SAT May 2009 CR

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<p>heh? i put recapture for a longish passage…about the russian writers and the south. that one was not experimental, i think.</p>

182

<p>Sardonic was the obvious answer.</p>

183

<p>I am 100% sure that the answer is sardonic…
she’s not actually a prodigy…</p>

184

<p>definitely sardonic. Sardonic means sarcastic.</p>

<p>“She can play chopin of the tips of her fingers. A real prodigy”


&lt;p&gt;How so? She is good at piano, and she might be a prodigy. Nowhere is it suggested that she's actually bad at piano. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;yes, she does pretend not to play much.....&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;(I guess if you consider people that practice people that can't be prodigies... according that logic, it's sardonic. Seems like a stretch though).&lt;/p&gt;
185

<p>oooh are you sure “Recapture” was the word, and not “represent”??</p>

186

<p>yeah sardonic was right. oh well. </p>

<p>i hated the passage about the literature with the south…blacks…russians.</p>

187

<p>what did you guys say for the first question for the passage about the “she is a real prodigy” passage?</p>

188

<p>It is without a doubt sardonic…thats like harshly sarcastic kind of…</p>

189

<p>powerbomb- im pretty sure, but ive been known to be wrong about these things. i hope it was “represent” though.</p>

190

<p>on one of the short passages about the authors childhood fascination with words…
the second question dealing with the last sentence, what was the answer?</p>

<p>disdain for current state of literature (? something like that, just clearly remember disdain)
or
attempt to recapture?</p>

<p>I put disdain because she never lost her childhood views…and she said “in spite of literature, career poets, etc” </p>

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<p>powerbomb - if you’re referring to this, i’m pretty sure “recapture” was one of the answer choices</p>

191

<p>Can someone compile all of the hard questions and their answers</p>

192

<p>some thing about lines 5-11?</p>

193

<p>Meh, feeling a -2/3 on CR.</p>

194

<p>rickymatsui, yeah!</p>

195

<p>oh why couldnt the venice one have counted…that one was laughably easy :(</p>

196

<p>does anyone remember any SC answers?</p>

197

<p>how does CR exp work? is 1 ENTIRE section experimental? or are there passages from each section that are experimental?</p>

<p>and to shed more light on the passage,</p>

<p>the author says that as a child, he/she had a love for words for the imagery they evoked. she wants to stay true to this, “in spite of” career poets, literature today etc etc</p>

<p>it was a short passage, only two questions followed.</p>

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<p>Confirmed answers
Let’s keep this updated:</p>

<p>flippant;
dismay;
platitudinous…permissible
cavalier?
sardonic
conceited?
WHAT ELSE</p>

199

<p>im almost 100% portentous/justifiable wasnt the right answer</p>

<p>it was platitudinous and _____</p>

200

<p>njsterling, and “permissible”.</p>