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All in all, it's just another Shmoop in the wall...

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Hit pause and familiarize yourself with the below passage. Not TOO familiar... you just met.

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The primary purpose of the passage is to... what?

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And here are the potential answers...

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Take a look at line 5: as the centerpiece

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of our passage, this sentence does everything to gift us with the definition of "built environment"

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except stick a big bow on top.

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Anyway, we know we're looking for the answer choice that captures the passage's neutral

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presentation of what a "built environment" is.

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So check out choices (A), (B), and (D). They all make it sound like the passage is trying say that "built

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environments" are awesome and everybody should want one.

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Though the passage is generally positive, it's not too over the top in its support,

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so these choices all get kicked to the curb.

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(E) claims that the passage hates "built

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environments" and wants other people to hate them, too.

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Well, lot of haters. So cross out (E). The passage isn't doing this either.

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Since the passage is neutral and only focuses on schooling the reader about the built environment—(C)

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is the correct answer.

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We hope everybody learned something today.

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