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SAT Reading: Why Does Thoreau Use the Phrase "Mechanical Aids" in this Passage?
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SAT Reading 1.9 Long Passages 204 Views


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SAT Reading Long Passages Drill 1, Problem 9

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00:04

Feel better, live longer...with vitamin Shmoop. Feeling an indescribable urge to re-read this

00:12

passage? Go ahead and hit pause... no one's stopping you.

00:16

The tone of the passage is...what?

00:26

Here are the potential answers... Of course we were all taking tons of notes

00:30

as we read through the passage, so let's take a second to reflect on our earlier impressions.

00:36

Just humor us, as we play a little game called "Throw a Rock at the Wrong Answer."

00:41

Is the passage overly academic?

00:44

Nope. Lurid and sensational?

00:48

Nuh-uh. Does the author act like he's too cool to

00:52

even be writing about Nirvana? No way. That one gets two rocks.

00:58

The article might be considered up-beat, but it's definitely not unorganized and hard

01:02

to follow.

01:03

We'll go ahead and drop a boulder on that one.

01:06

Looks like the final choice is the only one left standing.

01:09

This one totally makes sense to us, because the author seems totally into his subject

01:13

throughout the passage... and the article is an easy read.

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Congratulations, choice E, you've survived this round. No rocks for you.

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