Answer Choices
an anecdote about an amusing event to a recollection of similar events from the narrator's childhood
a: an account of the early stages of a friendship to a foreshadowing of that friendship's ultimate demise
a: a description of an emotionally significant activity to a reflection on the narrator's early experiences with that activity
a: a character sketch of an individual to a consideration of how that individual has changed the life of the narrator
Explanation for Question 1 From the Reading Section on the 2018 March Sat
Hey guys. So question one asks us over the course of the passage. 2 The main shift in focus is from blink. 3 So what we need to do here is of course have read the passage 4 by this point. And what we want to be doing is seeing where is 5 it starting in terms of the main focus and where is it ending? 6 Cause we're looking to figure out the main shift. 7 So if we just jump back real quick, we can see that. 8 Sorry, I heard a little bit, um, we can see that this beginning area 9 is going to be the author remembering reading this book to this little girl, 10 Naomi, he's talking about that specific experience being there in the shop. 11 And we do a little bit of background on that in the, 12 um, extra, but the top, remember guys always read the extras at the top. 13 It makes me so much easier as it goes on. 14 We see the author shift is starting to talk about his father. 15 He says I grumbled and belt and slam my fist on the calendar. 16 Exactly what my father would have done. And then he goes on to hear 17 talk more and more about his father. That seems to be the main shift 18 of our focus, even though it does kind of loop back to just telling 19 the story overall. So let's go through these and see which of those fits 20 in best with what we just figured out. I'm sure any, 21 it says the main shifts of focus is from an anecdote about an amusing 22 event to a recollection of similar events from a narrator's childhood. 23 So, um, this is somewhat possible. 24 Like we could maybe se...
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