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SAT Reading: Passage Comparison Drill 5, Problem 3

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Here's your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by global warming, evidence of man's ability

00:08

to make anything microwavable.

00:47

The tone of Passage 1 can best be described as... what??

00:57

The author of Passage 1 definitely believes the government isn't doing enough to stop

01:01

climate change, so the first thing we can do is eliminate anything positive-sounding.

01:05

"Sympathetic" is the first word that strikes us as being too nice.

01:11

It comes from the word "sympathy" and means that someone is showing care or concern

01:15

for something.

01:16

The author definitely isn't showing any concern for the administration and the Republicans

01:21

who support them, though, so we can eliminate (A).

01:24

"Supportive" sounds way too positive as well.

01:27

This author is out to bring down the Republicans he thinks are ruining the world. He might

01:31

be doing it to support a cause he believes in, but this article shows him in full attack

01:35

mode. So choice (B) is off the list.

01:37

"Bored" may not be positive, but it's

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out of the running, too. We get the feeling that this author has more than enough steam

01:43

to keep going for a while.

01:45

If the author's tone were "measured" then that would mean that it was evenhanded.

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However, when the author uses phrases like "stubborn insistence" to describe his

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opponents' actions, he's throwing evenhandedness out the window.

01:58

We can cross out choice (C). The "dis" in "displeased" lets us

02:03

know that it describes somebody who's not pleased at all.

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No doubt, choice (E) is the right answer.

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We wonder if there's anything that'd cheer this guy up?

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