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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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When the passage moves from the seventh to the final paragraph (line 60), it also moves from
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Okay Ap england people Almost last one here in this
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passage when the passage moves from the seventh to the
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final paragraph Line sixty It also moves from what To
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what Until the last paragraph The author's talking about ideas
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which are always abstract because ideas don't exist in the
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material world Like a material girl they only exist in
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people's heads much like you know imagine shmoop the imaginary
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friend of the shmoop family It isn't until the last
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paragraph that he makes those abstractions concrete by giving a
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deliciously specific example You know the crayfish They're good with
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a lot of butter All right well the peace doesn't
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shift from analysis to argumentation so get rid of because
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the author is arguing for a point throughout So get
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rid of sea He starts by explaining a commonly held
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belief and then writes that anyone who looks into the
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matter attentively will soon perceive that there is no solid
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foundation for that belief Well that sounds pretty argumentative although
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the writer uses i in certain places neither personal Get
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rid of being nor anecdote to get rid of e
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because well it doesn't relate to his life specifically So
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the answer is d abstract discussion to a specific example
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That's the movement there
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