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ACT Reading 1.1 Prose Fiction
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ACT Reading Prose Fiction Drill 1, Problem 1. Which of the following best describes the overall purpose of this passage?

ACT Reading 1.1 Natural Science Passage
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ACT Reading: Natural Science Passage Drill 1, Problem 1. Which of the following best describes the overall purpose of this passage?

Texas EOC English 2: 2.4 Understanding and Analysis of Literary Texts
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Thank you We sneak in and here's your shmoop du

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jour Brought to you by fish what's the difference between

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a fish and a piano you can't tuna fish Okay

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so here we go Check the following passage are transmitted

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is gone the world drinking this grantland super all right

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we're done skimming so let's just get to it We

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can infer from the passage this thing that the destruction

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of estuaries might have certain negative consequences What are these

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negative consequences Support your answer with evidence from the passage

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All right we're going to go say a right in

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here and here's a potential answer So take notes the

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passage discusses several important benefits provided by estuaries These benefits

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include diverse wildlife filtration ofwater pollutants and sediments economic activities

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and protection of land from floods and storm surges If

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estuaries were destroyed we can infer that these benefits would

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disappear and that problems would surface For example Since estuaries

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provide a source of commercial fishing their disappearance would probably

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cause a decline in the fish population Additionally since estuaries

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protect the land from floods and storm surges we can

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assume that there would be more damaging floods and surges

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Without estuaries to absorb some of the excess water Alright

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well this has been your sample Short answer That's it

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notice how loaded it was with evidence from the passage

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citation So on we packed it full of all the

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negatives that come when estuaries air destroyed for what it's

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worth will take living near a boggy marsh any day

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If it means we don't have to live with one 00:01:36.859 --> [endTime] in our living rooms

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