As used in line 71, born of most nearly means A) carried by. B) generated from. C) possessed by

As used in line 71, born of most nearly means A) carried by....

Key Concepts

Contextual Analysis

This concept involves examining the surrounding text and usage to determine the intended meaning of a particular phrase. It is important in understanding ambiguous meanings and interpreting phrases within the specific context in which they appear.

Etymology and Semantic Development

Understanding the historical origins and evolution of words helps clarify their meanings in different contexts. By exploring how a term has been used over time, one can better grasp its intended usage in a given passage.

Synonym Identification

This is the process of comparing a phrase or word with other words that have similar meanings. It aids in selecting the option that most accurately reflects the intended meaning by assessing which synonym best matches both the literal and contextual interpretation.

Process of Elimination

This strategy involves systematically ruling out answer choices that do not fit the contextual or semantic clues provided by the text. It is a critical reasoning skill that ensures the most appropriate interpretation is chosen by dismissing less likely options.

Transcript

00:03 All righty, this is a word interpretation question, right? it wants us to know what born of most nearly means, right? and it tells me exactly where to go, right? i have to go to line 71 and see how the author uses the phrase born of to figure out what it means.

00:25 So when we go to line 71, you got to read the sentences around it as well, right? it's talking about human evolution.

00:32 It's a straight line going from the crouching prototype 8 through successive stages to modern human beings, right? and then further down, it talks about it's a very simple picture, it was born from ignorance, right? keep on going down, explosion of new finds.

00:47 So we're just looking for context clues.

00:49 Now, now that we've kind of read our passage summarized a little bit, we can kind of make up our own definition for born up.

00:55 So whenever you read the passage, how would you define born up without even looking at the answer choices, right? we could say came from or started with.

01:13 Okay.

01:14 So we kind of have our own idea of what born of means.

01:17 So now we can go to our answer choices and eliminate any answer choices that don't mean the definition that we wrote down.

01:24 Right.

01:24 So if we look at answer choice a, it says carried by.

01:29 It doesn't really make sense, right? it doesn't really mean came from or started with.

01:32 So we could eliminate that...

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