someone previously mentioned getting rid of E because they saw the kayapo in the answer. i also saw that use of a direct link to the passage as too much, as the kayapo are just an example of how Turner affirms FG point.
i did all of my low res summmaries then read JY's takes- i never would have gotten the concept that the author was actually speaking in P4- not sure if thats my lack of being locked in/reading too fast/ RC naivety but i only could have gotten this question right if i understood that the author was speaking... scary because unlike some of LR , RC has a compounding effect- if you miss something "small" like a few words of the last paragraph that are actually huge to the passage as a whole you will probably get at least 2-3 questions wrong: MP, Implied (on what the author thinks), and maybe an LR question related to the authors views. RC is much easier for me in the sense that reading and taking notes is something ive always done- but will definitely have to get better at analyzing words as to not miss concepts.
I ruled out C because I thought that all anthropologists would agree that video technology has impacted indigenous people. 🥲 I guess it means that they disagree about what that impact is, not whether it exists. But I feel like that's not clear from the AC.
i kind of did the same mainly because i assumed that summarising the whole passage had more to do with what the author's main point was which was not about Kayapo... if that makes sense.
this is my question as well, especially since I eliminated this answer because I felt like it did not describe "the position of one faction" at all, and this is moreso what the passage was focused on in my eyes.
Okay so after watching the explanation, I'm confused. You eliminated A immediately after reading that it starts "Some anthropologists argue that" and that's literally the reason I eliminated C initially. Reading "Anthropologists are divided in their assessments" is basically the same as "Some anthropologists argue that" to me. Maybe it is not a good strategy to teach to eliminate before reading the answer choices completely. Doing that is the reason I got this wrong. Is my thinking wrong? #feedback #help
Reading both answers completely I understand why A is wrong, but from the POE demonstrations in previous videos and this one, I thought it could eliminated without too much thought (trying to learn to do these questions quickly as well as correctly) b/c I was looking for the author’s conclusion and the “Anthropologists” in both answer choices led me to eliminate them both without reading through them carefully. I guess to my understanding, that’s what we were supposed to do based on the explanation for A. but I see now that the question is also asking for a “summary” so that makes C the strongest choice. I think I got too hyper-focused on looking for the Authors words.
I eliminated A not just from the phrase "some anthropologists argue that." I also read the rest of the answer to see whether we got any author opinion. But I didn't read it so closely as to care about exactly what each word said -- I only read it closely enough to tell that we weren't getting the author's opinion.
I would not say that “Anthropologists are divided in their assessments” is basically the same as “Some anthropologists argue that”. The former refers to at least two distinct groups of anthropologists that hold opposing views. In contrast, the latter sentence refers to the viewpoint of some anthropologists (which constitutes one singular view). after completely reading answer choice A, it only refers to Weiner's viewpoint which is not a complete and accurate summary of the passage.
I may be wrong but I thought in one of the earlier RC lessons that if the author doesn't give an opinion that the main point is simply that a debate exists...
Also, how would we know which perspective the author is focusing on if the author did not express an opinion?
Sometimes the author spends most of the passage developing one view. For example, maybe there's one critic who goes against a traditional view. The author might focus on that critic's argument even if the author doesn't necessarily express support for that view.
Yeah, I was close to that too. I was thinking E was wrong because it was just too specific, whereas C is a "more complete summary." I totally glossed over the fact that "validates" was too strong a word!
To be honest, I didn't even notice validate, but I did notice that the question said summary rather than main idea. I thought E wasn't a summary that covers all of the passage, as it only contains content from the last paragraph whereas C covers the content from all of the paragraphs. Is my reasoning valid or did I just get lucky?
