![SAT ? and Word of the Day –
April 21st
"If the Creator had separated Texas from the
Union by mountain barriers, the Alps or the
Andes, there might be plausible objections;
but He has planed down the whole
[Mississippi] Valley including Texas, and
united every atom of the soil and every drop
of the water of the mighty whole. He has
linked their rivers with the great Mississippi,
and marked and united the whole for the
dominion of one government, the residence
of one people." This quotation from the 1840's
can be viewed as an expression of
(A) The New Nationalism
(B) popular sovereignty
(C) Manifest Destiny
(D) the Good Neighbor policy
(E) the frontier thesis](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/weekofapril21-25-140407121445-phpapp01/85/Week-of-April-21-25-1-320.jpg)
Week of April 21-25
- 1. SAT ? and Word of the Day – April 21st "If the Creator had separated Texas from the Union by mountain barriers, the Alps or the Andes, there might be plausible objections; but He has planed down the whole [Mississippi] Valley including Texas, and united every atom of the soil and every drop of the water of the mighty whole. He has linked their rivers with the great Mississippi, and marked and united the whole for the dominion of one government, the residence of one people." This quotation from the 1840's can be viewed as an expression of (A) The New Nationalism (B) popular sovereignty (C) Manifest Destiny (D) the Good Neighbor policy (E) the frontier thesis
- 2. SAT ? and Word of the Day – April 22nd Part or all of the following sentence is underlined; beneath the sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Select the option that produces the best sentence. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A. The reason the film’s stream-of-consciousness imagery is so successful is because of its capture of the sensorial experience of childhood. (A) because of its capture of (B) capturing of (C) because of capturing (D) that it captures (E) for its capturing
- 3. SAT ? and Word of the Day – April 23rd Part or all of the following sentence is underlined; beneath the sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Select the option that produces the best sentence. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A. Although biologists have made tremendous progress in mapping the human genome, the genetic roots of most common diseases remained largely elusive. (A) remained (B) had remained (C) remain (D) are remaining (E) remains
- 4. SAT ? and Word of the Day – April 24th Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole. Tantra paintings from India are not only beautiful but also -------: in addition to their aesthetic value, they are used to facilitate meditation. (A) Garish (B) Valuable (C) Numerous (D) Ornate (E) Functional
- 5. SAT ? and Word of the Day – April 25th