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Thoreau uses "front" to mean "face". He wants to face The Facts of Life without shying away from our natural tendencies, roots, and the simply way...
What does "frittered away" mean in this context? Wasted. Wasted by the way. Thoreau claims we fritter away our lives praying to modern complex dist...
What is our founding creed - like what does that mean, anyway? The "recipe" for America must be defended; our ideology is precious. We must protect...
We Americans endure crises and return stronger than ever. It didn't kill us so it made us stronger. Kelly Clarkson for President!
What happens to tulips after they die? Was Holland haunted by tulip ghosts? Watch this video on analyzing text to find out!
Swell - a term last found in 40s yearbooks when you didn't know what else to say...or was it? Find out in this SAT Reading video.
SAT Reading Long Passages Drill 1, Problem 2
TulipMania is not a wrestling octagon. The emotional connection with greed behind TulipMania drove more than intrinsic values attibuted to tulips....
This sci-fi passage is about what? We pick out keywords and phrases and glean that it's about a single theory: Maximal tides squeeze Earth like it'...
Who doesn't want to learn more about Volcanos in the SAT Reading video? They're the gigantic pimples of the earth!
This SAT Reading video goes over the meaning of "posture" within Eisenhower's farewell address.