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SAT Reading 1.4 Long Passages 182 Views
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SAT Reading Long Passages Drill 1, Problem 4
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- 00:03
All we are saying... is give Shmoop a chance...
- 00:10
If you need to look over the passage again, press pause and give it a skim...
- 00:40
In line 46, "exhilaration" most nearly means... what?
- 00:44
And here are the potential answers...
- 00:51
Man, it's pretty clear where this passage
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- 00:53
would rank if we measured it with Shmoop's Sad-o-meter.
- 00:56
The passage points to the huge change that marked Cobain in two short years:
- 01:01
...specifically, the pressure of representing an entire generation caused his state of mind
- 01:05
to shift from "exhilaration" to "despondency and suicide."
- 01:10
The good news for us is that it's easy to eliminate most of these answer choices.
- 01:14
"Low expectations," "lack of reaction," "difficulty," and "annihilation" aren't
- 01:20
exhilarating in any way at all...
- 01:22
So we can get all of these choices out of our lives before they bring us down any more.
- 01:27
"High level of energy" totally fits with exhilaration, though, making (E) the only
- 01:31
answer choice that works.
- 01:32
If questions like this keep coming at us, we'll need to seriously consider getting
- 01:36
the Sad-o-meter insured.
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