<p>Wait which question was for the mildly ridiculous one?
i remember that answer choice…and i didn’t pick it. Dx</p>
<p>For the one with <code>metaphor</code> and <code>repetition</code> as answer choices, the same 3-4 word phrase was repeated about 3-4 times in that paragraph. Pretty sure its <code>repetition</code>.</p>
<p>wut were the options for bookish and photographer?</p>
<p>100% sure its repetition because they repeated a phrase over and over in the first sentence.</p>
<p>Personally I think its mildly ridiculous because didn’t the question ask why he used the IMAGERY of tooting a horn? Can anyone confirm that?</p>
<p>Alright, one of the comparison ones is driving me nuts. It was two passages about plagiarism, and one of the passages described the results of a survey, and the other talked about the increasing crackdown. I was torn between:</p>
<p>Passage A describes a situation which the author of passage B finds inexcusable.</p>
<p>Passage A emphasizes the causes of a situation, and Passage B emphasizes the effects. </p>
<p>Passage A only mentioned one cause, and mostly described the situation, but Passage B seemed to focus on the effects. </p>
<p>Anyone?</p>
<p>I remembered this one, I picked passage one describe a situation and passage two described it more personally? Anyone?</p>
<p>I put “Passage A describes a situation which the author of passage B finds inexcusable.” because…well, it seemed right to me. xD</p>
<p>Skyhigh that answer I believe is correct.</p>
<p>I also got the inexcusable one.</p>
<p>Situation/Inexcusable</p>
<p>I really didn’t see the cause/effect thing going on between the passages.</p>
<p>Passage 1 was saying: These are the statistics
Passage 2 was saying: Stealing is very bad</p>
<p>I think I put that too - the celebrity passage?</p>
<p>^ I can’t recall it, maybe exp?</p>
<p>can sum1 confirm that the defile SC was in experimental?</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure defile was experimental.</p>
<p>That “Passage A describes a situation which the author of passage B finds inexcusable.” was actually the plagiarism one now that I remember it.</p>
<p>Passage 1 talked about how it happens a lot (cockroach analogy) and Passage 2 condemned it (Nobel Prize committee).</p>
<p>alrighty something to hopefully resolve the conceited/ ridiculous issue</p>
<p>the question asked about the imagery of “tooting ones own paper horn” (emphasis on the paper aspect). thats pretty self-deprecatory</p>
<p>The sentence was: “So, on occasion, I have gone about tooting my own little paper horn, doing book tours, submitting to the comically pompous self-importance of interviews, and doing so many of the other things that Edmund Wilson didn’t think twice about refusing to do.”</p>
<p>Notice “comically pompous self-importance” - he regards the whole celebrity culture as mildly ridiculous.</p>
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<p>it was fo sho mildly ridic</p>
<p>^ Couldn’t you just not post that article, it makes me want to cry.</p>
<p>I’m still not sure about that one… isn’t the author trying to describe/give an example of the level of conceitedness he felt was necessary to further his career?</p>
<p>YES reading comically pompous is it NO DOUBT mildly ridiculous</p>
<p>Can we put this controversial question to a close? :)</p>
<p>I don’t know let me explain it this way:</p>
<p>At the time, he was probably conceited. Thinking back, however, he feels that his conceitedness was rather shallow and silly. Therefore, he describes his conceitedness/pompousness in a mildly ridiculous manner.</p>