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Like we can see
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- 00:01
All right a c t Smokers almost done Eleven Twelve
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like we can see it finally moved on a paragraph
- 00:08
five Let's screw all the way down there All right
- 00:13
That debate over genetics versus environment or nature versus nurture
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will probably never be resolved because it is very difficult
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- 00:21
to separate the influence of genetics and environment on one's
- 00:26
personality Like we can see Imagine that a child's parents
- 00:31
are both very outgoing and the child is also outgoing
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terrible terrible Well The author makes point in the first
- 00:43
sentence and then uses an example to help prove his
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point The first and second answer choices incorrectly implied that
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the author is about to state something obvious not a
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specific example that supports what he just said So get
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rid of a and b like the following example is
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tempting because it uses the word example But look closely
- 01:03
It should be something like like the following example demonstrates
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or illustrates or active verbs like hey that's an answer
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Choice yeah to illustrate effectively connects the author's argument with
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the hypothetical example that he presents so it's sees what
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should read to illustrate this point Imagine that a child's
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parents are both very outgoing in the child's balls going
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okay that's it and were outgoing outside after we're done 00:01:30.264 --> [endTime] with this session
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