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SAT Reading Passage Comparison: Drill 4, Problem 1

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Here's your shmoop du jour, brought to you by the Island of Tears. Don't cry too much,

00:08

or you'll have to climb up that palm tree.

00:18

Passage 1 is primarily concerned with...what?

00:27

"Primarily concerned" is another way of saying "find the main point."

00:31

So, we're looking for the answer choice that gives us the best bird's eye view of

00:35

the whole passage, rather than one that focuses on the small stuff.

00:39

The passage does say that it took a few hours to make it through Ellis Island, but overall

00:43

it doesn't focus on long lines.

00:45

We can send (A) back to the boat.

00:48

Answer choice (D) is also way too concerned with the details.

00:52

The author spends about a sentence and a half talking about the types of diseases that could

00:56

keep people out of the country. (D) is a definite no.

00:59

This passage does talk about the harsh conditions that third class passengers had to deal with

01:04

while crossing the Atlantic, but it actually claims that things weren't so bad once they

01:09

reached Ellis Island.

01:10

Choice (B) is denied access for outright lying.

01:14

The passage also talks about the stages of the journey a little bit, by discussing the

01:17

hardships of the voyage, but it's just not the main point.

01:21

Sorry, (E), you've been rejected. The only answer choice that fits here is (C),

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because Passage 1 discusses what different classes of passengers usually encountered

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when immigrating to the U.S..

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So it's C, as in "Citizen."

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