Explanation for Question 18 From the Reading Section on the 2018 May Sat
Question number 18, asks us about the meaning of a word in context here. 2 The word is alien in line 80. 3 So let's take a look at line 80 for the context of the word 4 alien. There here's line 80, 5 no matter how much we know about the world of a fictional character, 6 there will always be something alien and inscrutable to us about that world. 7 So here's that word alien. Really what we're talking about here is, 8 um, the comparison of the world of fictional character versus real 9 characters. So the distinction there is that as the passage adjusts, 10 you have a lot more knowledge of those real characters. 11 Even if you have low interactions with them, 12 you sort of know more or less how they think, 13 what kinds of opinions they may produce. 14 So there's this contrast emerging between real characters and fictional characters. 15 Um, the point of this detail in line 80, 16 there will be something alien and inscrutable to us about that world is to 17 emphasize that for any fictional situation, 18 you're drawing on less knowledge and less memory. 19 Um, when thinking about situations, 20 um, alien here means different, 21 unique, separate from your experiences. 22 In other words, foreign, it means outside of your common memories. 23 Um, and it's used in that context of being the opposite of a 24 known. So it's the opposite of known it's inscrutable, 25 it's alien or foreign. So looking at our answer choices, 26 we see foreign pops up as one of those choices, 27 that's goi...