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The Word "Fostering" in Line 6 Most Nearly Means...What? 211 Views
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SAT Reading Long Passages Drill 1, Problem 2
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- Information and Ideas / Interpreting words and phrases in context
- Product Type / SAT Reading
- Literary Nonfiction / Syntax, Diction, Voice, Tone, Imagery
- Reading Assessment / Rhetorical Strategies and Use of Evidence
- Reading closely / Interpreting words and phrases in context
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It was a dark and Shmoopy night, when this question knocked at the door...
- 00:09
If you need a sec to read it yet again, just hit pause and go for it....
- 00:21
The word "fostering" in line 6 most nearly means...what?
- 00:25
And here are the potential answers...
- 00:32
Washington is known for more than rain, coffee,
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and glittery vampires.
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If we don't know what "fostering" means, we can try to consider the answer choices in
- 00:40
context:
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The city's "cheap cost of living and sheer geographical distance from the traditional
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capitals of American culture" did something to musical experimentation.
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We can tell from the passage that musicians were indeed experimenting in Seattle, which
- 00:56
eliminates "deadening" for sure.
- 00:58
"Forgetting" doesn't work either. The grunge rockers wouldn't get a lot of experimentation
- 01:03
done if they kept forgetting about it.
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"Marketing" doesn't fit either--the marketing of the experimental sound didn't
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come until later. (C) is incorrect because no one was forced
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to experiment.
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"Encourage" means to support, which jibes with the idea that Seattle's environment
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fostered the musical experimentation that created the sound of grunge rock.
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So, (B) is the correct answer.
- 01:29
It's amazing what a little coffee and rain will do for you.
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