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[proximoception]

Not knowing what appositives are lost me some GRE subject points, as did my confusion at having both 1920-1940 and 1940-1960 as available answers for "When did New Criticism flourish?" I picked the former because they seemed to be stressing Eliot in related questions, and Cleanth Brooks, who I guess I thought was earlier...probably confused The Well Wrought Urn with The Road to Xanadu. Anyway, that one was mean. I correctly guessed Kristeva as author of Desire in Language (or whichever)--just sounds like something she'd write. Also didn't know periphrasis...I don't think any undergrads read this but if so, learn all possible rhetorical terms before taking the Literature. And know what the funny letters are in Gower and the Gawain poem. Still, awfully easy on the whole.

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[paris-hat.livejournal.com]

The new criticism question is a horrible one! I wonder if you can write to them.
Glad to hear about its easiness. Good luck with the whole wretched process!

[proximoception.livejournal.com]

Much easier to get an audience with the great and terrible Oz than whatever mad, hideous creature runs ETS. There was construction going on outside the window of the room we took it in, and the supervisors didn't get their act together enough to move us for over an hour. Once we'd switched rooms a girl asked if it would affect how they scored us, and was told they'd sent in a report which would be taken under consideration. Could barely help laughing at that. Consideration!