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ACT Reading 1.5 Prose Fiction. Which of the following is the best definition for the word "posthumous" in line 67?
ACT Reading 1.9 Prose Fiction. Based on its context in the passage, which of the following is the best definition for the word "indignation"?
ACT Reading 2.4 Prose Fiction. Based on its context in the passage, which of the following is the best definition for the word "impunity"?
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SAT Reading: Passage Comparison Drill 2, Problem 1
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- Synthesis / Analyzing multiple texts
- Product Type / SAT Math
- Complex Inferences / Persuasive
- Reading Assessment / Connections/Comparisons in Two Passages
- Synthesis / Analyzing multiple texts
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- 00:03
Ask not what Shmoop can do for you; ask what you can do for Shmoop. Like... letting us
- 00:08
borrow your car would be cool.
- 00:22
The primary difference between the two passages is that...what?
- 00:27
And here are the potential answers...
- 00:33
Both of these passages talk about our friend, Zora...
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- 00:36
It's Zora. Not Zorro.
- 00:39
Both passages are about Zora Neale Hurston... who as far as we know, never spent time as
- 00:43
a masked crime fighter.
- 00:46
We'll have to give the passages a close read to get to the bottom of this question.
- 00:49
(A) looks tempting, since Passage 2 doesn't mention Their Eyes Were Watching God...
- 00:54
But neither passage focuses entirely on Hurston's work.
- 00:57
So we can send (A) away with a slap on the wrist. Alright (B).
- 01:01
This answer choice is just making stuff up.
- 01:04
Zora doesn't say anything about her childhood in Passage One, so (B) is off our radar.
- 01:09
Choice (C).
- 01:09
"Ambivalence" is when a person has "simultaneous conflicting feelings" about something.
- 01:18
Knowing this tidbit of information, we can get rid of (C) because the author of Passage
- 01:21
1 only mentions the ambivalence of other writers. Neither of the passages say anything about
- 01:26
Hurston's family. Choice (E) takes an aimless swing at the point... but it's a big miss.
- 01:32
Since Passage 1 and Passage 2 examine different aspects of Hurston's individuality, (B) is
- 01:37
the best answer.
- 01:38
What can we say? Zora was definitely an original.
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