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TSI Reading: Recognizing a Source's Bias 2 Views
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Jim Paterson is quoted in the selection. What is his most likely reason for speaking so highly of D&D's MagnaLatch?
(A)His goal is to keep children safe.
(B)He is a senior executive at the company.
(C)MagnaLatch prevents children from drowning.
(D)A magnetic latch doesn't jam and is adjustable.
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- Author's Use of Language / Organization, Rhetorical Strategies, and Use of Evidence
- TSI Reading / Author's Use of Language
- TSI Reading / Author's Use of Language
- TSI / TSI Reading
- Author's Use of Language / Organization, Rhetorical Strategies, and Use of Evidence
- Test Prep / TSI
Transcript
- 00:01
All right Reading shoppers Another paragraph for you Here we
- 00:04
go Skimming again Here we're setting is shown in isolation
- 00:07
from two separate homes You'll hear it Even a mangling
- 00:09
number one selling jim patterson created for swimming pool gates
- 00:13
magda latches on fencer Millions have been assault help keeping
Full Transcript
- 00:18
the question they're asking jim patterson's quoted in the selection
- 00:23
what is his most likely reason for speaking so highly
- 00:26
of dna's magna latch And to get a commission on
- 00:29
a sum Okay some philanthropist or businessman Well when quoted
- 00:35
in an article like this it helps to be both
- 00:37
But the most likely reason jim patterson's giving his quote
- 00:41
honest unquote opinion is because he has a stake in
- 00:44
the company doing well and gets commission on sales were
- 00:47
gets a bonus based on volume Yeah senior vice president
- 00:50
So what do you expect Well it's loser bowl here
- 00:52
while it's true that he might actually be concerned with
- 00:55
kids falling into an open cool Yeah yeah but he's
- 00:57
also promoting his company's safety product It may be true
- 01:00
that magnolia keep kids from drowning Oh isn't it Nice
- 01:03
and well it's great that it doesn't jam but we'd
- 01:06
have to scan some reviews to be sure either way
- 01:08
jim's the spokesperson for dnd so he wants to make
- 01:11
sure he sells more latches and gates than anyone else
- 01:14
How do we know his company is really the best
- 01:16
Keeping children safe All we have is his word for
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it That in seven bucks will get you a grand 00:01:21.902 --> [endTime] a lot
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