Most of what has been written about Thurgood Marshall, a former United States Supreme Court justice who served from 1967 to 1991, has just focused on his judicial record and on the ideological content of his earlier achievements as a lawyer pursuing civil rights issues in the courts. ███
Intro topic ·Thurgood Marshall, lawyer and Supreme Court judge
Revisit main point ·Marshall's public interest approach has been widely adopted
Passage Style
Single position
Spotlight
2.
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Question Type
Purpose in context (of word, phrase, or idea)
Structure
The first sentence tells us what typical writing about Marshall focuses on. The author presents this to contrast the subject of the passage, which will cover something that’s not typically covered.
a
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The author doesn’t “dispute” a claim in the first sentence. The author doesn’t suggest that there’s any claim that’s incorrect concerning Marshall.
b
It establishes the █████████ ████ █████ ███ █████████ ███ █████████████ ██████ ██ ██████████ ███████████
The first sentence does not indicate that Marshall’s ideologies (beliefs) are controversial.
c
It introduces two ███████ ██ ██████████ ██████ ███ ████████ ███ ██████████ ████████████ ██ █████
The author doesn’t outline the historical importance of Marshall’s ideologies and work as a Supreme Court justice. Rather, the author simply mentions that these are what writers typically focus on when writing about Marshall.
This accurately captures the purpose. The first sentence tells us what writers typically focus on when writing about Marshall as part of a setup for the rest of the passage, which focuses on an aspect of Marshall’s achievements that’s given less attention (his litigation strategies).
e
It provides a ███ ███████████ ██ ██████████ ████████████ ███ ████████ █ ██████████ ███████████
The author doesn’t “correct” any alleged inaccuracy concerning Marshall. The author never says that there’s a claim that’s factually wrong about Marshall.
Difficulty
91% of people who answer get this correct
This is a slightly challenging question.
It is similar in difficulty to other questions in this passage.
CURVE
Score of students with a 50% chance of getting this right
25%125
136
75%148
Analysis
Purpose in context (of word, phrase, or idea)
Structure
Law
Single position
Spotlight
Answer Popularity
a
1%
b
1%
c
6%
d
91%
e
1%
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