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CAHSEE ELA 7.1 Characteristics. Which of the following best expresses one of the themes in the previous passage?

Language:

English Language

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Tags:

Narrative Analysis / Themes

Common Core Standards:

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00:03
Here's your shmoop du jour...
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It's read and review time, shmoops and shmoopettes...
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Which of the following BEST expresses one of the themes in the previous passage?
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And here are the potential answers:
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Okay, any time we get a question like this that appeals to our understanding of the passage

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as a whole...
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...it's really just asking if we can comprehend and interpret what we're reading.
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In other words... it wants to know if we're zoning out and thinking instead about this
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weekend's fantasy football draft. As long as we read the passage carefully,
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we should get that this whole thing... is about love. Awww.
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A doesn't make much sense, because there were really no "wounds"... none that were
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mentioned, anyway.
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B is a shot in the dark. Unless you consider love a crime, we guess.
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And D is a little presumptuous... these people may be old, but they're not dead yet. So
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no, D's no good either.
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This passage is all about love... so our answer is C.
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