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This SAT Writing video covers the thermal conductivity of air and water.


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All right say t shmoop er's were on five of

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eleven here and going to just keep hammering down We've

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sent most effectively introduces the writer's discussion of thermal conductivity

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since most effectively restart Air is a more challenging medium

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for transferring heat than water pretty good to me so

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let's think about the paragraph deals with how air and

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water compare in terms of thermal conductivity What it's about

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don't overthink this one The best way to introduce a

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discussion of comparisons is just to make the comparison you

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normally have to get a phd to make that assertion

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like the people who wrote this but that's it well

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making a comparison naturally leads to a further discussion of

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the two things being compared clever However we need to

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be introduced to the overall idea before the supporting evidence

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all that stuff starts getting thrown around that's why it's

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not effective to explain that water is more conductive than

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air before explaining why that's important right Like you're saying

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well i really didn't like your shoes and yes that

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dress really did make you look fat You don't really

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want to go there until you've explained that dating them

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was kind of like the devil or over your unafraid

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they don't do that all right And that's Why shmoop

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doesn't do lifestyle guides to the world just in case

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you're wondering so while it's true that aaron water both

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transfer heat right there That information alone does not fit

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with the flow of the paragraph since the first sentence

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sets us up for a comparison And finally yes it

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may be true that water is a better medium than

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aaron transferring things and conduct sting noises and electricity and

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stuff well in certain cases that's True but this sentence

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is not specific enough to provide support for that claim

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So don't change It airs a more challenging medium for

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transferring heat than water and that's it So yeah we're

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done and we're going to let the whole date thing 00:01:47.574 --> [endTime] go into the sunset

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