The Official November 2014 SAT Thread (INTERNATIONAL)

<p>9 days</p>

<p>8 and a half yo</p>

<p>7 days…</p>

<p>is the sat.collegeboard site down for you guys? </p>

<p>yes</p>

<p>6 days :O</p>

<p>WHY DOES IT FEEL LIKE A LIFETIME AWAY <em>faints dramatically</em></p>

<p>What do you guys think the Reading curve is going to be like? </p>

<p>I think -2 is 800?</p>

<p>"These stories of absence are interesting not so much because of what the say about the lowly status of the wood-cased pencil as an artifact as because of what they say about our awareness of and our attitudes toward common things, processes, events, or even ideas that appear to have little intrinsic, permanent, or special value. An object like the pencil is generally considered unremarkable, and it is taken for granted. It is taken for granted because it is abundant, inexpensive, and as familiar as speech.</p>

<p>Yet the pencil need be no cliché. It can be as powerful a metaphor as the pen, as rich a symbol as the flag. Artists have long counted the pencil among the tools of their trade, and have even identified with the drawing medium. Andrew Wyeth described his pencil as a fencer’s foil; Toulouse-Lautrec said of himself, “I am a pencil”; and the Moscow-born Paris illustrator and caricaturist Emmanuel Poiré took his pseudonym from the Russian word for pencil, ‘karandash.’ In turn, the Swiss pencil-making firm of Caran d’Ache was named after this artist, and a stylized version of his signature is now used as a company logo.</p>

<p>The pencil, the tool of doodlers, stands for thinking and creativity, but at the same time, as the toy of children, it symbolizes spontaneity and immaturity. Yet the pencil’s graphite is also the ephemeral medium of thinkers, planners, drafters, architects, and engineers, the medium to be erased, revised, smudged, obliterated, lost - or inked over. Ink, on the other hand, whether in a book or on plans or on a contract, signifies finality and supersedes the pencil drafts and sketches. If early pencilings interest collectors, it is often because of their association with the permanent success written or drawn in ink. Unlike graphite, to which paper is like sandpaper, ink flows smoothly and fills in the nooks and crannies of creation. Ink is the cosmetic that ideas will wear when they go out in the public. Graphite is their Q2: <dirty truth="">.</dirty></p>

<p>A glance at the index to any book of familiar quotations will corroborate the fact that there are scores of quotation extolling the pen for every one, if that, mentioning the pencil. Q1: <yet, while="" the="" conventional="" wisdom="" may="" be="" that="" pen="" is="" mightier="" than="" sword,="" pencil="" has="" come="" to="" weapon="" of="" choice="" those="" wishing="" make="" better="" pens="" as="" well="" swords.=""> It is often said that “everything begins with a pencil,” and indeed it is the preferred medium of designers. In on recent study of the nature of the design process, engineers balked when they were asked to record their thought processes with a pen. While the directors of the study did not want the subjects to be able to erase their false starts or alter their records of creativity, the engineers did not feel comfortable or natural without a pencil in their hands when asked to comment on designing a new bridge or better mousetrap."</yet,></p>

<p>Questions:</p>

<p>Q1: Which of the following rhetorical devices is NOT used in the indicated section?</p>

<p>a) word play</p>

<p>b) sarcasm</p>

<p>Q2: What does the “dirty truth” refer to in the indicated section?</p>

<p>a) messy creative process</p>

<p>b) crude artistic expression</p>

<p>I’m thinking sarcasm and messy creative process (pencil is erased, smudged, obliterated etc while ink is neat) </p>

<p>guys if I got 4 wrong on cr, 1 omit and maybe 2 wrong on math, and perfect score on writing
do u think i can get 2300+ ??</p>

<p>4 wrong CR would probably be ~740 (I think) and 3 wrong math would probably be ~710</p>

<p>How about 1 wrong and 2 unattempted? @queenbellevue‌ </p>

<p>Use this <a href=“SAT Score Calculator - The College Panda”>http://■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■.com/sat-score-calculator/&lt;/a&gt; to estimate your score.</p>

<p>Sorry, didn’t know you can’t post links. Use the College Panda Score calculator. </p>

<p>Thanks @Unifect!
Got a pretty good estimate for my score.</p>

<p>Guys the section about Lange Photographer was for 25 questions. Do you remember which section was for 24 questions? Was it the one on Newtonian Reality? </p>

<p>Newtonian reality was experimental </p>

<p>So I believe.
How can you be sure? </p>