Writing Section - 2009 March SATs

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<p>[metaphor</a> - Definition from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary](<a href=“http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/metaphor]metaphor”>Metaphor Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster)</p>

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<p>any1 remember the choices for B~D ??!!</p>

<p>ppl are saying B~D are wrong and I dont remember what they were</p>

<p>and also…
so the writing section w/ the desert and studentsasking prfessor questions was NOT experimental??</p>

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<p>^^ No they weren’t, I got E for both. And what was the Olga question asking again?</p>

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No, and no. A metaphor is often INCORRECTLY treated broadly as any form of figurative language - from the grammatical standpoint, you cannot equate the two. As for idea treated as a metaphor, that is possible, but would require an implication that the SAT is unlikely to ask for.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"Cat's don't rent, they own" does not compare cats to humans, or cats to themselves. Overall, it is no comparison, they cannot be used in place of each other, they are not an analogy. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Desert/Professor = Not experimental&lt;/p&gt;
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<p>I think there has to be some kind of comparison going on, because cats don’t really rent or own anything. I do concede you have a point, but I really don’t see much of a problem with it.</p>

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<p>Ummm… wasn’t that cat metaphor question in the CR section? Not writing?
Maybe my memory’s just failing me.</p>

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<p>Yeah, what else would you put for that one then? And your point about it not being gramatically correct is irrelevant since this is the CR, not WR section.</p>

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<p>^Are you talking to me?</p>

<p>And if the question is indeed in the CR section, why discuss it in the writing thread? Let’s keep things where they’re supposed to be.</p>

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<p>So, with your refutations of the metaphor, you’re honestly trying to argue that the author is warning the reader of danger? Pardon my french, but what kind of #@$ answer is that?</p>

<p>The passage had nothing to do with warning the reader, if anything, he was praising lions. Why would he need to warn the reader?</p>

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<p>No, I wasn’t talking to you. I was referring to how he said that a metaphor wasn’t gramtically correct here. And lmao at Bob Dylan’s response. I agree that no other choice worked.</p>

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<p>Since this string of comments has started here, not in CR, we may as well continue.</p>

<p>The grammatical definition of a metaphor is just as applicable in the CR as the WR section.</p>

<p>I honestly do not remember what I put, and I have not argued for any such “warnings” if you are referring to me.</p>

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<p>I think it was as a warning because it was saying that cats can never truly be tamed…</p>

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<p>sorry, that was my fault. i thought i had posted it in the CR section but i guess not…</p>

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<p>What was the answer to the one (Section 10) where it was like:</p>

<p>“Simply by flouring…”</p>

<p>the answers were like:</p>

<p>you can
can make</p>

<p>I can’t remember… </p>

<p>There was another one (Sentence Error) </p>

<p>adhere by the rules </p>

<p>Isn’t that wrong? Shouldn’t that be adhere TO the rules?</p>

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<p>I too would like to know about the flour question. I can’t remember if I put the choice with or without you, but it ended with something about it being more healthful.</p>

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<p>it had to be you. it was the subj</p>

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<p>For the flour one, I chose the one without you. I was stuck between the two, but the one without sounded more fluid.</p>

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<p>Did anyone notice on the professor question that it said:
every day students stayed after class to ask questions, for which there had been no time during the class.</p>

<p>or something like that. </p>

<p>i had picked no error but then i changed it to “had been” because it said every day…so is it possible it couldnt be in the had been form and should have just been “was no time”</p>

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<p>the lights and shadows of the desert
-> the lights and shadows on the desert ?</p>

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<p>“the lights and shadows of the desert” tripped me up as well. i said no error, but i really don’t know.</p>