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Texas EOC English I: Understanding and Analysis of Literary Texts Drill 3, Problem 2
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Texas EOC English 2: 3.6 Understanding and Analysis Across Genres. After reading the passage, tell us what is unusual about the visitor.
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And here's your shmoop du jour brought to you by strange men
- 00:07
like our neighbor who dresses his dog like Santa year-round all right check [Man stood beside dog dressed as santa]
- 00:15
the passage
- 00:19
we're skimming now we're just skimming come on people we've read it once deeply
- 00:23
digested it's become part of our body and we're done okay from what we've
Full Transcript
- 00:28
learned in the passage so far what is unusual about the visitor support your
- 00:32
answer with evidence from the passage
- 00:36
the visitor is described as being covered from head to toe except for the [Stranger covered in bandages]
- 00:41
shiny tip of his nose like Rudolph he wears big blue spectacles and has a bush
- 00:47
side whisker over his coat-collar that hides his entire face he declines to
- 00:53
remove his hat and coat even though they're soaking wet from the snow his [Stranger wearing brown hat and coat]
- 00:57
physical appearance is clearly unusual and it seems that he's hiding something
- 01:01
under all the layers of clothing the visitor also gives short and abrupt
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answers and appears unwilling to engage in small talk with mrs. Hall he quickly [Stranger stood with Mrs. Hall]
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takes a room at the end with no hesitation or negotiation and conveys to
- 01:18
mrs. hall with his body language in his abruptness that he wants to be left
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alone for example he stands with his back to mrs. Hall staring out the window [Stranger standing with back to Mrs Hall]
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when she's speaking to him we can infer from both his physical appearance and
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personality that he may be hiding something and wishes to remain distant
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from others in order to avoid discovery yeah that's it this has been your sample [Person gives thumbs up]
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short answer a la shmoop it's loaded with specific examples from the test so
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it's bound to be GOC approved side note if the stranger wants to avoid discovery
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so badly why doesn't he like just be invisible [Invisible stranger on a couch]
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you
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