Explanation for Question 50 From the Reading Section on the 2018 May Sat
Question number 50 asks us the reference to the full moon in line 63, 2 primarily serves two. So we want to know the function of this reference and 3 why it was included by the author. So let's look back at how the 4 full moon is actually drawn upon in line 63, 5 to get a sense for our answer here in line 63, 6 the author writes, although candles surveyed a total area, 7 only about that, of the full moon. The long exposures look so deep into 8 the cosmos that they recorded, roughly a quarter million ancient galaxies and 9 enough detail to reveal their sizes shapes and even gross internal structures. 10 So the way that the full moon is being referenced here is pertaining to 11 the scale of things. The author is establishing that candle surveyed an area 12 that's only about that, of the full moon. 13 The use of the word only here suggests that this is a pretty small 14 size. 15 The other thing that candles surveyed a pretty small area, 16 only about the size of the full moon as a reference point for our 17 reader, who maybe is not familiar with the scale of the galaxy 18 or the universe. So the author is using this detail to give us a 19 reference point that week so that we can better understand the scope of this 20 candles project and how big of an area these images were taken over. 21 So looking at our answer choices for this question choice, 22 I says, give readers a sense of the size of the area investigated by 23 candles. This is exactly correct. Um, 24 the reader might no...