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SAT Reading: Classifying the Relationship Between Two Passages
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How was the Beanie Baby era parallel to the Tulip Bubble? Similar events, only the TulipMania almost bankrupted Holland. Bean Babies only bankrupte...

SAT Reading: Describing President Obama's Reasoning for Referencing the Founding Principles
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We need to find solutions for modern problems. The founding fathers of the country had no idea we'd have fake news. We have to adjust to modern lif...

SAT Reading: Describing President Obama's Point of View in the Conclusion of His Speech
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Obama's stance on the nation: We need to reform our economic opportunities. More resources need to be allocated to those at the bottom of the socia...

SAT Reading Drill 2.11 Citing textual evidence
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Obama hates income inequality. He argues that the nation is much more similar in talent and drive and deserved income versus The Red State candidat...

SAT Reading: Analyzing the Effect of Mentioning the Patriots of 1776 on the Entire Speech
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Obama encourages everyone to participate in their own governance. He cites the Founding Father's interests as the big driver here. And that we shou...

SAT Reading: Defining the Word "Creed" in the Context of President Obama's Speech
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What is our founding creed - like what does that mean, anyway? The "recipe" for America must be defended; our ideology is precious. We must protect...

SAT Reading: Recognizing the Rhetorical Effect of Repetition in President Obama's Speech
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Together. We have shared priorities as Americans—caring for the vulnerable, shared public facilities, working together. Are we...together?

SAT Reading: Determining the Implicit Meaning of a Phrase in President Obama's Speech
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The forces of Facism and Communism - war technology in WW2 has changed. We defeated the bad guys by working together. The times they are a changin'.

SAT Reading: Which Characteristic Does President Obama Imply All Americans Share?
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What do we share as Americans? What traits? What is our national character? Obama defines it as a map to the trajectory laid out regarding change f...

SAT Reading: Using the Context of President Obama's Speech to Define "Steeled"
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We Americans endure crises and return stronger than ever. It didn't kill us so it made us stronger. Kelly Clarkson for President!

SAT Reading: Identifying the Rhetorical Effect of the Phrase "We, the People"
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"We the people..." Obama references his own patriotism, aligning his presidency with that of the legends in the past. Is his underwear red, white,...

SAT Reading: Analyzing President Obama's Choice of the Phrase "Outworn Programs"
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Obama wanted innovation back in 2013. How do we know? Watch this video on analyzing text.

SAT Reading: Which Event Explicitly Precipitated the Tulip Bubble?
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Tulips were the Beanie Babies of the 17th Century. Find out how the tulip bubble burst!

A Beanie Baby - Tulip Bubble Mash Up
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A Beanie Baby - Tulip Bubble mash up. The intrinsic value of water is high. It uh.. saves your life. The intrinsic value of a Tulip became just tha...

Citing Evidence of the Connection Between Two Passages
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From garden decor to a precious tradable asset...but why tulips??

SAT Reading: Analyzing How the Reference to Tulip Buyers Affects the Piece as a Whole
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Noble citizens were victims of TulipMania as well as the uneducated poor. Greed is not a class-divided emotional response. Anyone and everyone coul...

SAT Reading: Identifying the Purpose of a Particular Paragraph
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Purpose of paragraphs. Pickin' out keywords. What's it all about, Alfie? When ideas are repeated, it... matters. Often the repeat is in fact, the p...

SAT Reading: Recognizing the Most Accurate Definition of "Fearfully" in Context
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What happens to tulips after they die? Was Holland haunted by tulip ghosts? Watch this video on analyzing text to find out!

Relating Information in a Table to the Rising Price of Tulips
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Why did people in Holland pay so much for tulips? Buyers remorse must have run rampant once the flowers wilted...

SAT Reading: Determining the Most Likely Reason for the End of Tulipomania
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The Tulip Bubble lived on the greed of the masses. As soon as trust in the Bubble faded, the economics of investing in Tulips (really, rolling the...

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