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CAHSEE ELA 4.1 Expository Writing. How are the events organized?
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- 00:03
Here's a question to shmoop over...
- 00:05
OK, we'll assume you've read the question...but we'll splash it up on the screen for a few seconds in case you want to hit
- 00:10
pause and review...
- 00:23
How are the events organized?
- 00:26
Here are the potential answers:
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- 00:32
So... what is this question asking?
- 00:34
How are the listed events... organized? We can glance at our list first and see if
- 00:39
anything pops out at us.
- 00:43
Not alphabetical...
- 00:47
Not numbered...
- 00:49
...Nope, no immediate help.
- 00:50
We're dealing with a lot of content here... so let's not fall into the trap of reading
- 00:54
every single word.
- 00:57
There's a lot of unnecessary fluff here, specifically designed to slow us down and
- 01:02
throw us off track.
- 01:06
A quick scan should be enough to give us the gist... time is of the essence...
- 01:11
The only other thing we can do is take each option at a time, and see if it pans out.
- 01:17
By date? If you can see dates here, good on you. You must be wearing your super-secret,
- 01:22
x-ray decoder glasses.
- 01:25
By time? Same deal.
- 01:28
By type of event? Seems the foodie events would be lumped together if that were the case...
- 01:34
...but instead, they're bookending the other events...
- 01:37
Nope... seems like a random, jumbled mess to us. No rhyme or reason whatsoever.
- 01:41
The answer is D, as in...
- 01:43
"Denizen of the dark"...
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