SAT Reading Drill 2.1 Assessing reasoning
We need to find solutions for modern problems. The founding fathers of the country had no idea we'd have fake news. We have to adjust to modern life. Are we?
| Analyzing arguments | Assessing reasoning |
| Product Type | SAT Reading |
| Rhetoric | Analyzing arguments |
| SAT | SAT Reading |
| SAT Reading | History/Social Studies Passage Rhetoric |
| Test Prep | SAT Reading |
Transcript
look for keywords circle if you scratch your head a little bit look for more
keywords and then only see some fancy five dollar words there that well you [text on screen]
hope you know what they mean and then you come the last sentence that you
actually read that is what will give real meaning to our Creed okay well
that's it here we go what is the most likely reason the president says the
truths referred to in the Declaration of Independence are not self-executing
correct answer it's B come on people that's you knew that contend that we
need to find new solutions for problems that founding fathers never took into [politicians meeting]
account alright well this part of the passage finds Obama at his most eloquent
perhaps one of the main ideas in the speech is that America must update its [Obama at the White House]
government to stay true to the founding principles Obama goes on to say that
it's up to every generation to reinvent itself in the image presented in the
declaration although he mentions a deity in the speech while this part of the [Jesus]
passage is not about religious freedom so nixing see there it's about the
truths referred to in the Declaration of Independence the Equality of people and
their right to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness that was actually a [Statue of Liberty]
thing back then people didn't necessarily have that right not kidding
well these rights are inalienable nothing to do with Mars meaning you have [man on the moon]
them you can't take them away according to the declaration that is so there's no
reason to think Obama sees a limit to them they're limitless they're awesome [moon orbiting the earth]
he says they must be fought for you have to defend what you care about right the [people on strike]
sentence is following the excerpt in question do suggest that well money may
lead to greater rights for the few like somehow that's bad but Obama believes [money]
this circumstance can be avoided with effort and determination
so yeah the answer is B and that's a contend that we need to find new [text on screen]
solutions for problems founding fathers never took into account yeah we're up
there with bad cell phone conic and I don't know what is Bitcoin all [girl looking for reception in the wild]
about anyway you don't have any ideas