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AP English Language and Composition: Passage Drill 2, Problem 3. The subject of the passage can best be described as what?
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AP English Language: Why Include This Story? 23 Views
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The primary purpose of including Nasmyth's story (lines 15–17) is to
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Okay A p laying people We've read the passage We've
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digested it We've mumbled through it and just get to
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the question all right The primary purpose of including now
- 00:14
as myths story in lines fifteen through seventeen is what
- 00:21
No Let's cruise here to fifteen to seventeen and just
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mumble for you at no extra charge Thank you very
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much Yada yada like that Smith who tells it is
- 00:30
i don't love you man You know that He's thinking
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one of friends had a charming and kindly twinkle On
- 00:34
one days brother discovered that he had a glass high
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You know he's got a sense of humor there All
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right Well before recounting as miss story the speaker expresses
- 00:42
the opinion that if we make mistakes it's better that
- 00:45
they be kind of mistakes The anecdote about nah smith
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and the glass eye reinforces that perspective Think of all
- 00:51
the awkward moments that could have been avoided with this
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golden rule All the stories but playful but absurd So
- 00:57
get rid of d That's just too strong a word
- 00:59
and the rest of the passage isn't exactly somber Get
- 01:01
rid of a where that come from The consequences of
- 01:04
nasa mis mistake aren't discussed anywhere in sea like another
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where'd that come from Like the text has to be
- 01:09
in the text or it doesn't count And there's no
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clear analogy to plunging into science So get rid of
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b it's way more an example of charitable mistake So
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the answer is you know to express the speaker's opinion 00:01:20.931 --> [endTime] regarding mistakes That's it It's e
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