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PSAT 2.2 Reading Diagnostic. What is the main rhetorical effect of this phrase in the second paragraph?
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TSI Reading: Which Barrier Are We Talking About? 3 Views
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Description:
The word "barrier" in the passage most closely refers to
(A)an alpine skiing gate
(B)having only one leg
(C)going to the Olympics
(D)being an African-American skier
Transcript
- 00:02
Reading trumpers the word barrier in the passage most closely
- 00:06
refers tio what Okay paragraph here go ralph green accepted
- 00:13
quarterback known pointed him in howard's life dramatically changed aged
- 00:15
fifteen gun troublemakers in the empty ation was left leg
- 00:18
a two time paralympian green author this is the first
Full Transcript
- 00:20
african american male make us paralympic alpine skiing national team
- 00:24
Anytime anyone could break a berry and something it's a
- 00:25
big deal green said i worked hard to make us
- 00:27
parallel between twice ski racing is really in his mountain
- 00:30
and lauren lauren power through and finish fear is not
- 00:32
a factor I'm grateful for all the opportunities skiing is
- 00:34
giving me well let's see let's think honestly that's a
- 00:37
tricky question because the passage makes it clear that ralph
- 00:39
green is impressive on many fronts he began is a
- 00:42
stellar athlete remained a stellar athlete even after losing a
- 00:46
leg and then became the first african american males to
- 00:49
join the us paralympic calpine's ginting quote from green in
- 00:52
which he mentions barriers however comes right after the line
- 00:56
about being the first black man on the paralympic alpine
- 00:59
skiing team so that probably gets the nod it's d
- 01:03
but skiing on one leg and going to the olympics
- 01:06
on it was pretty good in my book so yeah
- 01:08
let's go with the so yeah he is the answer
- 01:10
All right loser ball Well ralph isn't describing the physical
- 01:13
barriers of a sport You have the gate that was
- 01:15
throw out instead he's talking about the accomplishment something that
- 01:17
literally no one else has ever done before though maintaining
- 01:20
his athleticism with only one leg and pulling the olympics
- 01:23
or pretty amazing feeds Well he's specifically referring to becoming
- 01:26
the first african american alpine skier for the paralympic team 00:01:29.787 --> [endTime] So okay that's it We're shmoop
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