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We drive through parts of the city that I've never seen before, where the lights glow like melted butter and the girls on the sidewalks are wearing brimmed hats and high heels. Men smile and turn to watch our car passing: I watch back , hands pressed to the window. Then we race beyond the glowing streets they dwindle to a star-and the road ahead of us is long and dusty blue and smells like a warm, blue must , like the heat of a sheep's back. Mohamed Fawzy.-SAT & ACT English The selection of these photographic stills, plucked from films and enlarged to architectural proportions (one hundred feet in length for banners and forty feet in height for cutouts was calculated to excite the public and nourish a "spectatorial consciousness,"what Roland Barthes, a French cultural critic who often wrote about photography,described as the experiential quality of still photographic images. Barthes recalled being transfixed by still images from movies, but then losing all memory of them while viewing the film they came from . Our perception of a moving cinematic image, he explained, is always determined by the frames that both precede and follow it. In contrast, a single and isolated film still that stands alone can be viewed indefinitely and more carefully. 19 The main purpose of this paragraph is to: A) present the narrator's thoughts about the dusty streets she has traveled on several times before. B) describe the narrator's fascination with the street lights that glow hazily and brightly. C illustrate the narrator's visual impression of the family's journey through the city and out of it. D) make clear the narrator's ; admiration for the clothing the girls on the sidewalks wear. Mohamed Fawzy -SAT & ACT English The main point of this paragraph is that Barthes theorized that: A a film still expanded to architectural proportions is more effective than a small still. B careful viewing of film stills is essential to understanding full-length films. C the experience of viewing a moving image is different from the experience of viewing a film still. D a film still is easier to remember when viewed in the context of the entire movie. Mohamed Fawzy -SAT & ACT English

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We drive through parts of the city that I've never seen before, where the lights glow like melted butter and the girls on the sidewalks are wearing brimmed hats and high heels. Men smile and turn to watch our car passing: I watch back , hands pressed to the window. Then we race beyond the glowing streets they dwindle to a star-and the road ahead of us is long and dusty blue and smells like a warm, blue must , like the heat of a sheep's back. Mohamed Fawzy.-SAT & ACT English The selection of these photographic stills, plucked from films and enlarged to architectural proportions (one hundred feet in length for banners and forty feet in height for cutouts was calculated to excite the public and nourish a "spectatorial consciousness,"what Roland Barthes, a French cultural critic who often wrote about photography,described as the experiential quality of still photographic images. Barthes recalled being transfixed by still images from movies, but then losing all memory of them while viewing the film they came from . Our perception of a moving cinematic image, he explained, is always determined by the frames that both precede and follow it. In contrast, a single and isolated film still that stands alone can be viewed indefinitely and more carefully. 19 The main purpose of this paragraph is to: A) present the narrator's thoughts about the dusty streets she has traveled on several times before. B) describe the narrator's fascination with the street lights that glow hazily and brightly. C illustrate the narrator's visual impression of the family's journey through the city and out of it. D) make clear the narrator's ; admiration for the clothing the girls on the sidewalks wear. Mohamed Fawzy -SAT & ACT English The main point of this paragraph is that Barthes theorized that: A a film still expanded to architectural proportions is more effective than a small still. B careful viewing of film stills is essential to understanding full-length films. C the experience of viewing a moving image is different from the experience of viewing a film still. D a film still is easier to remember when viewed in the context of the entire movie. Mohamed Fawzy -SAT & ACT English

We drive through parts of the city that I've never seen before, where the lights glow like melted butter and the girls on the sidewalks are wearing brimmed hats and high heels. Men smile and turn to watch our car passing: I watch back , hands pressed to the window. Then we race beyond the glowing streets they dwindle to a star-and the road ahead of us is long and dusty blue and smells like a warm, blue must , like the heat of a sheep's back. Mohamed Fawzy.-SAT & ACT English The selection of these photographic stills, plucked from films and enlarged to architectural proportions (one hundred feet in length for banners and forty feet in height for cutouts was calculated to excite the public and nourish a "spectatorial consciousness,"what Roland Barthes, a French cultural critic who often wrote about photography,described as the experiential quality of still photographic images. Barthes recalled being transfixed by still images from movies, but then losing all memory of them while viewing the film they came from . Our perception of a moving cinematic image, he explained, is always determined by the frames that both precede and follow it. In contrast, a single and isolated film still that stands alone can be viewed indefinitely and more carefully. 19 The main purpose of this paragraph is to: A) present the narrator's thoughts about the dusty streets she has traveled on several times before. B) describe the narrator's fascination with the street lights that glow hazily and brightly. C illustrate the narrator's visual impression of the family's journey through the city and out of it. D) make clear the narrator's ; admiration for the clothing the girls on the sidewalks wear. Mohamed Fawzy -SAT & ACT English The main point of this paragraph is that Barthes theorized that: A a film still expanded to architectural proportions is more effective than a small still. B careful viewing of film stills is essential to understanding full-length films. C the experience of viewing a moving image is different from the experience of viewing a film still. D a film still is easier to remember when viewed in the context of the entire movie. Mohamed Fawzy -SAT & ACT English

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## Step 1<br />The first question is about identifying the main purpose of the paragraph. The paragraph describes a journey through the city, focusing on the visual impressions of the narrator. The options provided are about the narrator's thoughts on the dusty streets, the street lights, the visual impression of the journey, and the admiration for the girls' clothing.<br /><br />## Step 2<br />The second question is about understanding Roland Barthes' theory on the difference between viewing a single still image and a sequence of images in a film. The options provided are about the effectiveness of a film still expanded to architectural proportions, the importance of careful viewing of film stills, the difference in experience between viewing a moving image and a film still, and the ease of remembering a film still when viewed in the context of the entire movie.
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