Explanation for Question 36 From the Reading Section on the 2021 March Sat
All right. Question number 36, which statement best describes the method. 2 The author employs in the second paragraph to present his argument. 3 So let's go back to that second paragraph and see exactly what the author 4 is doing here. This second paragraph here starts 5 off with the line, the history of every age. 6 So it's the truth of this assertion that assertion remember is the idea of 7 prejudice, reducing the mind and kind of obscuring reason. 8 So we see there's kind of a lot of different examples brought up. 9 We see that Galileo is introduced to show that prejudice was, 10 you know, making his findings difficult to bring to light back in his time. 11 Um, we see that ultimately, 12 um, prejudice exercises, 13 a lot of control over the human mind. Um, 14 and the author kind of goes into further elaboration by really, 15 um, increasing kind of the drama that he's presenting his points with. 16 He's saying clipping the wings of genius, 17 retarding, the progress of truth. So he's kind of giving genius and truth, 18 um, their own kind of characterization, 19 um, to show that their wings are being clipped they're, 20 they're being prevented from being moved forward, um, 21 and then need references. The tremendous power that farmers have brought to bear against 22 the prevailing sins. There is this language is very emotional talking about prevailing since 23 I'm an arduous struggles. And then he say, 24 it says that the context in which we are engaged is not an unnatural ...