion lol so i was wondering… what did you guys put for the circus guys nick name changed form "something: to “something”. my question is … were the commas suppose to be in the quotation marks ?</p>