I am just now arriving at the second appearance of the Ezekiel Mphahlele passage, and I find that I'm having trouble approaching that lesson successfully because I remember too much about the passage. I think this diminishes the value of the later lesson.
It would be valuable if each passage used in the curriculum was used only once.
Critics - specifically critiquing the categorization of EM's work whether it is autobiography or fiction and drawing on two of his works to support their opinion
Author - dismisses critics argument saying they are too focused on traditional labels and EM forms his work in a way to promote a social message.
So there are 2 perspectives that I identified.
Ugh, I can see how the high scorers are the ones who can do this mentally. For me, it really helps to have the summary written down. Is there a chance for me to get a high score though I can entirely do this mentally or am i being to pessimistic from the get-go?
is just me or the example used in the video is not the same one as the example explained in the text version?? The one of the video starts with "work of South African writer Ezekiel..." and the text version example starts with "Various theoretical approaches have been...". #Feedback
#feedback The player on these videos do not work all of the time, not allowing me to change viewing speed or change subtitles settings. In this video, subtitles covered the passage and I could not read all of it without reloading the page.
There was so much work and analysis in the text that was mostly glossed over in the video. If all of the videos are going to be different from the texts, I'll just read the texts for the RC curriculum, so I don't miss anything. I probably need to recondition myself to read dense texts again anyway. College was a few years ago at this point
#feedback not even attempting to say Mphahlele's name was not super awesome. To borrow from Uzoamaka Nwanneka, if you can learn to say Tchaikovsky and Michaelangelo and Dostoyevsky (and the latin names of bacterium in the case of 7sage), you can learn how to say Mphahlele!
He is giving you a strategy for the LSAT and showing you how he breaks it down to remember it. You will 100% waste your time if you sit there trying to pronounce someones name. All of the names listed above, including yours, would all just be a letter in my summary. Lets not turn something into something it is not. You are answering a question on an LSAT not making a new friend.
I get what you're saying, and I use abbreviations in my study as well. I just find it curious that in the following lessons, "Agamemnon" and "Aeschylian" are pronounced in full several times and with no abbreviation, while the same is not true of Mphahlele’s name.
I had the same reaction-- at the same time, Mphahlele's first name used to be Ezekiel, but he changed it to Es'kia to separate from his colonizer birth name...so maybe Kevin knew this and wanted to be respectful and therefore just used E.M.? wishful thinking
engage in the vids, if Kevin wants me to pause and make a prediction, well that is what I'm going to do. So far, so good. I understood the breakdown of the passage while using the foundational in LR. good luck to all
Same question here. In the past, I noticed that the text was just a transcript of the video, but I'm just now realizing these ones are different from the video. I'm more of an auditory/visual learner than just reading.
I understand the author is just describing a perspective: the critics. Is it also possible that this paragraph shows the author leaning more towards in favor of EM, considering the end where the author mentioned the critics are missing the bigger picture when it comes to EM?
It's apparent that the author has respect for EM, and implicitly says that the literary critics are missing the point: EM is not trying to adhere to categorization of prose, but communicate a significant political and social message.
Given that EM is South African and the timing of his novels coincide with apartheid, one that has no idea who EM is, can assume his writings are meant to inform a greater, global audience of an important message.
These tips are very helpful and reassuring when tackling the RC section. As someone who loves to read in my free time, I DREAD the RC section on the LSAT.
#feedback - Can you clarify how much of this analysis/low res summaries should be done in our head vs on paper vs. through highlighting the passage? Is this supposed to be a combination of the three or more intrinsically, entirely in our head?
It varies from person to person. Most high-scorers probably just do this entirely in their heads. Some will like to highlight different perspectives, especially the authors.
This test is a nightmare as is, with just a wall of text it is borderline impossible to focus and get anything out of it. my brain sees the words but that is it.
Actually for RC reading instead of videos will help u the most! The more u read and comprehend this the better ur reading and comprehension will be when u read these extremely difficult rc passages during exam
Skip ahead to the first passage breakdown. You can get the points made in these earlier lessons through going through the passage and question breakdowns.
I'm the exact same way. I'll read the passage, and halfway through, I start to think about everything else BUT the passage. It's hard for me to stay focused and engaged in long, boring texts. SIGH
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#feedback This content is good, but both the Ezekiel Mphahlele and LHB passages are used for deep dives later in the curriculum (see https://7sage.com/lessons/reading-comprehension/passage-style-phenomenon-hypothesis/late-heavy-bombardment-paragraph-1 and https://7sage.com/lessons/reading-comprehension/passage-style-spotlight/mphahlele-passage-2-paragraph-1).
I am just now arriving at the second appearance of the Ezekiel Mphahlele passage, and I find that I'm having trouble approaching that lesson successfully because I remember too much about the passage. I think this diminishes the value of the later lesson.
It would be valuable if each passage used in the curriculum was used only once.
I'm feeling ready to fight some gremlins. Bring on the spotlight passage about tabletop roleplaying games!
The perspectives for this passages are:
Critics - specifically critiquing the categorization of EM's work whether it is autobiography or fiction and drawing on two of his works to support their opinion
Author - dismisses critics argument saying they are too focused on traditional labels and EM forms his work in a way to promote a social message.
