Explanation for Question 18 From the Writing Section on the 2017 May Sat
Question eight is a transition word question. 2 Um, basically we want to decide what was the correct transition word to use 3 in this situation? What we want to do here is read a sentence or 4 phrase before the underline section, 5 read a sentence or phrase after and determine what that relationship is between 6 those two phrases and then choose the correct word that represents 7 that relationship. Now, we do want to avoid reading the actual transition word included 8 already in the sentence, just because if we read it, 9 we might convince ourselves and have bias that that is the correct word right 10 there. And it'll impact how we read the two phrases. 11 That's not necessarily the correct word, 12 so we ignore it. And then we consider all four answer choices. 13 The sentence reads this deliberate decision to forgo accuracy for cinematic effect 14 blank, maybe met with public criticism. 15 So we have the first part, that's talking about the deliberate decision to forego 16 accuracy. 17 So that's what they talked about in the period in the previous paragraph. 18 And it's talking about, um, sometimes directors forego the accuracy 19 for cinematic effect. The second part says may be met 20 with public criticism. So although they do this in the previous 21 paragraph, they explained that they might forego accuracy. 22 It may be met with public criticisms. 23 So they're kind of contradicting right there. 24 They're talking about, even though this happens, 25 some people don't like...