Explanation for Question 3 From the Writing Section on the 2017 April Sat
Question number three, asks which phrase most effectively sets up the examples and 2 the second part of the sentence. So here's our sentence. 3 Regrettably, electronic medical records require infrastructure that can be expensive to build. 4 That's the part we're trying to replace. They don't require physical storage space. 5 They don't need to be photocopied and collated and they are less likely to 6 be physically misplaced. So first let's identify what's going on with these list items. 7 Um, and then we'll pick an answer choice that properly sets up these list 8 items. So these list items, each appear to be listing out sort 9 of benefits of electronic health records. 10 So electronic health records don't require a physical storage space. 11 They don't need to be photocopied. They're less likely to be physically misplaced. 12 These are all benefits of electronic health records. 13 So our best answer here is going to be choice B electronic health records 14 provide many advantages over paper ones, 15 and then it goes on to list those benefits. 16 Um, answer choice a the note change option suggest that electronic medical 17 records require infrastructure that's expensive to build. 18 That's not something that we go in depth in with our list items so 19 we can eliminate it. Tracy researchers have weighed the benefits and drawbacks of electronic 20 health records. Um, this would suggest that we would be reading about benefits and 21 drawbacks in the, in the list, 22 items that follow. Um, however, 23 that's not the case. We only have benefits here and choice day, 24 typically electronic health records need a full-time staff to maintain them. 25 Um, again, this is not something that's further developed by the examples in the 26 second part of the sentence. So we eliminate it. 27 We want to make sure that like answer choice B um, 28 the, the detail that we use to begin the sentence is kind of reinforced 29 by the examples that follow in the second part of the sentence.