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SAT Reading: Assessing the Reasoning Behind Thoreau's Argument
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SAT Reading: Describing President Obama's Reasoning for Referencing the Founding Principles
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Addressing Counterarguments in a Scientific Text
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It's important to know how to recognize counterarguments to a claim. This SAT Reading video covers just that - how handy.

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SAT Reading 6.3 Passage Comparison 172 Views


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SAT Reading: Passage Comparison Drill 6, Problem 3

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Here's your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by European settlers. They were kind of like

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those pushy people at the mall on Christmas Eve.

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In the second paragraph of Passage 1, the author reveals that... what?

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This question might seem a little vague at first, but a quick look at the answer choices

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shows us we're dealing with the topic of museum visitors.

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A wild bunch, we know.

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The second paragraph tells us that the museum's first visitors--especially the Native Americans--were

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happy with the museum.

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(A) is a definite no.

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The author doesn't mention children one way or another in the paragraph.

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Maybe it was full of kids.

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Maybe there were none.

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We don't know for sure, so (B) is incorrect.

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(D) is off the list for sure as well.

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Though the author does say there were a lot of American Indians at the opening, there's

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no evidence to support the claim that only Native Americans were invited.

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The author mentions that he's already met some of the people he speaks with, so we say

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no to choice (E) as well.

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Since many of the Native Americans express the idea that the museum has "finally" recognized

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their cultures—which indicates that they support its goal—(C) is the correct answer.

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We'd say something like "better late than never," but that would somehow seem oh-so wrong...

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