November 2008 SAT Critical Reading

<p>yeah it’s definitely didn’t find what she expected to find… i remember being very sure of it when i read the part about the topographical map and the girl thinking there would be water in certain places or whatever, but then there turned out to be no water</p>

<p>Questions still in debate:
archetypal/unique
relationship between boy and Mrs. Verma</p>

<p>for the discern one and the authenticity one, what were the questions?</p>

<p>it’s unique and they were raised by people that knew each other</p>

<p>what were the choices for the map question?
a. the map mislead her?
b. she didn’t find what she expected to find?</p>

<p>i’m pretty sure it would be B then</p>

<p>i’m pretty sure the choices were
a) she (not the map) misled the group
b) she didn’t find what she expected to find</p>

<p>for the book passage, does everyone agree that the last question about the passage in general described the past experiences of two people? basically, the question that characterized the passage</p>

<p>other choices were like
societal conventions (no)
reveals Mrs. Vermas path to becoming a microbiologist
describes the past experiences of two people</p>

<p>^^
what were the choices for the experience of 2 people question</p>

<p>the answer archetypal insinuates that the current situation was repeated later on, but since that conflict was modern and present day, there is no basis for that repetition</p>

<p>unique ftw</p>

<p>ace 22: i think i put they both had a mutual friend… iono im confused.</p>

<p>anyone remember the questions for the comic book passages?</p>

<p>CLARIFICATION:</p>

<p>for SURE, 100%, the relationship between alu and ms. verma was that they were raised by people who were friends. it explicitly shows that alu’s uncle gave the book as a gift to ms. verma’s dad, for the reason that ms. verma states that the book was her father’s several times. none of the other answers are justified at all.</p>

<p>cherrypicker: the one with that said mutual friends?</p>

<p>do u have AIM cherrypicker? i find myself hopping from thread to thread discussing with u</p>

<p>stayinalive:</p>

<p>Comics
Passage 1: talks about the author’s personal experiences with students who are actively engaged in creative, inspiring comics; he is frustrated that comics is not a legitimate form of art
Passage 2: Picks up where passage 1 left off and describes his frustration with critics and their disapproval of art</p>

<ol>
<li><p>What is the relation between passage 1 and passage 2
answer: passage 2 elaborates on a concept brought up in passage 1</p></li>
<li><p>How would the author of passage 2 respond to the words of the critics mentioned in passage 1, line x?
answer: thee disapproval of comics is undeserved. </p></li>
<li><p>What does the author of passage 2 imply when he says “The Puritans thought novels were once tasteless…”
answer: that comics too should be an accepted art form (both were once under the scrutiny of the people)</p></li>
<li><p>How does the author of passage 1 differ from the author of passage 2
answer: he uses personal experiences</p></li>
</ol>

<p>??? am i right</p>

<p>those sound right ace 22 but i think the first question you cited actually used the term ‘claim’ instead of ‘concept’… not a big difference but just thought it might refresh some minds</p>

<p>ace, what was the question for the describes the past experiences of two people problem in the bookshelf passage?</p>

<p>It was one of the last ones. It was the general, overview of passage, kind of question. I think it asked which of the following characterizes the passage (not sure) and the choices were (once again…roughly)
a. social convetions blah blah (pretty sure it wasnt this)
b. reveals Mrs. Vermas path to becoming a microbiologist
c. describes the past experiences of two characters and their implications??? ( this is what i put)
d.
e.</p>

<p>the only one that remotely made sense was the past experiences one so i put that one</p>

<p>i dont think </p>

<p>revealing Ms. Vermas path to become microbiologist is right…
wasnt it question like what does she mean by
“I am too much my father?” </p>

<p>and also in poetry passage, does “student” mean “specialization in poetry?”
I thought it was something like they only seek degrees because it says
they all become teachers, professors and blahblah when they graduate.</p>

<p>the i am too much my father
is “chained by book” or something</p>

<p>I dont recall exactly… but I thought
“revealing path to…microbiologists” was wrong.</p>