Explanation for Question 34 From the Reading Section on the Official Sat Practice Test 10
Question 34 says in the second paragraph of passage, 2 one lines, 26 through 41, the commands given by beverage mainly serve to what? 3 So let's get some context to these commands that they're talking about. 4 If we look at the second paragraph, beverage is commanding over and over to 5 think about different kinds of things. 6 And these things that he's telling his audience to think about are things like 7 lands, being covered with justice and safety here, 8 or establishing order and equity, 9 or building a civilization of energy and industry, 10 or again, replacing the double rant of anarchy and tyranny. 11 And it goes on and on. And so these things are going to be 12 positive. They're going to be commanding 13 the audience to think of the positive effects of the expanse of America. 14 So salvaging justice, establishing order, 15 building large civilizations of energy. 16 And we can also see with words like prosperous again, 17 that this whole paragraph has a very positive connotation 18 or vibe. 19 So let's look at the answer choices and see which ones best match this. 20 So answer choice a says, 21 remind the audience of its civic responsibilities. 22 So this word remind is going to have a very neutral connotation connotation. 23 Again, means something like a vibe or feeling that you get when reading the 24 words. So it's going to have a very neutral connotation. 25 If you're reminding someone of something that's not positive or negative, 26 so that's not going to be corre...