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The word "ancient" in line 20 is used primarily in order to


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Sorry Okay AP English people Just a few more and

00:05

then we're done Yeah Yeah I know You're so sad

00:08

about that Thank you Okay The word ancient in line

00:18

twenty right there is used primarily in order to do

00:21

what What Well to qualify as ancient thing needs to

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be pretty old you know like the Great Pyramids which

00:32

were built by aliens But that's a different story even

00:35

if this city is one hundred fifty years old While

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the maps that came before then aren't really ancient which

00:41

implies a certain degree of uselessness here the speaker is

00:45

using irony to mock the developers You know who would

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probably say that anything there before the city was pointless

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So the interest see here provide an ironic critique like

00:56

they're giving attitude loser ball Well because the ancient maps

01:00

showed the brook which the speaker loves This adjective isn't

01:04

being used to make fun of old fashioned map making

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So get rid of a An ancient is modifying the

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maps here not the brook So get rid of B

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and the farmhouse isn't old enough to be considered ancient

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so get rid of D Though the speaker would probably

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agree that it's important to remember the past The word

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ancient here doesn't specifically endorsed the idea of public records

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like Where does that come from We'll get rid of

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it So the answer here is C as in critique

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