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AP English Literature and Composition 1.3 Passage Drill 1
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AP English Literature and Composition 1.3 Passage Drill 1. In the context of the passage, what does the word "compass" in line 15 mean?

AP English Literature and Composition 1.6 Passage Drill 1
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AP English Literature and Composition 1.6 Passage Drill 1. To what idea does the phrase "my opinion" in line 49 refer?

AP English Literature and Composition 1.10 Passage Drill 1
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AP English Literature and Composition 1.10 Passage Drill 1. The speaker's diction in this passage serves to characterize him as which of the following?

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We just might have a problem... that you'll understand...

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Last time, promise. Pause and review, and we won't make you go through this again.

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The speaker's diction in this passage serves to characterize him as which of the following?

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And here are the potential answers...

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It's judgment call time again. This question wants us to read the passage as a whole, and slap a big fat label on its speaker.

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Warning: while it's perfectly fine to do so within the confines of a test question,

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please avoid slapping labels on people in real life.

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Okay, so is our speaker...

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...uneducated and considerate? Uneducated? Hardly. You don't pick up words like "appellation,"

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"infallible" and "libertine" while playing in the sandbox.

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Is he egotistical and thoughtless? When someone's egotistical they are preoccupied with their

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ego... in other words, they couldn't give two hoots about anyone else.

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Since our speaker is so concerned about struldbrugs and making sure they get the advantages and

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recognition they deserve... we can rule this one out.

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Is our speaker educated and impulsive? Well... yeah. We've already established he's educated,

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so we know that much is true...

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...and we know he's impulsive, because he admits to speaking "too extravagantly"...

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so C is looking like a sure thing... Just to cover all our bases though, let's

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check out D and E...

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Is our speaker aristocratic and egotistical? We already ruled out egotistical, so... pass...

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What about curious and slow to speak? Curious, maybe... but definitely not slow to speak.

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This guy could give an auctioneer a run for his money.

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So C it is.

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Now remember not to put labels on people. It's such a pain to get that sticky stuff

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off of clothing.

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