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Want to hunt for evidence? Solve this SAT Reading mystery to get the answer!


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all right bumpers here we go with the next SAT reading question and it's

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comprising a whole bunch of analyzing and text structure in and word choice [man reading book]

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and and seitan and all that alright so here we go

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which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to that previous question [text on screen]

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all right so it's testing whether you can hit reverse there then go back or

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the previous question probably and of rebirths the white plane was run by

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becoming a singleton all right so we'll go back and look at the lines let's kind

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of think through here which choice provides the best evidence evidence for

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the answer so we're gonna go back and do some huntin so let's go to line 17 here

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first and we see that way I'd be notoriously early and I just an identity

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and these are you I thinking okay all right then we're ready on here

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what I Blaz going on here and then we're right there oh I meant to get one the

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Riverton with him get on the river all right I know everything can we do it

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here with all right last one I had something on your 79 we're gonna hear

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and make the best of this or treatment for time being but had to bring degree

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in the future to be a Trianon pilot okay well huh we're thinking about this looks

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like it should be a cuz like well Twain continually references the prestige [hand writing on paper]

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involved with working on a boat and he most clearly states his motivation when

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he says that the boy he hated was quote let's look at the quote right there

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exalted to this eminence while he remained in obscurity and misery like [text on screen]

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exalted like a king and obscurity like kind of meet Twain pairs the word

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obscurity with music so he must associate the opposite of obscurity [writing on chalkboard]

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namely Fame with happiness this kid wants to see his name in lights while [Mark Twain's name in front of theatre]

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Twain also references the hefty paycheck and the material means it provides but

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the material aspect doesn't hit at the heart of his motivation be so get rid of

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that one right there it's more of an added bonus

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Twain's remark about how boy after boy managed to get on the river emphasizes

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that it was a desirable trade but it doesn't explain why he longs to do it

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and everyone could do it so it wasn't all that kingly or rare or whatever the [captain sailing ship]

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same goes for his final line about his daydreams of being a pilot you know with

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the whole accent thing going on there he I was honored but so that's it the

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answer is a the boy and blah blah blah [boy crying]

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