Official Dec Test (CR-Shakespeare, Autobiography-brother Dennis)

<p>oh really… dang! wow… i really suck… on how to attack CR… how do ppl attack… do you go by main ideas and look for answers choices that convey the main idea or what?</p>

<p>Does anyone remember the SC question, “The girl refused to give up, she always kept trying [something to that extent].” Was the answer indomitable, because I don’t see how that makes sense in this situation?</p>

<p>can anyone elaborate on the misguided/idealistic question… and what were the other choices available… cuz i mightve put misguided but im not completely sure unless i know all the answer choices…</p>

<p>thx</p>

<p>Definitely main ideas are important, but the key is being able to balance out main idea with context. If theres a question that gives you one word, or one line, chances are, the answer will be contained in a very close proximity to that (in this case you dont want to infer anything from the whole passage). For something like the purpose of a paragraph, topic sentences are really helpful - here you dont want to give an answer that only relates part of the paragraph, overly specific isnt good. Extremes are bad.</p>

<p>It all depends on the “type” of question. If it says “which conveys main idea” then do it, but if its a context type question, try not to let main idea influence you.</p>

<p>Thanks Echelon32!</p>

<p>Ya Capricho, I got that — her attitude is basically indomitable, so it works.</p>

<p>The misguided question asked what P2 would say about P1’s “conception” of the necessary characteristics to be the writer. Idk the other choices :/</p>

<p>some answers i remember</p>

<p>indomitable
sparring …effusive
meticulous
trust…naive another answer choice was reliance and reciprocity
exonerate
temper
diffident…assertive
paucity
blight
(something)…redress</p>

<p>wow… i certainly dont remember reading that… man…i cant wait to get my scores… cuz i want to burn in if i get anything below a 700 in math!!!</p>

<p>Idealistic v. Misguided</p>

<p>In context, misguided fit in more than idealistic. The text was like, “the conceptions of Author A imply that blah blah, which is faulty reasoning”, and misguided would thus work considering the rest of the sentence.</p>

<p>jsmith…is your name John Smith? Lol</p>

<p>wasn’t munificence in there also. i dont remember if i picked it.</p>

<p>I don’t remember munificence.</p>

<p>Well, munificence (generous) could be used to describe Author A, but I think the other two choices were more focused…not sure though.</p>

<p>well… its Jonathan… but John is fine!</p>

<p>yeah i didnt select munifence…</p>

<p>yeah it was munificence vs indomitable. Picked indomitable.</p>

<p>LMAO, I totally applied it to the wrong question.</p>

<p>For the Shakespeare one: </p>

<p>Indeed: How is this conceding a point? </p>

<p>Dennis: </p>

<p>The system certainly does not refer to political reform. Dennis was a civil rights ACTIVIST; how does that have anything with going against REFORM? I put the power structure, even though that seemed to be an unsatisfactory answer.</p>

<p>I wasn’t so sure about the system question. At first I put power structure, but … it just didn’t seem right to me. Actually I didn’t like any of the answers - to be honest, I don’t even remember what I chose.</p>

<p>i definitely dont think that I put for social activism…i put like something else… like his academic struggles or something… but now i realized that hes a perfect student and he doesnt have any academic struggles…</p>

<p>that one about the nikhil guy was HARD
thank god that was the experimental</p>

<p>Ykim</p>

<p>You’re right. It was power structure. he wouldn’t go against social reform and there was only one other option that was moderately plausible… and it wasn’t right</p>