Explanation for Question 23 From the Writing Section on the 2017 May Sat
Let's take a look at question 23, 2 which is the first question of the third passage of the writing section. 3 So question 23, us, the writer is considering adding the following sentence. 4 Now this is a common type of question. We'll see this a lot in 5 the writing section. Um, 6 and the way that I approach it is I ask myself two questions. 7 One, is it repetitive? And two, 8 is it relevant? So if the sentence is relevant and not repetitive, 9 we can include it. If it's either of those things, 10 um, if it's repetitive or it is not relevant, 11 we don't want to include it. So the sentence says more than any 12 of Brancusi's other works. The 1926 sculpture burden space manages 13 to achieve that aim. So we want to figure out if that sentence is 14 repetitive or if it's relevant, um, 15 or one or the other. So let's read the beginning of this paragraph and 16 figure out what it's talking about. 17 Paragraph says all my life, the sculpture, 18 Constantin, Brancusi remarked, I have been seeking to capture the essence of 19 flight burden space is a work of abstract art. 20 It is not a readily recognizable representation of the burden it's titled, 21 but rather a polished arc of bronze that calls to mind the animals' graceful 22 airborne motion. So we have here a first sentence 23 with a quote from Constantine Brancusi about, 24 um, what his goal has been and then how 25 burden space meets that goal. 26 Now the sentence, let's read it one more time, 27 more than any of Brancusi's ...