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SAT Reading Section: Sentence Completion Drill 1, Problem 1
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SAT Reading: Passage Comparison Drill 3, Problem 1
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- Rhetoric / Analyzing word choice
- Product Type / SAT Reading
- Expository Texts / Logical Connections
- Expository Texts / Summary v. Critique
- Analyzing arguments / Analyzing claims and counterclaims
Transcript
- 00:03
The SAT is a fly... and we're handing you a flyswatter.
- 00:20
According to Passage 1, which of the following is a primary reason why the telephone gained
- 00:25
popularity in the 1880s?
- 00:35
The quickest way to figure this one out is to get all the possible answers fixed in our
- 00:39
heads, then do a quick read through of passage one.
Full Transcript
- 00:41
Chances are, we'll pound this one into submission in no time.
- 00:47
A little rereading reveals that the passage doesn't mention Bell convincing anyone of
- 00:52
anything. So Choice (B) is quick one to get rid of.
- 00:55
The passage doesn't talk about the cost
- 00:56
of telephones at all.
- 00:57
So (D) cross out. Bye (D).
- 01:00
Does the passage say anything about other countries getting involved?
- 01:03
No. Not at all.
- 01:04
Cross it out. We're down to two left.
- 01:07
And no, it doesn't say anything about people being afraid of the telephone...
- 01:11
...so cross out (C). Because we read the passage carefully, we
- 01:14
know that lines 3-8 tell us that phones got popular after Bell figured out how to make
- 01:19
any phone be able to call any other phone.
- 01:28
Yeah, you heard us right. There was a time when people used phones to make calls.
- 01:34
Choice (A) is the right answer--it's clear as a Bell.
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