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AP English Language and Composition 10.2 Passage Drill. What is the most likely reason that the author puts quote marks around the words scenic, education, and modern?

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Thank you We sneak in and here's your shmoop du

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jour brought to you by quotes Great tools for when

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you want to sound smarter than you really are First

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read this passage for the nine hundred ninety seventh time

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Now we just can't do it I can't read it

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Sorry that's it guys that just moving on We're going

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to skim right through it What's the most likely reason

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the author puts quote marks around the words scenic education

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and modern and hear the potential answers ironic usage and

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important kinds of contexts Well punctuation marks can be used

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in many ways like philip sees to be a passive

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aggressive here quotation marks do more than just a quote

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consider our author's intention our golf links really that scenic

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They're scenic in that artificial plastic way that fruit snacks

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are all natural so let's first rule out the wrong

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answers We don't use quotes to signal important concepts boldface

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does a better job like when a book signals the

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only words that you need to know on a test

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and if we want to add emphasis i talents are

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underlined work better too Now it is true we want

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to avoid all caps This isn't the common section of

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an internet cat video but that's not why the author's

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using quotes he's creating a contrast between literal and implied

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meaning the opposite of what answer d says he's implying

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that quote modern unquote trends aren't really so modern after

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all using words in an ironic context hey you really

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are smart and you didn't Even need to drop any 00:01:39.363 --> [endTime] pretentious philosophy Quotes No

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