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AP English Language and Composition: Passage Drill 2, Problem 3. The subject of the passage can best be described as what?
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The tone of lines 34–37 ("Urban politics…for themselves") is best characterized as
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Ok people Next up The tone of lines thirty four
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through thirty seven is best characterized as what Let's go
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to thirty four here and start reading Urban politics were
- 00:18
dominated by powerful organizations that changeup kind of political loyalty
- 00:21
And this president know when the politician runs are going
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you know man just skim a little off top point
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themselves Gotta love those politicians Okay well let's think about
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it The author gives a little wink and a nudge
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with the phrase always managed to skim a little off
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the top for themselves Well this is a coy understatement
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because that was the entire point of these political factories
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to enrich the boss's Yet the author is portraying it
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as something that barely happened Yeah samantha bee would be
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so proud Well if she expressed unbridled outrage at the
- 00:49
corruption that would be vitriolic So get rid of a
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not likewise by saying that this happened to the surprise
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of no one Well she's demonstrating that she's neither shocked
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E get rid of that nor particularly outraged So get
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rid of c in a very basic way This is
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didactic meaning intended to instruct but that's the purpose rather
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than the tone So get rid of these The right
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answer here Yeah it's b She's being coy
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