<p>Word in context is rarely similar definitions.</p>
<h2>Hold and Grasp are too similar. </h2>
<p>Yes, they are rare, but they do show up. I saw one on my first SAT. The most important strategy I find being employed is direct substitution - the maintaining of attention is a really awkward substitution. </p>
<p>Grasp fits in well, is used commonly in context.</p>
<p>grasp and maintain IMO could fit but I put maintain because grasp is a literal definition of hold and more often than not, literal defintions are wrong.</p>
<p>i am really really positive it was grasp.</p>
<h2>ok but remember the question dealt with the CONTEXT as a whole. It referred to the line “Im just crazy” but never did the line refer to the part about what the reporter said afterwards. yes that could also be used as evidence but as a whole that what I retrieve from the passage is that he is crazy. people who don’t follow conventional standards are by normal definitions crazy. Him not talking about treasures and talking about the negative aspects is “crazy” just like a guy who jumps out a building for no reason. and besides some ways the SAT does test opinion and inference. like many of the tone questions we have encountered on this test. there doesn’t seem to be one universal answer. and each person, based on his opinion based on the evidence in the text justified their answer.</h2>
<p>I see a lot of controversial answers. And I know how it feels, when you put it down, you always think your right. </p>
<p>What I’m trying to tell you, is that your answer is not SAT-logic. It might be common-sense logic, or your logic, but from the SAT point of view, relativistic comparison with other statements made in the passage will not yield the correct answer when specific line numbers are given. </p>
<p>That said, I’m the one still PO’ed on sardonic. But I’ll move on, and we’ll see. The consensus on these CAN be wrong, in march, the consensus was inimical but it ended up being antithetical.</p>
<p>im pretty sure it was maintain</p>
<p>positive it is grasp!</p>
<p>see the thing is ive counted about 10 or so controversial quesitons. That’s a problem!</p>
<p>and now grasp/maintain can join the controversial list. HOORAY!</p>
<p>maintain not grasp imo</p>
<p>this is ridiculous</p>
<p>i am going to seriously complain to CB about the controversial questions and see what they do. if others join me maybe they can get rid of a few. for every other SAT i have taken, i have only encountered max 1-2 controversial ones but this is absurd!</p>
<p>Maintain would make more sense in the context.</p>
<p>Evidence: Celebrities want to “grasp” attention in the sense they want to “maintain” their fanbase.</p>
<p>It works.</p>
<p>It’s maintain.
Grasp is the EXACT definition of hold, and it would be a repetition.
Maintain makes sense in the sentence</p>
<p>Hold = maintain IMO.</p>
<p>the sentence was something like “blah blah grab and hold the attention of the audience…”</p>
<p>Maintain fits better than grasp. I could see why you would think its grasp if you were going quickly, but it’s clearly maintain.</p>
<p>I think so many of these are controversial because a larger than normal amount of passage questions used tough vocab.</p>
<p>maintain fit really nicely in that sentence.</p>
<p>grasp is too literal</p>
<p>Hey, can anyone explain the question that had answer choices something like:</p>
<p>C - misguided attempt to further one’s career
D - unfortunate acquiescence to celebrity</p>
<p>I put answer C. Why is that wrong?</p>
<p>He never really said how he was using it to further his career, except for the book signing and he didnt give the impression it went all that well.</p>
<p>no it is C-using it to further his career.</p>
<p>the very last paragraph of passage 1 acknowledges negative aspects of celebrity acquiescence. and the question asked What does Passage 2 acknowledge that Passage 1doesn’t. therefore, D is wrong.</p>
<p>Wow Yetti you are really subjecting every question to your own interpretation. </p>
<p>The answer is D.</p>
<p>D…</p>