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ACT Reading Prose Fiction Drill 1, Problem 1. Which of the following best describes the overall purpose of this passage?
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ACT Reading: Social Science Passage Drill 1, Problem 10. The intended audience for this passage was most likely which of the following?
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- 00:03
Here's your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by the academic community. Believe it or not,
- 00:07
those guys really know how to party.
- 00:25
The intended audience for this passage was most likely which of the following?
- 00:35
Freud does seem to assume that his audience is at least interested in psychoanalysis and
- 00:39
dream interpretation, and it's not like his tone is super argumentative...
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- 00:43
So choice (B) is out of the running.
- 00:45
Freud's tone isn't overly scientific, and he makes an effort to provide basic background
- 00:50
information, hinting that his audience isn't entirely made up of professional, experienced psychologists.
- 00:56
Answer (A) is out.
- 00:57
Of course, he also uses lots of big terms and makes a case for dream interpretation
- 01:01
to be used as a tool by professionals...
- 01:03
...making it seem unlikely that he intends the book for just anybody.
- 01:07
We can nix choice (C).
- 01:10
(D) gets it just right. The book isn't only for experts--the title does say "for Beginners"
- 01:17
after all--but it's not for total newbies either.
- 01:19
If the audience was only interested in, for example, monster truck rallies, what would
- 01:24
really be the point here?
- 01:26
Not that there's anything wrong with monster truck rallies...
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