So there are 2 perspectives that I identified.
Ugh, I can see how the high scorers are the ones who can do this mentally. For me, it really helps to have the summary written down. Is there a chance for me to get a high score though I can entirely do this mentally or am i being to pessimistic from the get-go?
is just me or the example used in the video is not the same one as the example explained in the text version?? The one of the video starts with "work of South African writer Ezekiel..." and the text version example starts with "Various theoretical approaches have been...". #Feedback
@StephanieTorres its the same for me as well
#feedback The player on these videos do not work all of the time, not allowing me to change viewing speed or change subtitles settings. In this video, subtitles covered the passage and I could not read all of it without reloading the page.
#feedback same here!
These darn gremlins
are you guys reading and watching? I was but low keu taking 30 mins per moduel is not it lol
To save time I typically just watch the videos and skim the stuff at the bottom.
There was so much work and analysis in the text that was mostly glossed over in the video. If all of the videos are going to be different from the texts, I'll just read the texts for the RC curriculum, so I don't miss anything. I probably need to recondition myself to read dense texts again anyway. College was a few years ago at this point
#feedback not even attempting to say Mphahlele's name was not super awesome. To borrow from Uzoamaka Nwanneka, if you can learn to say Tchaikovsky and Michaelangelo and Dostoyevsky (and the latin names of bacterium in the case of 7sage), you can learn how to say Mphahlele!
He is giving you a strategy for the LSAT and showing you how he breaks it down to remember it. You will 100% waste your time if you sit there trying to pronounce someones name. All of the names listed above, including yours, would all just be a letter in my summary. Lets not turn something into something it is not. You are answering a question on an LSAT not making a new friend.
I get what you're saying, and I use abbreviations in my study as well. I just find it curious that in the following lessons, "Agamemnon" and "Aeschylian" are pronounced in full several times and with no abbreviation, while the same is not true of Mphahlele’s name.
I had the same reaction-- at the same time, Mphahlele's first name used to be Ezekiel, but he changed it to Es'kia to separate from his colonizer birth name...so maybe Kevin knew this and wanted to be respectful and therefore just used E.M.? wishful thinking
@gabbyshek1655 Agree
engage in the vids, if Kevin wants me to pause and make a prediction, well that is what I'm going to do. So far, so good. I understood the breakdown of the passage while using the foundational in LR. good luck to all
#feedback is it advisable to watch the videos and read the text or do only one? It takes so much time to do both.
Same question here. In the past, I noticed that the text was just a transcript of the video, but I'm just now realizing these ones are different from the video. I'm more of an auditory/visual learner than just reading.
I'd just do one or the other; no need to do both. Sometimes the text might differ slightly, but it's not going to be an important difference.
actually the differences are significant -sometimes entirely different texts are covered...
I understand the author is just describing a perspective: the critics. Is it also possible that this paragraph shows the author leaning more towards in favor of EM, considering the end where the author mentioned the critics are missing the bigger picture when it comes to EM?
It's apparent that the author has respect for EM, and implicitly says that the literary critics are missing the point: EM is not trying to adhere to categorization of prose, but communicate a significant political and social message.
Given that EM is South African and the timing of his novels coincide with apartheid, one that has no idea who EM is, can assume his writings are meant to inform a greater, global audience of an important message.
These tips are very helpful and reassuring when tackling the RC section. As someone who loves to read in my free time, I DREAD the RC section on the LSAT.
Unfortunately, it's too real! 🥹
super real
your username gave me a chuckle. the struggle is real.
I thought the author was going against the critics perspective since he felt like they got "EM" intention wrong..... ayayay!
he's right, the LSAT writers ARE gremlins
I wish the video lesson was as detailed as the writing part below.
#feedback the text below the video is completely different with differing examples although its all on the same topic. Is this by design?
I think they made new videos but left the text they already had. :/
#feedback “sharply defined cataclysmic catering period.” typo needs to be "cratering" period
Maybe we actually mean a sharply defined period where we ordered a hundred burritos from Chipotle and it ended in a bathroom cataclysm...
#feedback - Can you clarify how much of this analysis/low res summaries should be done in our head vs on paper vs. through highlighting the passage? Is this supposed to be a combination of the three or more intrinsically, entirely in our head?
It varies from person to person. Most high-scorers probably just do this entirely in their heads. Some will like to highlight different perspectives, especially the authors.
video, video, video.
This test is a nightmare as is, with just a wall of text it is borderline impossible to focus and get anything out of it. my brain sees the words but that is it.
Actually for RC reading instead of videos will help u the most! The more u read and comprehend this the better ur reading and comprehension will be when u read these extremely difficult rc passages during exam
Skip ahead to the first passage breakdown. You can get the points made in these earlier lessons through going through the passage and question breakdowns.
I'm the exact same way. I'll read the passage, and halfway through, I start to think about everything else BUT the passage. It's hard for me to stay focused and engaged in long, boring texts. SIGH
This is very helpful!
I often mess up with these questions because it never occurs to me to remember or consider "Why do they hold this view?"