January 2009 SAT Critical Reading Discussion

<p>^ I debated between reiterating an idea and qualifying a statement…I picked qualifying a statement though.</p>

<p>^ one condemned, one praised </p>

<p>I thought the passaged talked about how the funding was readily available, so the logical answer was that the gov was in support of science.</p>

<p>did anybody get…“assert” as an answer…on one of the reading passages</p>

<p>It was definitely qualifying.</p>

<p>wow, I might have actually scored decently on the reading section…</p>

<p>JP: You probably saw “assert” from the same question, because the answer choice was “qualify an assertion”.</p>

<p>does anybody remember seeing “assert”</p>

<p>mbe i am thinking of “qualifying” but does anybody remember seeing “assert”</p>

<p>Lol…Yey!</p>

<p>thank you zenythz…i was scared…lol</p>

<p>agree qualifying a statement</p>

<p>agree on qualifying an assertion.
fillins:
moribund and banter(A) and nonplussed?</p>

<p>So apparently the section about a lady reading her journal and wondering what it meant was experimental?</p>

<p>Also, what’s so good about experimental anyway? i.e. why does having it seem to be a relief.</p>

<p>i am pretty content with my scores if all the conclusion we’ve come to are right so far.</p>

<p>experimental dont count for ur score</p>

<p>experimentals dont count. You can get everything wrong in that section and it would not affect your score</p>

<p>There was one question about the normads and how they can be compared with another group of people: did you guys pick geologists who can predict volcanoes or environmentalists or zoologists or what?</p>

<p>Because the journal one was ludicrous! what did her mother giving her the journal mean? why did she ask those questions at the beginning of para. 3? what did “extreme” mean?? I had no trouble on the other 3 but that one…oh boy.</p>

<p>…how about the passage about helen keller…anyone excited about that…</p>

<p>I put the ecologist combining something into one since the passage talked about “holistic”</p>

<p>same for ecologist</p>

<p>mother giving journal was EXPERIMENTAL
helen keller, sadly, also experimental
nomads compared…idk, that was hard, i put the ecologists i think bc the point was that nomads see the world through “holistic” point of view and all the rest were really specific</p>

<p>attenuation: yes, moribund, banter, nonplussed.</p>