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Texas EOC English I: Understanding and Analysis of Literary Texts Drill 3, Problem 2
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Thank you We sneak in then here's your shmoop du
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jour brought to you by caravans because their way nicer
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than hate a vans everywhere caribbeans hated All right Checking
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falling fast said eighty five No distinction You are to
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be thirsty in the desert without water We'll sic and
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- 00:24
anti lynching You die well with john and we're just
- 00:29
gonna all right Read these quotes from the selections These
- 00:33
guys right here inscription in the desert if unfortunately anyone
- 00:37
fall sick on the road he must either endure the
- 00:39
fatigue of traveling on a camel Trouble sending healthy people
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must be left behind on the sand without any assistance
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and remain so till a slow death come to relieve
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him Guys Fun party All right two one shortly die
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You are dai Let others tell you what they please
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I cannot prove erik eight on exact and merciless But
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i love you There is no escape for you All
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right well which statement Best describes the difference in tone
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between the two quotes And they're just party central here
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on thing All right near the potential answers All right
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well here we go Analyzing tone is all about being
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able to recognize the mood of the speaker Is he
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or she feeling good Or does he or she feel
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like we do before we had our coffee in the
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morning and trust as it's not a pretty sight like
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that Or is the speaker's tone somewhere in the middle
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Well option a totally misses the boat first quote might
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be talking about a cruel fate but the tone of
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the speaker isn't necessarily harsh It's more a matter of
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fact really The second part of this option is what
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takes it out of the running For sure there's no
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way that whitman speaker is being indirect when somebody tells
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you that there's no escape for you it's crystal clear
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that he or she means death is on your doorstep
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choice b definitely doesn't make the cut either somebody bringing
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you chicken soup when you're sick is warm and sympathetic
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Somebody describing a slow death in the desert is not
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so be is wrong about the second quote too even
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though whitman speaker describes himself as merciless he immediately tells
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the dying person that he loves him or her so
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either the speaker's playing seriously twisted mind games or he's
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just trying to tell a person he loves a difficult
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truth we're going to go with the latter So there's
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no way we can call this speaker cruel and intimidating
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answer D isn't going to cut it either Does it
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sound like the speaker is trying to apologize for something
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No so there's nothing conciliatory here Also whitman speaker isn't
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exactly optimistic Certain death isn't generally ah hopeful topic that
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just leaves choice See the first quote describes death in
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a detached impersonal way while the second quote delivers the
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news of death in a direct way but with a
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touch of personal warmth This makes us think that maybe
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hallmark has overlooked an entire market What do you think 00:02:52.565 --> [endTime] they're place for Impending death cards Maybe not
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