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SAT Reading: Passage Comparison Drill 4, Problem 6

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Here's your shmoop du jour, brought to you by Passage to America. Only slightly longer

00:08

than the passage you're about to read...

00:27

Passage 2 differs from Passage 1 in that it...what?

00:36

First things first... let's get rid of the ones that are obviously wrong.

00:39

If we're paying attention--like, at all--we know that both of these passages discuss the

00:44

topic of immigration.

00:46

Choice (D) is easy to eliminate.

00:48

Choice (E) is also simple to get rid of.

00:51

Passage 2 focuses on discriminatory practices, a subject that isn't all puppies and rainbows.

00:57

Unless we're talking about sad puppies and ugly rainbows.

01:03

Whatever the case, Passage 2 is obviously far from "cheery," eliminating choice (E)

01:08

The whole point of Passage 2 is that the officials

01:11

on Ellis Island discriminated against women.

01:16

Choice (A) is a definite no. What about C?

01:19

Nuh-uh. Both passages discuss Ellis Island, so (C) is clearly wrong.

01:23

Passage 1 reassures us that the "vast majority" of immigrants who arrived at Ellis Island

01:28

eventually passed through.

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Since Passage 2 looks at the experiences of the two percent who didn't make it, (B) is

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the correct answer.

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