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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 paragraph 4 (lines 73–94) can best be described as
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All right people Next up here we go Quick The
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tone of paragraph four can best be described as what
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Let's go there Line seventy three We're going to cruise
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down here and look at it Meanwhile throughout the second
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half twenty century american their peril in textile manager can
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you expand their energy overseas and meanwhile upscale current development
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going going to repaint black market coveted by younger customer
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videos magazines folks brad finally hip hop run dmc on
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indeed soon my adidas So let's think about this The
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tone well this paragraphs generally didactic meaning it's knowledgeable about
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this subject and his intended do instruct the reader like
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that's what it's there is say hey dummy here's all
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the economics of fashion is however that's more like the
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purpose and were being asked about the tone So skim
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through and noticed the brief amusing anecdote about the song
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my adidas Notice that the author mentions all three of
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ah puffy is sean combs names They're puffy p Diddy
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and didi When will he stop What is a puffy
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anyway What is a ditty It's so confusing Those parts
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aren't instructional So get rid of a disdainful get rid
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of b or sarcastic Get rid of he The paragraph
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also isn't energetic or wildly entertaining Cz okay rid of
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c but it is mildly humorous kind of When most
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of the passengers air is dry as a dry saltines
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wealth will take any little giggle weaken get yeah welcome
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to shmoop So the answer here is d It's a
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kind of humorous and anecdotal
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