<p>^ i think it started with “when”</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure its “a celebration of.” They were talking about how the woman’s (I forget her name) original motive for creation the game, and saying it became a celebration instead of her original intent, a condemnation of amassing property at others expense, just made more sense. If they hadn’t asked for that, I think a chance to experience would’ve worked.</p>
<p>There was GREAT EMPHASIS in the passage on the fact that during this depression people could now have the CHANCE to acquire property (this is identified as one of the motives for creating the game).</p>
<p>I really feel it was a chance to experience… The word celebration was never used in the passage…</p>
<p>@lmu: while I feel that “chance to experience” is a good answer, I do not believe you can justify picking it based on previous sentences or words used. I say this because the question specifically asked you to pick which one would convey that property ownership was the positive aspect of the game. “Chance to experience property ownership” vs “celebration of property ownership”- though, as you pointed out, “chance” would flow well with the rest of the essay, “celebration” is clearly the most positive of the answer choices.</p>
<p>For celebration of- that doesn’t make any sense, it’s a game, it should be the chance one. The whole point of Monopoly, though with a “positive” tone, was chance of acquiring the property…celebration shouldn’t be associated with a game, as far as I’m concerned.</p>
<p>I think its celebration</p>
<p>Vince/Hopeful- I also was unsure about that one, but I’m pretty sure it was “there” for these reasons:</p>
<p>if we were to plug in “were” it wouldn’t make any gramm. sense.</p>
<p>“for which” is ALMOST right except there should be a “there” included. If it was “for which there” then I would have picked that, but it wasn’t so I put “there”</p>
<p>Adil, the purpose of a game, ESPECIALLY Monopoly, is the CHANCE of winning something. Playing the game is not celebrating anything- if it was, it would be celebrating the CHANCE of winnning. Celebrating is for events, not games. That’s why I put chance.</p>
<p>@snowolf: I’m not really seeing your point. During the great depression, wouldn’t it be commonplace (or at least not unusual) for someone to celebrate over the ability to acquire property? I don’t think the act meant for this one to be tricky; they asked for a positive-tone word and gave you celebration</p>
<p>But monopoly can and is a celebration of owning property</p>
<p>Also, was the answer to one of them international cultural? or Internationally cultural? I put the internation cultural one but wasn’t sure…</p>
<p>Interntional cultural</p>
<p>i put celebration too…btw,if i wrote 3 pages,is it possible to get a 12???</p>
<p>The idea of Monopoly is not celebrating something, from the passage. It was talking about how Monopoly was supposed to uplift moods. So I put chance. I don’t know- who agrees with me?</p>
<p>Dang yipyip…I would imagine that you would get a 12. My hand cramps and I’m never able to write that much…lol 1 1/2 pages…fail</p>
<p>But snowolf, the sentence was not asking you what the point of monopoly is- it was asking you what phrase could be inserted that would most emphasize that acquiring property was a positive thing; in my opinion “chance” is less positive than “celebration”</p>
<p>but the inventor’s intention of the game was to promote social responsibility , and it was modified by the certain players to be a celebration of property ownership, so it does fit the passage.</p>
<p>No one is saying that chance to experience wasn’t positive, but it wasn’t the best answer. If its a game, even one that can be taken seriously, such as monopoly, its still a game. A person celebrates when they win, they don’t celebrate the possiblity/chance of winning. The entire point was to pick the most positive answer. While a chance to experience is positive, its more of a positive feeling, while celebration of is a lot more concrete and positive.</p>
<p>Lol I wrote 3 pages too, I was rambling about how financial management class should not be mandatory as the student can learn from their own experience or from their parents and thus should be an optional class.</p>
<p>Celebration is a weird word to use if you’re winning a game. It’s not a life-changing event like a birthday. Chance relates to Monopoly- you roll dice and therefore it’s chance in that aspect. Celebration is more optimistic, but chance seems to fit better in the game sense.</p>