<p>@wowowowsa
He didn’t resist categorization. </p>
<p>@fireonice
Looking at the Alice question, I’m still going with attitude. The first paragraph describes the setting, and so does (isn’t it the third, about her birthday?), but the third paragraph talks about her birthday which explains her attitude in the first paragraph.</p>
<p>Sure, you might argue that the birthday doesn’t necessarily mean she’s happy or anything, but the first paragraph clearly uses imagery to give the impression that she’s looking forward to the day. The sun is just coming out.</p>
<p>@allista thanks for that. This is the first page of a long book guys, it focuses on setting. Explain her attitude is a viable OPTION but not most directly supported by the text, I think. I would love for someone to prove me wrong of course haha but I was convinced yesterday</p>
<p>@wowowowsa
Categorization is the only one that makes any sense. Unless, of course, I remember the question wrong, and it did say that the director resisted ____. </p>
<p>@fireonice
He had an Essay score of 12 though. That counts for quite a bit.</p>
<p>Back to the alice passage: The birthday does nothing to explain the setting IN RELATION to the first paragraph. Sure, both paragraphs describe the setting, but how does the birthday EXPLAIN the first paragraph?</p>
<p>@fireonice @woandering ehh, i hope i get lucky and end up pulling out a 2300+ so i can be done with the sat. I know i missed 1 on math, 2 on writing, and 2 on reading for sure so it just depends how lucky i get with the other questions. Also if i wrote and essay that filled up to the last line with superb vocabulary and analysis(however this may be bias as i wrote it) will i most likely get a 12?</p>
<p>You guys, im pretty sure that the question was referring to this part of the paragraph:</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>It’s annoying because of course the passage of the book isn’t going to be explicit “She was anticipating her birthday” so I don’t really think we can infer that. In english class we could make an argument for it, but this is the SAT so I think we may have over thought it.</p>
<p>I will type it out because it won’t let me copy paste :(</p>
<p>“It was going to be a beautiful day.
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 flares 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 further out beyond the low border of the stone wall, fields revealed in the glowing light raced away to the wooded horizon.
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>So which part was the question referring to? :P</p>
<p>@Woandering but we can’t be 100% sure what she’s looking forward to that day. Is it because it’s her birthday? Is it because it’s Memorial day? Is it because something is happening on her birthday? We don’t know for sure. But it clearly clarifies the setting in paragraph 1: We don’t know what date it is, now we do. We don’t know what the context of the passage is, now we do–it’s her birthday. Does that make sense?</p>
<p>@fireonice
For one thing, that was part of another question, and in that question, only anticipation made any sense.</p>
<p>For another, the birthday still does NOT EXPLAIN the first paragraph in terms of the setting. What does it clarify? If the first paragraph didn’t allude to ‘birthday’ in terms of setting, then there’s no relation. However, the first paragraph does point to something exciting happening during the day. The birthday then explains her anticipation.</p>
<p>I agree with @woandering it is definitely not to explain the setting and as @magic125 said, the question was referring to this part of the passage: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>