A suggestion for advanced Critical Reading practice

After I posted a support/undermine question as my question of the day last week, I got a message from a student asking me if I could put up  more  reading questions that require more extended reasoning (usually corresponding to Level 4 and 5 Critical Reading questions on the pre-March 2016 SAT). As I explained to the student, these questions are unfortunately extremely time-consuming to produce; I sometimes need to tinker with them for a few days  to get them into shape. Given that, I started thinking about what students could do in order to get more practice on these question types, which normally show up no more than once or twice per test. Even if someone uses both  the Blue Book and the College Board online program, there still arent a whole lot of them. The problem, of course, is that these are the exact questions that a lot of people stuck in the high 600s/low 700s need to focus on. It finally occurred to me that the reading portions of the GRE (Masters and Ph.D. admissions), GMAT (MBA admissions), and LSAT (law school admissions) are chock full of these types of questions. The GRE in particular is a great source of practice material because its written by ETS; the flavor and style of the tests are the same. And you can sit and do support/undermine questions to your hearts content. Now, to be clear: this is not a recommendation I would make  to  anyone not aiming for an 800, or at least a 750+. These tests are considerably harder than the SAT; if youre not  comfortable reading at a college level, trying to work with prep material geared toward graduate-level exams is likely to be an exercise in frustration. Unlike SAT passages, which are taken from mainstream serious non-fiction, graduate exam passages tend to be taken from academic articles the work is written for subject specialists, not a general audience. I would also not recommend this option  unless youve already exhausted all the authentic SAT practice material  at your disposal. But if you do happen to fall into that category and are chomping at the bit for more material, you might want to  consider the official guides for these tests as supplemental options. If you spend some time working with them, youll probably be surprised at how easy the SAT ends up seeming by comparison.

Complete Analyzation of the Brandenberg Concerto by Bach - 825 Words

Complete Analyzation of the Brandenberg Concerto by Bach (Coursework Sample) Content: Last Name 1NameProfessors NameClass TitleFebruary 8, 2017Brandenburg Concerto No. 51) There are nine ritornello sections in the first movement of Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No.5.a) Please list the times when a new ritornello section appears. (Hint: There are nine (complete and partial) appearances.)Answer:0:00 Ritornello-Complete Ritornello played by orchestra, loud, bright, and strong in a major key0:44 Ritornello (first phrase)-Orchestra, loudly1:08 Ritornello (middle phrase)-Orchestra, loudly1:35 Ritornello (middle phrase)-Orchestra, loudly in a minor key2:21 Ritornello (middle phrase)-Orchestra4:04 Ritornello (first phrase)-Orchestra, loudly4:51 Ritornello (first/second phrase)-Orchestra, loudly, with a return to the original key5:30 Ritornello (middle phrase)9:26 Ritornello Final Ritornello-Full orchestra plays loudlyb) Why does Bach use the ritornello section this often?Bach uses this methodology so often because it is a way to tease the listener into expec ting the ritornello to return at various parts in the piece when it does not. He uses the ritornello to fade inLast Name 2and out with a polyphonic type of texture. Each episode seems to emerge from the ritornello rather than in contrast to it.c) Which instruments play the solos in between- are all soloists treated equally during the movement?Solos: 1 Flute, violin, and harpsichord, major key 2 Flute, violin, and harpsichord 3 Violin, flute, and harpsichord 4 Harpsichord, flute, and violin 5 Flute, harpsichord, violin 6 New theme in minor key, tossed between the flute and violin 7 Violin, flute, harpsichord 8 Violin, harpsichord, flute 9 Violin and flute, supported by rapid scale progressions in the harpsichord 10 Harpsichord soloThe harpsichord is relied upon much more heavily during the solos than the other instruments,which is not just apparent by looking at this list but listening to the scale progressions that areplayed repetitively throughout the piece.2) Compare the pers onal life, career, and general musical aesthetic of Johann Sebastian Bach andGeorge Friedrich Handel.The differences between the two composers as far as personal life, careers, and general music aest...