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Born into a theatrical family in 1778, Joe Grimaldi was a theater superstar who rose to national prominence in 1806 playing a clown in the pantomime of Mother Goose. Tutored by his father, Giuseppe, Joe's unique comic gifts began developing when he made his first appearance onstage at the age of two. At age nine, Joe became the family's principal breadwinner, and he spent the remainder of his childhood running between performances.
This passage is primarily about
(A)the death of Joe Grimaldi's father
(B)Joe Grimaldi's rise to fame
(C)the origins of Joe Grimaldi's career
(D)Joe Grimaldi's birth
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- 00:01
Okay see reading trumpers another paragraph for you and let's
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Just skip to the question here This passage is primarily
- 00:08
about what are So let's go ahead and read paragraph
- 00:14
born into a theatrical family in seventy seventy eight drug
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remotely with theater superstar rose to national prominence states you
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- 00:18
know six at age nine joe became the family principal
- 00:20
breadwinner and he spent the remainder of childhood running between
- 00:23
performances Well so what's this about certainly not the death
- 00:26
of his father Maybe his rise to fame got to
- 00:29
kind of think about that are the origins of his
- 00:31
degree at sounds way better and his birth No Well
- 00:34
the passage explains the origins of joe's career in theatre
- 00:37
he started at the age of to at that age
- 00:39
most of us couldn't even say are known names correctly
- 00:41
let alone sustain business relationships and signed contracts without drooling
- 00:45
on them Is it too late to following his tiny
- 00:48
footsteps here All right so the answer is c the
- 00:50
origins of joe grimaldi's career and the loser bowl Well
- 00:53
what isn't stated in the passages that joker melody's father
- 00:56
died we could infer that this happened because joe became
- 00:58
the primary breadwinner as a child but it's not a
- 01:01
concrete facts I didn't say it in the article so
- 01:03
the article identifies joe's rise to fame in one line
- 01:06
passage as ah whole zeros in on his childhood And
- 01:09
besides mentioning the year he was born the passage doesn't
- 01:11
offer other details about his birth Like you know did
- 01:14
she yell at mr grimaldi For more ice chips World 00:01:18.039 --> [endTime] may never know
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