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ASVAB Paragraph Comprehension 2.2 Inference. Why are the sun and sky referred to as "deceitful"?

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00:00

[ musical flourish ]

00:03

And here's your Smoop du jour, brought to you by winter.

00:06

It's cold, dark, and miserable but, hey, at least you get days off.

00:09

Yeah. We do here at Shmoop, anyway.

00:11

All right, check out the following passage.

00:13

Nobody comes on our website. It's very lonely.

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All right. [ mumbles ]

00:23

All right.

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Why are the sun and sky referred to as "deceitful"?

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And here are the potential answers.

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[ mumbles ] These are some good answers.

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All right. Well, deceitful means full of lies

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as in, "That cell phone service subscription

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was deceitful." [ boing ]

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So we've gotta choose an answer that shows

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the sun and sky are lying.

00:46

Anyone smell pants on fire? Yeah.

00:48

Well, there's nothing in the passage that indicates

00:51

that the thermostat is broken.

00:53

But even if it were smashed to pieces and reconfigured into a jukebox,

00:56

well, this statement wouldn't have anything to do with

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the sun and sky. So option A is definitely incorrect.

01:01

And the sun does look warm, but the sky is described as a vibrant blue.

01:05

That's not the color of a cold sky. It's more of a

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happy beach sky. So our answer isn't C.

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Option D doesn't make sense, either.

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The paragraph indicates that the world outside looks bright and sunny.

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It's just the thermostat, well, it says otherwise.

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So D is also incorrect.

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The reason the sun and sky are deceitful is because

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they're making it look bright and sunny when, in fact,

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it's miserable and cold.

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Hence the sun and sky are full of lies.

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Cold, horrible, miserable lies.

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So option B is the correct answer here.

01:33

Let's grab a cup of cocoa and wait for the spring.

01:35

It'll be here eventually.

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