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Catcher in the Rye Extra Credit…
Catcher in the Rye Extra Credit…
For extra credit (and as an experiment to see who is actually checking the site, please watch either Chasing Holden or Igby Goes Down and write a 2-3 page analysis as to how it is influenced by Catcher. Note major similarities/differences and decide if either or both of these films truly capture the voice created by Salinger. Both films are available via Netflix or the first one to want to borrow my copy(s) may do so. This will be due when we return from the Holiday break (1/2/13)
Another Holden song…
NYC by Interpol…
Holden Caulfield’s Schedule for the Month
Juniors,
I saw this online last night and it killed me and all. It really did. I thought you guys might get a kick out of it, too.
SAT Question of the Day, 11/14/12
“Those scholars who believe that the true author of the poem died in 1812 consider the authenticity of this particular manuscript _____________ because it includes references to events that occurred in 1818.”
A. ageless
B. tenable
C. suspect
D. unique
E. legitimate
The correct answer is C.
Since an author would be unable to refer to events that occurred after he or she had died, scholars would have cause for considering the authenticity of an 1818 manuscript “suspect,” or worthy of suspicion.
SAT Question of the Day, 11/9/12
“The ballet stage is a bright, seemingly weightless world where gravity is continually being _____________ by the dancers.”
A. prolonged
B. reapportioned
C. unbalanced
D. reflected
E. defied
The correct answer is E.
SAT Question of the Day, 11/8/12
“The radical ideas in Henderson’s speech were _______________ to those assembled, inciting many in the crowd to anger and some to open rebellion.”
A. exhilarating
B. sympathetic
C. gratifying
D. inflammatory
E. tiresome
The correct answer is D.
SAT Question of the Day, 11/7/12
“Members of the research team were initially so adversarial that ____________ seemed impossible; the project’s inauspicious start made its final success all the more __________________.”
A. concentration . . . incidental
B. disagreement . . . incongruous
C. collaboration . . . predictable
D. hostility . . . dazzling
E. cooperation . . . remarkable
The correct answer is E.
SAT Question of the Day, 11/5/12
“Even those who do not ____________ Robinson’s views ____________ him as a candidate who has courageously refused to compromise his convictions.”
A. shrink from . . . condemn
B. concur with . . . recognize
C. profit from . . . dismiss
D. disagree with . . . envision
E. dissent from . . . remember
The correct answer is B.
SAT Question of the Day, 11/2/12
“Robert’s numerous business failures finally ___________ a sense of caution that ___________ his entrepreneurial instincts.”
A. inculcated … tempered
B. arrogated … enhanced
C. instilled … validated
D. yielded … sparked
E. eliminated … restrained
The correct answer is A .
SAT Question of the Day, 10/31/12
“Despite their _____________ backgrounds, those who fought for civil rights overcame their differences in a _______________ effort.”
A. incompatible . . . divisive
B. eccentric . . . prosaic
C. distinguished . . . futile
D. disparate . . . united
E. comparable . . joint
The correct answer is D.
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