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yayaya got it right! :)
someone previously mentioned getting rid of E because they saw the kayapo in the answer. i also saw that use of a direct link to the passage as too much, as the kayapo are just an example of how Turner affirms FG point.
i did all of my low res summmaries then read JY's takes- i never would have gotten the concept that the author was actually speaking in P4- not sure if thats my lack of being locked in/reading too fast/ RC naivety but i only could have gotten this question right if i understood that the author was speaking... scary because unlike some of LR , RC has a compounding effect- if you miss something "small" like a few words of the last paragraph that are actually huge to the passage as a whole you will probably get at least 2-3 questions wrong: MP, Implied (on what the author thinks), and maybe an LR question related to the authors views. RC is much easier for me in the sense that reading and taking notes is something ive always done- but will definitely have to get better at analyzing words as to not miss concepts.
honestly shocked that I was under the time for reading. Thought for sure I'd be like a minute or two over
i never look at time but why did i go on instagram reels while reading this and still beat the clock. I hope they allow reels during the test
I ruled out C because I thought that all anthropologists would agree that video technology has impacted indigenous people. 🥲 I guess it means that they disagree about what that impact is, not whether it exists. But I feel like that's not clear from the AC.
How was this passage a level 1 difficulty?
@BlackhawkRest my thoughts exactly
is it wrong that I eliminated E after reading "Kayapo" because I assumed that it wouldn't have summarized the whole passage as asked in the stem?
i kind of did the same mainly because i assumed that summarising the whole passage had more to do with what the author's main point was which was not about Kayapo... if that makes sense.
Got this main point right finallyyyyyy but it makes me nervous that this is a one star passage!!
Boom, answered in 1.57 seconds.
I chose C immediately, but are you saying that if answer E had said "support" instead of "validate" that it would have been the correct answer over C?
this is my question as well, especially since I eliminated this answer because I felt like it did not describe "the position of one faction" at all, and this is moreso what the passage was focused on in my eyes.
I would think C would still be right because it summarizes the entire text while E only focuses on one side of the debate. That's why I eliminated it.
Okay so after watching the explanation, I'm confused. You eliminated A immediately after reading that it starts "Some anthropologists argue that" and that's literally the reason I eliminated C initially. Reading "Anthropologists are divided in their assessments" is basically the same as "Some anthropologists argue that" to me. Maybe it is not a good strategy to teach to eliminate before reading the answer choices completely. Doing that is the reason I got this wrong. Is my thinking wrong? #feedback #help
Reading both answers completely I understand why A is wrong, but from the POE demonstrations in previous videos and this one, I thought it could eliminated without too much thought (trying to learn to do these questions quickly as well as correctly) b/c I was looking for the author’s conclusion and the “Anthropologists” in both answer choices led me to eliminate them both without reading through them carefully. I guess to my understanding, that’s what we were supposed to do based on the explanation for A. but I see now that the question is also asking for a “summary” so that makes C the strongest choice. I think I got too hyper-focused on looking for the Authors words.
I eliminated A not just from the phrase "some anthropologists argue that." I also read the rest of the answer to see whether we got any author opinion. But I didn't read it so closely as to care about exactly what each word said -- I only read it closely enough to tell that we weren't getting the author's opinion.
I would not say that “Anthropologists are divided in their assessments” is basically the same as “Some anthropologists argue that”. The former refers to at least two distinct groups of anthropologists that hold opposing views. In contrast, the latter sentence refers to the viewpoint of some anthropologists (which constitutes one singular view). after completely reading answer choice A, it only refers to Weiner's viewpoint which is not a complete and accurate summary of the passage.
hope this helps!
BRUH
Answer choice C just makes more sense than the rest, especially with how bogus D is
In reference to #1 under Let's Review:
I may be wrong but I thought in one of the earlier RC lessons that if the author doesn't give an opinion that the main point is simply that a debate exists...
Also, how would we know which perspective the author is focusing on if the author did not express an opinion?
Sometimes the author spends most of the passage developing one view. For example, maybe there's one critic who goes against a traditional view. The author might focus on that critic's argument even if the author doesn't necessarily express support for that view.
I was so focused on trying to stick to the author's point that I chose E even though my gut was telling me it was C
Didn't even consider the strength of the word "validates"
Yeah, I was close to that too. I was thinking E was wrong because it was just too specific, whereas C is a "more complete summary." I totally glossed over the fact that "validates" was too strong a word!
I should have went with my gut for this one...
To be honest, I didn't even notice validate, but I did notice that the question said summary rather than main idea. I thought E wasn't a summary that covers all of the passage, as it only contains content from the last paragraph whereas C covers the content from all of the paragraphs. Is my reasoning valid or did I just get lucky?
That reasoning OK, too, since this question asks for a summary. This question is like a Pseudo-Main Point; not exactly the same, but very close.