[Video] Q32: A) no change or b) on the other hand, or c) for example, or d) nevertheless,

Answer Choices

  • A) NO CHANGE

  • B) On the other hand,

  • For example,

  • D) Nevertheless,

Explanation for Question 32 From the Writing Section on the 2018 April Sat

Hey guys. So question 32 is going to be dealing with transition words and 2 how to use those properly. We've got to take a look at the sentence 3 before this one and see, how should we start the sentence following it? 4 The previous sentence says in the definition for a pictorial, 5 a term coined by sir Thomas Brown Johnson described the word as one, 6 not adopted by other writers, but elegant and useful. 7 So this is saying that Johnson in writing his dictionary described this one word 8 as elegant and useful. The next section says the word reductive, 9 which Johnson had found the letters of Alexander Pope was not even going to the 10 definition. Johnson simply wrote a word of Pope's coining not to be imitated. 11 So Johnson seems to be kind of mad at this one word relative where 12 as with the other word pictorial, 13 he seems to praise it. So we've looked at our answer choices and see, 14 okay, which of these answer choices is providing a contrast. 15 He was saying something good. And in contrast, 16 he's now saying something bad. Now the transition word option a by the same 17 token, when mean that he's saying something the same way as in, 18 he really liked the word pictorial. And by the same token, 19 he really liked the work relative, but he doesn't like the word root tip. 20 So it's not by the same token. It's not option a option B on 21 the other hand, that does it for us that provides us contrast. 22 He likes us one word on the other hand, he didn't like those other...

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