[Video] Q45: Information in the passage indicates that the purpose of the quotation marks around the word “predator” in line 47 is to

Answer Choices

  • A) imply that the predator was not notably dangerous.

  • indicate that the predator was actually a simulation.

  • show that the predator was used in multiple experiments.

  • reinforce the disruptive nature of the predator’s presence.

Explanation for Question 45 From the Reading Section on the 2018 April Sat

Oh, wait guys, question 45 says information. 2 The passage indicates that the purpose of the quotation marks around the word predator 3 in line 47 is to blink. 4 So let's go back to line 47 and thinking about this quote, 5 unquote predator, they're talking about, you see what they're trying to say about it? 6 So this comes in line 47, 7 where they say predator, but let's read a little bit before this to find 8 out what exactly is this? It says that's the bread's willingness to take risks. 9 The research has the private, the birds have food for one hour before the 10 birds feeder was placed. After the birds had commonly begun to feed a silhouette 11 of an avian predator was moved up and down in front of the cage 12 to scare the birds from the feeder. The time it took for them to 13 return to the feeder was taken as a measure of their willingness to take 14 risks, birds that are Terremark crisp quickly, 15 blah, blah, blah. 16 Okay, so now know what this predator is. 17 All it is is a fake silhouette of something that the birds would be 18 afraid would eat them or kill them. So when they say here that the 19 right hand birds were considered more cautious than those with blackheads that were turned 20 to the feeder after a predator had been introduced, 21 quote unquote, quote, unquote predator, 22 they don't have a real predator of these birds. 23 They're that stalking them. It's just a fake silhouette, 24 a cutout of this predator to make them think that something is about to 2...

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