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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 and here's your shmoop du jour
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brought to you by pocket change We change ours as
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much as our socks You know growth i share the
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following passage Okay robert like fierceness encouraged me Yeah All
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right Well which of the following is the best definition
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of the word strategy And here the pencil and grab
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him Okay way may not know what strategy means but
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a little context goes a long way A quick skim
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of the sense in which the word appears gives us
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pretty much everything we need right here He unhesitatingly refused
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my request and told me this was another stratagem by
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which to escape Who think we're seeing the word strategy
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in there somewhere Option c isn't an option at all
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Master thomas isn't accusing douglas of writing out escape plans
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We get the feeling that douglas is too smart to
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put his getaway plan on paper We'll also eliminate choice
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Be master thomas is worried about something a lot more
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specific than douglas thoughts and beliefs about escaping Chances are
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those aren't too hard to figure out their people Okay
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we're getting warmer with answer day but it's still not
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Quite right Structure and outline our little too vague Master
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thomas's responding specifically to douglas request toe work to make
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extra money Master tea is no slouch and knows right
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away that this is part of douglas plan to save
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up enough moolah to make his getaway Wait did we
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say plan Well yes we did That must mean a
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is the right answer Another clue here is that stratagem
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sounds a lot like yeah the word's strategy which can
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also mean a plan of course of action Okay got
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to go meet devise a strategy emma's tow How weaken
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Grab the last doughnut from the break room Yeah go 00:01:54.663 --> [endTime] under cover
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