TWO final PSAT answers to clear up/debate

<p>The evidence for the passage regarding mars:
Was it:
a. Topographical Vs. Mineralogy
b. Visual Vs. Intuitive</p>

<p>'a' make sense because the first one uses terrain features for water, and carbonates in the second passage.</p>

<p>'b' also makes sense. The evidence was visual observation (satellites) of canyons. Using carbonates to determine water requires the use of intuition/insight as evidence because they are an indirect way to evaluate the problem.</p>

<p>Last question on the Writing section about where a sentence should be placed.</p>

<p>Quote from psyence5150</p>

<p>"So I gather, most people put "before sentence 5" because they see it as a topic sentence. But a topic sentence for what? The book is BOTH a spiritual autobiography and a slave narrative. Moreover, paragraph 2 considers itself with spiritual growth, over moral awakening. Having that sentence as a transition digresses from the author's main point.
Secondly, "after sentence 10" actually fits better than "Before sentence 10."
Sentence 10 is the topic sentence of the last paragraph; to paraphrase, it mentions how Euponia changes his perspective about slavery. So the whole third paragraph would flow something like this:
1 He changed his views slavery
2 Such moral awakenings are common in spiritual autobiographies
3 Euponia's moral awakening about slavery occured because of his acquiring worldliness through travele"</p>

<p>I personally agree, and would like to hear a stronger counterpoint as the majority seems to disagree with this viewpoint.</p>

<p>I don't remember the choices for the second one or what I put, but I remember being very sure and I remember it not being a topic sentence (I think). The first one is a I'm almost positive. Its directly supported by the passages, one would have to read into them to get anything else. On standardized tests, this is almost always bad.</p>

<p>intuitive means instinctual. the researches did not gather this information without reason or from pure instinct, so i would argue "a".</p>

<p>can we please debate the writing question dealing with students in a museum??</p>

<p>Intuition
1: quick and ready insight</p>

<p>I pick A, because B involves too much inference and CB tends to prefer the more direct answer.</p>

<p>yeah, if they want you to make an inference they will ask you directly</p>

<p>Anyone have a response for the second question then?</p>

<p>I put before sentence 5 since I was running out of time and it was the most logical answer...so I'm hoping I am right. Missing just one problem on writing will mess my score up bad.</p>