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SAT Reading: Understanding Why Twain Uses Certain Words to Describe a Character 1 Views
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What's not to like about greased up, oily hair? Mark Twain goes over it in his memoires in this SAT Reading video.
Transcript
- 00:03
all right more SAT reading questions for ya all right here we go more on Mark
- 00:07
Twain described the apprentice engineers hair oil watch and watch chain primarily [text on screen]
- 00:10
do what all right well the correct answer yeah
- 00:15
it's a it's fashion it's it's bling it's MTV in those days he has oily hair and a [women walking with shopping bags, diamonds falling]
- 00:20
watch what's not to like it's the pretension of these items that [text on screen]
Full Transcript
- 00:24
tweens trying to emphasize here he calls the silver watch ignorant in its brass [large silver watch]
- 00:29
chain showy the criticism that Twain keeps on these items goes beyond a keen
- 00:34
eye for fashion yeah so was ridiculing him their jealousy isn't pretty after
- 00:38
off we learned later that well some steamboat positions are actually [kid eating sandwich]
- 00:43
well-paid yes they they make Bank they really do see the bank of the river that
- 00:47
was a joke all right never mind if Twain meant to demonstrate the unsavory [riverbank]
- 00:51
aspects of life on the river well he probably wouldn't start by admitting
- 00:54
that this guy is looking great
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