<p>@gourmand </p>
<p>Categorization.</p>
<p>@allista </p>
<p>Busy busy busy. Everything’s cramped into the last two years of high school.</p>
<p>@magic125 again…we’re probably extrapolating too much. The line “it was her birthday” COULD explain her attitude in the first paragraph, but it might not. Maybe she’s happy because of other stuff…in any case, the sentence gives the date as well as important background info (it’s her birthday). I hate arguing against myself, but the more I read it it seems like setting. Also it’s at the very beginning for the book (The Ropewalk) which further supports the setting point…</p>
<p>@gourmand categorization</p>
<p>Are you guys all seniors? And can someone predict me? -1 Math, -4 writing with 12 essay, and -5 reading (this is not counting point deduction). </p>
<p>@fireonice Do you mind restating the question as best you can? :)</p>
<p>I would be so happy if -1 = 770 and -2 = 750</p>
<p>@dallascowboys1
Junior here, but I’ve taken SAT before this.</p>
<p>Predict: Math: 770, W: 780, R: 720</p>
<p>@ashgabat I think it was something like “how does the first sentence of paragraph 2 relate to paragraph 1/lines 2-7?” options were “it further clarified the setting” or “it explained her attitude”.</p>
<p>It was explain an attitude btw</p>
<p>By the way, everyone, about that Alice question you’re all discussing. What paragraph is it?</p>
<p>why is he resist Categorization but still choose themes from daily life to romantic loves??</p>
<p>@dallascowboys1 I’m guessing 760-770 math, 730 writing, 730 reading. Something like that</p>
<p>It showed that she couldn’t wait for her birthday to start, explaining an attitude. The story doesn’t take place where the big parade is, she’s just looking at it or whatever so it can’t be setting</p>
<p>@Woandering I don’t think the Writing curve is gonna be that generous…</p>
<p>@Woandering Here’s the original passage:</p>
<p>It was going to be a beautiful day. </p>
<p>Alice climbed onto her bedroom windowsill and sat down, wrapping her arms around her legs. Early morning mist hovered in mysterious levels over the lawn below. In the tree branches that inclined near her window, the low sun ignited little white signal fires that flashed at Alice from the velvety spaces between the leaves. It was dark still beneath the ragged hems of the firs at the side of the house, and a cool, musty smell rose from under the old rhododendron bushes, but across the front lawn, downy stripes of sunlight began to unfurl between the long shadows of the trees. Beyond the lawn, and then farther out beyond the low border of the stone wall, fields revealed in the growing light raced away to the wooded horizon. </p>
<p>On her windowsill, Alice waited, watching. The full energy of the day, like a parade assembling its drums and cymbals and marching players, lay just out of sight, gathering strength at the edge of the world. Any moment now, the day’s brimming cup would spill over the far treetops and flood the hour with light. </p>
<p>Today, the twenty-ninth day of May, was Alice’s tenth birthday. </p>
<p>@Castigations have you been reading my like 4 posts of explanation haha. Clarifies setting is more directly supported in text. (I put explain attitude too but I reread the passage)</p>
<p>@woandering are you sure its categorization?</p>
<p>@fireonice No i haven’t lol. I just remembered what I put for the question, though I’m not great at CR so idk.</p>
<p>@Castigations it CAN be setting because the sentence 1) gives us a date–may whatever and 2) reveals important background info–it’s her birthday. If the sentence said “she felt all of this because it was her birthday” then explain attitude would be correct. But it didn’t say that</p>