Explanation for Question 19 From the Writing Section on the 2017 May Sat
Question 19 is asking us to select the correct, 2 um, form of this phrase. And let's read the whole sentence to kind of 3 understand what we have here. The sentence says Kushner responded by stating 4 Lincoln upheld the expectations of a dramatic film because it illustrated the amendments 5 narrow vote and Doris Kearns Goodwin, 6 the films, historical consultant, defending questioner script. 7 So we want to know how to say the correct form of that right 8 there. Um, what we have here this right here. 9 Oops, hold on. Not that whole thing. This right here is called an, 10 a positive, what an, a positive is. 11 It's just extra information describing the noun before 12 or the subject before in this case, Doris Kearns Goodwin. 13 Um, but it's not completely necessary. 14 We could read a sentence without this part right here. 15 Um, and it would be the same. 16 We wouldn't lose any information in the sentence would make sense and doing so 17 just helps us understand the words that should come right after, 18 um, the comma. 19 So to begin, we can knock out deep because we do need that comma 20 there. We have a comment to start that phrase, 21 the films, a score, the historical consultant. 22 So we do need to finish it off with a calmer. 23 So again, we know it's not deep. Now we can read the sentence without 24 the positive non essential information and figure 25 out with a form of defending. 26 So if we read Kushner responded by sitting Lincoln upheld the expectation 27 of a drama...