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제목 [Jin Bae] SAT Reading
24 Lecture_22_Reading Practice Test #3_02 24
작성자 cje*** 등록일 2021-01-11 오후 8:25:26

Hello Mr. Bae!


I am one of the students who is diligently following the SAT prep process :)


I have two questions to ask for this passage. 


1. On question 4 ,5 I want more explanations for why 5.B can't be the answer. 

I have thought, Levin not able to hear his acquaintance as a sign of agitation. 

I think this is my very own interpretation.

Than I came to this conclusion, for paired question, and especially the citing textual evidence question,

should I only choose the option by reading only the 'part' in the answer choice? 

For instances, the line references on the answer choice means much more than it says when reading the whole passage.

And I could very easily make some obvious facts out of it. 

Well, I should discern whether these are facts or my own interpretation, but I sometimes get bemused. 


2. Please confirm the process I used for the question 6,( especially the 3!)


1. Generalize( a person is afraid of having to do smt)

2. Delete A.B

3. Break the Generalization in to parts,(having to do what kind of smt- meaning smt)

4. Choose D, which is most analogous with the line mentioned. 
2021-01-12 오전 10:22:53

Hi Haewon!! Yes, I definitely recognize you as one of those diligent students! I'm really proud of the effort you are showing! Emotion Icon

 

Explanation for #5:

 

If you chose (B), I do think you are making too much of your own interpretation. You need to stay more within the words of the passage. Based on the words in 22-27, all you know is that Levin didn't recognize (was not aware of) someone he doesn't know too well in the first (an acquaintance). You would be making your own interpretation and going too far beyond what the words are saying if you think, "oh, Levin is unsettled about telling Kitty he loves her." For one, there is no reference to Kitty at all. Also, thinking that "levin didn't recognize him" = "levin is unsettled about telling kitty he loves her" is adding your own reason for why he didn't recognize him.  Compare these lines to 38-45. Lines 38-45 explicitly use words that mention kitty; plus, "he was almost retreating, so overwhelmed with terror" is directly telling you that he is unsettled. No one could argue that Levin is unsettled now; no one could argue that he is unsettled for what he is about to do next based on these lines. Remember that the SAT is objective, which means that the correct answer must be given by the words in the passage. Once you start adding your own opinion/interpretation, you are making the test subjective, and that is dangerous because your opinion/interpretation can be different from mine or others.

 

Hope that explanation helps =)

 

Also, #6

 

I LOVE your process! That's great! Step 3, when you thought about the "quality" of something, that was brilliant! It does clearly distinguish (C) - life saving surgery from (D) - a meaningful performance. Excellent job!

 

Keep working on "Your own interpretation" vs "Staying within the words of the Passage." When you "stay within the passage," you should mainly be "restating/paraphrasing the words in the passage" because the correct answer on the SAT will also mainly "restate/summarize/generalize the information in the passage" and sometimes only make small, simple logical conclusions from the words in the passage.

 

You got this!!  

 
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