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ASVAB Paragraph Comprehension 1.3 Summary. What is the main purpose of this passage?
ASVAB Paragraph Comprehension 1.2 Vocabulary-In-Context. In this passage, the word "illustrious" most nearly means...what?
ASVAB Paragraph Comprehension 1.2 Summary. Which of the following best describes the purpose of this passage?
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ASVAB Paragraph Comprehension 4.1 Summary. The overall purpose of this passage is probably...what?
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brought to you by rhyme scheme it's not when a
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group of poets plot to commit a crime different or
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maybe that's what they want us to think But we
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want to collaborate right All right check out the following
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passage images Um say that three times fast you just
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emotionalism therapy in the rooms That's more like flying All
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right Overall purpose of this passengers probably tio what And
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here the potential answers stressing no well poems can be
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tricky to decipher Lucky for us we're dealing with a
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passage about poetry and not a poem itself So let's
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get to it What's the purpose of this passage washington
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he's the first to go while the passage does point
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out several ways images and was different from other poetry
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there's nothing in the passage to argue that it was
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superior Just being different doesn't make something better Just consider
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britney spears post come back She did it again She
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had that option A isn't completely wrong but it's not
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quite what we're looking for images and did favorite equality
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between women and men But this is more of a
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supporting detail It's on ly mentioned briefly so it's not
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enough to be the main idea it's more of a
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beam that supports the house and the house itself it's
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the same deal with option d The pastor does include
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a list of significant writers but this is supporting information
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not the paragraph mane purpose Instead the paragraph repeatedly cites
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ways the images movement was different from other poetry movement
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So option b is the best choice the main point
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of the passengers to compare and contrast or in other
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words this thing is different from this other thing Next
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