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PSAT 1.5 Reading Diagnostic. Which sentence from the passage provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?
PSAT 2.1 Reading Diagnostic. President Kennedy refers to the United Nations in the first paragraph primarily to...what?
PSAT 2.2 Reading Diagnostic. What is the main rhetorical effect of this phrase in the second paragraph?
TSI Reading: Defining "Isolation" in Context 8 Views
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Description:
Which word is closest in meaning to the word "isolation" as it is used in the passage?
(A)inclusion
(B)solitary
(C)massive
(D)separation
Transcript
- 00:03
All right reading from upper Just a couple more here
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in the section In a question which one is closest
- 00:08
in meaning to the word isolation as it's used in
- 00:11
the passage So let's go back here We've read this
- 00:15
thing a few times now so we're just going to
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- 00:17
go right down to the word isolation here In the
- 00:19
beginning numerous studies have shown that an isolation fence that
- 00:24
separates ah home from its pool can help prevent a
- 00:27
whole lot of drownings Let's think about this What does
- 00:30
it mean What's closest Is it in conclusion So we
- 00:33
just replace the word new mercedes shown that an inclusion
- 00:36
fence We don't want to include the kid in the
- 00:38
water A solitary fentanyl One lone friends are a massive
- 00:43
fence Yeah Boy those toddlers really can cut through a
- 00:45
chain link with laser being their separations Probably got word
- 00:49
here right So in this case and isolation friends describe
- 00:51
something that'll keep baby shmoop from taking an unsupervised swim
- 00:54
in the pool something that will separate the pool area
- 00:58
from the rest The backyard So yeah it's d and
- 01:00
according to text the whole point of an isolation fences
- 01:02
To separate a home from its pool not trying include
- 01:05
or invite any swimmers in the area man or dog
- 01:08
The isolation fence isn't the thing Feeling lonely although that's
- 01:11
kind of a sitcom there Finally the text doesn't mention
- 01:14
the size of the isolation fence and massive doesn't describe
- 01:18
what the barrier accomplishes so that's it Yet the answer
- 01:20
is d separation and well a whole lot better than 00:01:24.012 --> [endTime] divorced So that's it We're shmoop
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