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A Shmoop in the hand is worth two in the bush... if you can find the right buyer.

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The tone of the sentence in lines 74-79 of Passage 2 is best characterized as...what?

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By invoking the American Dream, a phrase we often use to describe one of the nation's

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fundamental principles, the author signals that this passage means Serious Business.

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Therefore, we're looking for a word that somehow goes along with that idea. Business.

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If the author were "neutral" that would mean she doesn't feel strongly one way or

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the other about thousands of women being denied the American dream.

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This is certainly not what's going on here. The author clearly has a strong opinion that

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what happened was wrong. We can cross (B) off the list.

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It's not like the author is being super intense and throwing in exclamation marks

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at the end of every sentence...

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But "calm" is not the right word for the way she describes these serious issues.

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(D) is out. "Appreciative" means that a person is

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really grateful for something.

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The author has a negative opinion of what went down back in the day, however, letting

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us know that she doesn't appreciate it at all.

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(E) is totally wrong... and we don't appreciate it wasting our time.

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Choice (C) is on the right track, for sure. No doubt, the author is disturbed by her subject matter.

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We'll keep (C) on the table as we check out the only other choice.

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The idea of crushing the American Dream for thousands of women makes a big splash.

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Being dramatic is all about making big splashes,

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so (A) knocks (C) out of contention for the correct answer.

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