Let's discuss the December 2013 SAT!

Kohsuan
Thu, 12 Dec 2013 09:21:45 +0000

Compiled answer for CR: (By sequence)

THE FIRST SECTION

Literature passage/fragile document

1. Defining a quality

2. Fragility

Spice trade

1. Characterization of spice trade is dramatic

2. Pivotal to world success

Higher education (Pared Passages)

1. Idealistic

2. Realistic (not uninformed)

3. simply means “fundamentally”

4. the parenthesis in line … to … is to predict reaction and respond.

5. Encourage students with their interests

6. Snide

7. Goals of college education

8. lose sight of what is important

9. Method used in writing is repetition

10. P2 presents a view P1 finds objectionable

11. Similar thing in both passages- faculty’s role and coursework can lead to good civil character.

12. Hit means “reached”

SECOND SECTION

Library/electronic books (Pared Passages)

1. Author 2 respond to a question asking by author 1.

2. Library provide sensory details.

3. He bought a book electronically while sitting in a library.

4. P1 and P2 hold different perspectives.

Sphinx

1. Photographs take away from the novelty. (Mark Twain at least had a photo of sphinx)

2. The professor in line 52 is pompous and stuffy.

3. Evocative for sphinx.

4. Atypical (The 19th century famous painter was very scupulous, yet he mistook the direction of sun set in his painting of the sphinx)

5. Proper is close to correct.

6. Understandably unreliable.

7. Sphinx’s stare holds.

Telescope

1. Comparing astronomers to musicians: share similar experiences as novices.

2. Simile between sky and lens: there is a perfect spot for viewing.

3. Reflective and informative.

4. Passage was mainly about an experience or development in a time of his life

5. Ephemeral but powerful.

6. In the passage involving telescopes, the author describes the following situation: “Once I received my new high-powered telescope, I could see the golden nebulas, Ursula major, hot and cold gases in distant galaxies, etc. These sights ballooned my system of what is plausible.” The author felt about seeing the universe through his new telescope is that he is hard to believe. (NOT difficult to take in)

7. Assertion followed by comical anecdote.

8. Adjust the power instead of using maximum power

SECTION 3

Grandma and two girls

1. First paragraph provided a context.

2. One of the girls was obedient.

3. Grandma was being a bully in the other one.

4. Grandma was being adamant when she stood in place.

5. The passage mainly describes a conflicts

6. Familiar experiences (Para. 2 two girls frequent grandma’s home)

7. Compared the two girls to spectators watching a tennis match is close attention.

8. “What are you doing?” in line 42, 56 and 74 is to show growing indignant feeling.

9. she left resentfully acknowledged.

10. additional

11. The dialogue was shifted to personal insults

12. Girl’s grandma was commanding

13. One of the girl only ate the thing cooked by grandma for her

So far: 48/48