Explanation for Question 11 From the Reading Section on the 2017 May Sat
Question 11 asks about the main purpose of the passage. 2 So let's take a look at kind of the introductory, 3 like little blurred paragraph, introducing the passage. 4 And then we'll look at the maybe main idea of each paragraph of the 5 passage to kind of determine what the function of each of those is. 6 And then what the function is in a broader context. 7 So if we start with looking at that little blurred paragraph at the top, 8 we can see the title of this passage is a letter to the women 9 of England on the injustice of mental insubordination. 10 So right off the bat, we can see that this is a, 11 a letter. So someone expressing a viewpoint on something to someone and what 12 that topic is going to be is the injustice of mental subordination. 13 So let's look at the passage. 14 We can see that the very first sentence says, 15 woman is destined to pursue no path in what she did not find an 16 enemy. 17 And the end of that passage or paragraph says in a few words, 18 a generous woman is termed a fool, a prudent one, 19 a prodigal. So this paragraph is basically about the double standard 20 for women, how they can't really ever do anything. 21 Right? So just introducing an issue. 22 If we look at this next paragraph here, 23 the first sentence says if women is not permitted to assert a 24 majesty of mind, why fatigue her faculties with the labors of any species of 25 education. And you can see through add this paragraph that you have some rhetorical 26 questions, and then,...