<p>Lol, but collegeboard always changes their articles to fit their answers btw…so your article may say one thing but it may not be what the passage on the SAT says</p>
<p>this happened before in another thread where they googled some of the passages on their SAT a few months ago</p>
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so what was the first compelling aspect of Cirque du Soleil’s success?</p>
<p>Attracting parents… lol… I just immediately chose that answer without really going over any of the other ones… The focus of the passage was on how the circus pulled in the older crowd so I just put it down as my answer almost immediately. I wish I didn’t though lol… because parents is too specific…</p>
<p>btw, if you’ve done some SAT practice tests, you’ll realize that SAT answers are really straightforward. If it says that the cirque was successful in attracting adults in the passage, the answer wouldn’t be “parents”–even if the author of the passage wanted to say that its success was in attracting “adults and corporate clients,” those people do NOT equal parents.</p>
<p>^ Sure, but this is like doing a background check on the subject of the passage. </p>
<p>Now, let’s say there was a passage about the Statue of Liberty. Given to US from France. Right? It’s a symbol of ‘freedom’ throughout the world and provides a sense of patriotism. </p>
<p>Now the SAT might change the itty bitty stuff like the Statue represents the American Pride, and welcomed the Ellis immigrants to the new, powerful, country etc. It cannot change the fact that the Statue was given to America from France (aka what the Statue is basically known for).</p>
<p>Similarly, the SAT makers might change some aspects of the Cirque (which in fact, I don’t think they did… to begin with the passage mentioned how it deviated from the <em>circus</em> tradition (went on without animals)) but I doubt they can change what the Cirque is KNOWN for (aka *reinventing the circus) with a new crowd (and the passage DEFINITELY mentioned ‘introducing a new tradition’).</p>
<p>I dont think it’s parents because 1) parents were NEVER mentioned in the passage and 2) there are more than one successful parts of the cirque. I’m sure “attracting adults” was one of them. and financial successes were another one. Who’s to say that making money isn’t a SUCCESS? I’m sure I can dig up some sources that say so. </p>
<p>So the question is: which “success” did the SAT PASSAGE emphasize?</p>
<p>this is what the passage said:</p>
<p>Cirque du soleil was smart in that it did not use animals, unlike other circuses. That was a smart move because such animals were hard to control and were very costly to maintain. In addition, it targeted another audience entirely, different from most circuses which targetted children. Cirque targetted “adults and corporate clients” who enjoyed its shows and, consequently, were able to pay for steeper ticket prices.</p>
<p>i dont know, but i still think it’s financial decisions</p>
<p>ALSO, the passage you posted seemed to imply shrewd financial decisions, which could’ve come before the passage.</p>
<p>Another compelling aspect of Cirque du Soleil’s **success <a href=“what%20is%20this” title=“success”? I think this is your answer if you can define “success”>/B</a> is that it did not **win <a href=“%22win%22%20what?%20this%20implies%20winning%20money%20aka%20being%20financially%20successful”>/B</a> by taking customers from the already shrinking demand for the circus industry, which historically catered to children. Cirque du Soleil did not compete <a href=“competing=money=this%20%22success%22%20dealt%20with%20monetary%20issues”>/B</a> with Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey’s Circus to make this happen. Instead it created **uncontested new market space that made the competition irrelevant<a href=“this%20sentence%20reinforces%20the%20%22shrewd%20financial%20decisions%22%20point”>/B</a>. It appealed to a whole new group of customers - adults and corporate clients prepared to pay a price that is several times as expensive as traditional circuses for their unprecedented entertainment experience. Significantly, one of the first Cirque productions was titled “We Reinvent the Circus”.</p>
<p>THIS passage states that one of the reasons for their financial success is getting adults to come to their circus. Our test says this PLUS the animals. So altho in this new passage financial success=adults coming to circus, the one we got was different, where financial success=not just adults coming to circus, but also not using animals</p>
<p>^ Not the passage, the AUTHOR. I’m being picky, aren’t I? (Pardon).</p>
<p>1) It mentioned ‘not only children but adults’… Adults mentioned with children? Yea, I think that was too general, but I think it might… refer to parents. </p>
<p>2) The author, at one point, in the passage clearly mentioned … (after talking about how the Cirque got over the animals part)… that a greater accomplishment (aka success) of the Cirque was to provide entertainment not only for children but also for adults. </p>
<p>I really am done with this thread.
I believe what I put is right. So, I’m out of here. :p</p>
<p>The passage definitely spoke more about this whole “new audience” but an answer of attracting a new audience wasn’t available … I mean I put down attracting parents and, even, I think it’s financial decisions…
Oh yeah, I don’t know how you guys can claim the passage focused on money when it only mentioned money twice, when he talked about how adults are willing to pay more and how not using the animals saved money… but yeah … it’s financial decisions ; /</p>
<p>it did not say “great accomplishment” it just said “another aspect of the cirque” or something like that. if it said “greater accomplishment” that would’ve been easier.</p>
<p>“not only children but adults” does not imply parents. just like “not only cats but also dogs” does not imply that they are related in any way…plus i think it wouldn’t BE parents because parents would usually bring their children, which would then defeat the purpose of this passage. “adults and corporate clients” kinda implies single people or people otherwise not burdened by kids.</p>
<p>At the time I was ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED that attracting parents was the only possible answer.Someone should get that passage.</p>
<p>it might not even exist. collegeboard is weird</p>
<p>^did you see what they did to the original lake vostok article?ETS is a monster</p>
<p>^exactly how did ETS twist the Lake Vostok passage?</p>
<p>the more i think about it the more sense financial decisions makes to me :p</p>
<p>and yeah…screw ETS!! (and their acorns!) >:|</p>
<p>but oh well, it’s only a few points (okay, so 30).</p>
<p>you guys know the question with the animation which resembles today or something like that?</p>
<p>answer !</p>
<p>@Narcissa: Yeah, but the acorn logo is a trademark. It said so on the front cover of the test booklet :D</p>
<p>(Yes, I was so bored I actually read it)</p>
<p>fine, screw their trademark acorns
HAHAHA that sounds so wrongggggggggg</p>