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Here's an unshmoopy question you'll find on the exam...

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It's passage time. We'll give you a sec to pause and review...

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Which of the following statements is supported by information in the essay?

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And here are the potential answers...

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Ok, so what is this question asking?

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It wants us to look at each of the four answer choices and determine which one is supported

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by the essay.

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They might all be true. But if the essay doesn't say so, then adios.

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A... "USA Today was the first paper published in the U.S."

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Uh, no. We don't have to read any further than the first sentence to see that's bogus.

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B... "The rise of the Internet has not affected newspaper publishing."

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Again, it doesn't matter whether you know the internet has taken a giant dump on print

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newspapers in the real world...

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...what does the essay have to say about it?

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Looking at the second paragraph, it appears this essay agrees with the real world. Next.

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C... "The newspaper industry has always been very stagnant."

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Nowhere does the essay support this. In fact, it talks about how important newspapers have

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been in our history, and that there are "1400 dailies" in this country. Not so stagnant.

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D... "The content that newspapers report has changed dramatically over the years."

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There we go. Check out the middle of paragraph one. Bingo.

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Our answer is D.

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As in, "Dump."

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