Explanation for Question 30 From the Writing Section on the 2017 May Sat
Question 30 asks us to choose the correct word that keeps 2 this idea. Um, it also has to match the style, 3 um, of the passage and the tone. 4 And even though all these words are very similar and have very similar definitions, 5 we want to choose the word that in this context matches the sentence 6 and the point of the sentence. So our four words are score secure 7 land and gather up and the sentence reads Brancusi and turn 8 sooner than U S governments into score recognition of a sculpture as art 9 they're assaulted in 1927 court case, 10 blah, blah, blah. So we're talking about a court case. 11 So that's been going to mean that the language isn't going to be, 12 it's not going to be two on formal. It's not the most formal language. 13 If you read the rest of the passage, it's just not using the most 14 formal language, but it's going to have a certain level of formality since we 15 are talking about our court case, um, 16 our first option score score. 17 Isn't really what I would say. You get from a court case, 18 you don't score, um, the recognition through a court case it's too 19 informal. And also it's just not the actual action that happens. 20 Be secure. That sounds a little bit more like something that you would get 21 from a court or court ruling, right? 22 You can secure the recognition or secure the win, 23 um, the votes. So I'm going to keep this in mind, 24 but I'm still going to go over C and D. So then we have 25 land Amy to land recognition of his sculptures...