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AP English Language and Composition 3.1 Passage Drill
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AP English Language: Why Include This Phrase?
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The author uses multiple sets of numbers in the first paragraph in order to show


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Okay p language people Next question for you The author

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uses multiple sets of numbers in the first paragraph in

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order to show what okay well we can tell that

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the person who wrote this research paper did their statistics

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homework pretty well All the numbers in the first paragraph

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referred to the value of various drugs The whole point

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of the first paragraph in fact is summarized in its

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first sentences which are good places to look You know

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when searching for a paragraph overall theme and message we

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know the drill make the main argument in the first

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sentences and then use the rest of the paragraph Teo

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prove it Well drugs have been long some of the

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most valuable products on earth You know second sentence there

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and the other goes on to provide numerical proof Right

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He's pointing out the numbers What a show off Well

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the purpose of the first paragraph is more important than

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just providing a foundation for an equation to get rid

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of a and the staff's presented well don't exactly actually

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indicate a limit for american consumption Get rid of see

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the enormity of the american economy Beer logic behind spending

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The isn't accurately represented from the staff because while there

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are too many unknown factors and variables in the whole

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thesis here so the answer is e just how valuable 00:01:12.798 --> [endTime] legal and illegal drugs can be

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