<p>I don’t understand how deft is related to painstaking…
Deft means skillful or good at something…
Painstaking menas toilsome or laborious.
The French painter definitely has exemplary skills…</p>
<p>If the answer was painstaking, there would be a whole description of how the painter painted the flower. But ‘deft assurance’ is definitely exemplary skill. Please go look for the definition of DEFT again.</p>
<p>@zhdzh44</p>
<p>The fact that she was trying to sketch an orchid, and that it still could be recognised as an orchid, rules out abstract.</p>
<p>@maxyend
I mean abstract is the how she approached in sketching out the orchid…</p>
<p>exemplary is not evident anywhere in the passage. painstaking could also mean very careful; adds to his “assured” attitude. EXEmplary skill is too presumptuous; the passage was way too vague</p>
<p>@wlsnehf</p>
<p>by your logic if the author saids the artist had exemplary skill, he would need more evidence as well. notice how this was a daydream or something of the sort as mentioned in the passage.</p>
<p>I remember that in the chinese artist passage the girl said something like “their (French artists) hands xxxx(an adverb) capture the beauty of the flowers”. And I also remember “deft” appeared, but I’m not sure about “assurance”. I chose great skills at last. And do you guys have any ideas about " personification" or “contrast” ?</p>
<p>personification is correct. i dont think there was any contrast. Also, exemplary is a very very conspicuous word, one that does not fit the passage.</p>
<p>Did u choose personification or metaphor or contrast or analogy? I chose personification for i thought the latter part of the sentence is using the “hands” as the subject but until now I hardly saw anyone choosing personification…</p>
<p>@miasanmia
Thank u. And do we have the same reason?</p>
<p>I rather chose the metaphor…</p>
<p>i think its personification because the rain “lulled” the painter. that was one possibility.</p>
<p>It sounds quite reasonable…maybe I luckily picked up the right answer for wrong reasoning haha= =</p>
<p>i mean the rain lulled Yuliang into a dreamy daze… or smthing</p>
<p>I think it’s contrast bc there are the meaty hands of the french artist and the frail beauty of the flower.meaty and frail</p>
<p>Actually i think meaty and frail is not a strong “contrast”. So maybe you can give a denial to personification? maybe the hand is not so well a subject for “personification” ?</p>
<p>meaty doesn’t really provide a strong contrast with frail. On one hand, meaty is straightforward enough (it does not mean strong) and frail means weak, fragile, tender, etc. The meaty is a red herring. Personification is more probable here.</p>
<p>Yep maybe i’m wrong bc lots of you didn’t choose contrast</p>
<p>im so confused with this one. tbh it could be contrast. it could make a lot of sense if you see it in one way. damnit. was this section experimental?</p>
<p>Does anyone remember the math question that had 81 as its answer? Was it grid-in?</p>
<p>Sent from my GT-I9000 using CC</p>
<p>nope. the section with a literature critique is experimental</p>