USA June 2011 SAT Critical Reading Thread

<p>If I missed 10 in total what should I expect to get?</p>

<p>How about the bees question with except.
I put appeal to authority</p>

<p>i’m not sure about the idealism one, but i picked something having to do with tradition…
i put that she spends little time cooking, or something like that.</p>

<p>~~~What does the discussion at end of Passage 2 indicate about the author’s view on independent thinking?
-It was more easily understood by adults, and not the children
-It wasn’t stressed enough by communities <----This is what I chose.
-???</p>

<p>~~~In second passage, fourth(?) paragraph, he begins to say “While censores…, proffessional educators select…”. What is this paragraph?
-Adding additional argument (I think wrong, he didnt add new argument)
-Elaborating on previous point?? <-----This is what I chose.
-Applied a situation to new context??</p>

<p>for the cyber gossip passage,
the question about the parantheses (indeed, somethign about presidents), I put adds to the argument or something along those lines</p>

<p>for the last question in that passage, i did NOT put the “journalistic stringent standrads”, I think i put choice D, but I forgot what it was about</p>

<p>@iemit
i put that too, the only other close one was historical reference, but the pasage refrenced incas and irish</p>

<p>@aaronburr</p>

<p>for this question–What does the discussion at end of Passage 2 indicate about the author’s view on independent thinking? (though i am not sure if this was the exact quesiton, i remember something about “what the author of Passage 2 would say to line 35 of Passage 1 about teaching childern about independent thinking”</p>

<p>i put something along the lines of “it is easier to teach adults, not children or soemething like that”</p>

<p>for this question~~~In second passage, fourth(?) paragraph, he begins to say “While censores…, proffessional educators select…”. What is this paragraph?
I think i put elaborating on previous point</p>

<p>applied a concept to new context was an answer to the plant passage</p>

<p>What do you think missing 3 and omitting 1 would be?</p>

<p>The Indian mother question was definitely “surprised at her daughter’s idealism” (Answer A.) She valued their TRADITIONAL Indian language.</p>

<p>I put easier for adults to understand<-not sure why though, enlighten me lol.
I also put elaborating.</p>

<p>As for score predictions, I think this year’s sentence completions will play a somewhat bigger role in determining the curve. I think they’ll make it a bit softer.</p>

<p>I put the idealism one for the Indian passage. It said that she had a sense of pleasure and pride, so I thought A was the answer. What does the word “idealism” mean in this context?</p>

<p>Was the guy in the garden part of the experimental? I know the reading experimental I had had a section with like a painting and psyschology</p>

<p>softer meaning harsher or easier?</p>

<p>consolidated list anyone?</p>

<p>does someone remember what other choices the "pecadillo"sentence completion had</p>

<p>PLEASE CORRECT AND ADD!!!</p>

<p>~~~ = Unsure/dont remember</p>

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<p>****<strong><em>VOCAB</em></strong><strong>**
heralded…idiosyncrasy - Fashion designer and her fans
excuse…credible - Teacher and student being late
loquacity - Man who speak a lot about technical stuff but demonstrates others
soporific - melatonin/turkey/sleepy
peccadillo - Guy who committed only a minor infraction, wasn’t a huge deal
impasse - Argument, no side will budge, reached impasse
churlishness - Guy who is not civil and is sullen
indices…measure - Scientist and environment/industry
diversity - Many indian dialects because heterogenious…
curtailed - Chick wants to focus on theatre not dance
believed…proved - She might have written about fishing, but we dunno
largesse…perquisites - Company gives to charity + has employee benefits
capture…yielded - Washington’s peanuts captivated people, they didnt take off
quagmire - Guy can’t please anyone without hurting others or something
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</strong><em>PASSAGE: Indian Girl + Mother *</em>***</p>

<p>“How can she know me perfectly sometimes, yet now know me at all at other times?” What effect does this have?
-Introduce a tone of Melancholy</p>

<p>When she asks, “did you eat your fruits/veges/vitamins?” what roles does she play?
-Caregiver</p>

<p>When she says, “Let me do that. This is something I can actually cook”, what does that reveal about her?
-She didn’t cook a lot, or something like that. It wasn’t a passion of hers.
Something along those lines.</p>

<p>What does the use of “separate lives” indicate?
-A plan she had previously espoused</p>

<p>What tone does last sentence, (?)“It was a start.” have?
-Hopeful</p>

<p>Why is want underlined?
-Shows that she felt a little blame for the rift between her and her mother</p>

<p>The mother’s response to daughters Indian language indicated all of the following except:
-The mother was surprised by the daughter’s idealism</p>

<p>**
<strong><em>PASSAGE: Censorship </em></strong></p>

<p>What is the meaning of genuine?
-Heartfelt</p>

<p>~~~How would the author of Passage 2 react to descriptions of teachers having to self-censor in Passage 1?
-???</p>

<p>~~~What does the discussion at end of Passage 2 indicate about the author’s view on independent thinking?
-It was more easily understood by adults, and not the children - I put this
-It wasn’t stressed enough by communities
-???</p>

<p>In second passage, fourth(?) paragraph, he begins to say “While censores…, proffessional educators select…”. What is this paragraph?
-Elaborating on a previous distinction.</p>

<p>**<strong><em>PASSAGE: Gardening/Bees </em></strong></p>

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<p>In third paragraph, women’s world is changed, new outlook on garden. What is this?
-A sudden revelation</p>

<p>Symbiotic relationship between Apple and Bee. What is this paragraph?
-Illustrate a term (coevolution)</p>

<p>The author did all of the following except:
-Appeal to authority</p>

<p>**<strong><em>PASSAGE: Gossip and Internet </em></strong></p>

<p>What does example of Drudge show
-Complexity of cyberspace.</p>

<p>~~~What does the ‘(indeed, secretaries of state can choose not to respond to gossip)’ do?
-Adds to argument
-??? Dont remember rest, but i think i put something else</p>

<p>I had a story about giving directions in a city and the countryside</p>

<p>I also had a story about having feelings based on what room you’re in or how a street looks.</p>

<p>Were any of these experimental?</p>

<p>i thought we agreed that the SUBJECT of the context was agent?</p>

<p>What were the other choices in the question with peccadillo as the answer?</p>