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AP English Language and Composition: Passage Drill Drill 1, Problem 2. What is the speaker's primary purpose in using onomatopoeia in line four?
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AP English Language and Composition 7.10 Passage Drill. The phrase "take this much trouble" refers to what activity or activities?
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And here's your shmoop du jour brought to you by trouble a
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subject that Taylor Swift is very familiar with...alright check out the [Taylor Swift singing on stage]
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following passage... Alright we're
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moving on skim skim skiming and let's just get to it all right well here's
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your question the phrase take this much trouble refers to what activity or
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activities and here are your potential answers... Okay let's start by clarifying
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what take this much trouble means.. if someone takes the trouble to do
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something that means the person made an effort in this instance the effort is
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learning the general truths of zoological science specifically using [image of a bird on a laptop screen]
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the common crayfish as an example well according to the author crayfish are
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easy to obtain so if the reader won't even take the trouble to get one then he [Man reading book]
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or she may as well close the book right now anyway since this is an illustrated
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book the author definitely would not agree that verbal description alone is
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sufficient for learning so A) is out observing a crayfish be a field trip is
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one way to learn about the Crustaceous creature and you can take it a step
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further by dissecting a crayfish if you have the stomach for it that is however [people dissecting a crayfish]
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those are only two examples of how to study this yummy thing, answers D) and E) are
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two specific so we can toss them into the sea looking at the books illustrations [Finger points to crayfish]
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is a great reference to supplement the reading without a doubt pictures are
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more helpful than learning by text alone but using the real thing is even better [Person holding a crayfish]
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the author says that knowledge is best acquired by reading and firsthand
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observation that means our answer is C) sensory impressions can't be beat when
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it comes to zoological science sight, touch, hearing, smell, and even taste [Person touching a crayfish]
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Taylor Swift puts it best... [Taylor Swift singing]
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