Explanation for Question 16 From the Writing Section on the 2019 April Sat
Question number 16, the question, 2 um, asks us the writer is considering revising the underlined portion 3 to the following. Um, so we're adding on this additional detail to the word 4 stage. Well, a backdrop painted with images of columns and fig trees 5 provided the optical illusion of depth. 6 So let's make sure that this sort of fits in the context of the 7 paragraph and is grammatically correct before we insert it into our 8 passage. So looking at the previous sentence, 9 it starts out on the previous page. Um, 10 it says columns and decorative sculptures occupied the foreground of the stage. 11 Um, and this part would add while a backdrop provided the optical illusion of 12 path. So it makes sense to include this portion because the previous part of 13 the sentence focuses on columns and decorative sculptures occupying 14 the foreground. So it's sort of, um, 15 it makes sense to include what's going on in the backdrop as well, 16 just to balance out our sentence and to provide that additional detail. 17 When we look at our answer choices, a says, 18 we should make the revision because it supports the claim in the previous sentence 19 that the sets were modeled on Roman originals here. 20 Um, this detail is really focusing on the illusion of depth rather than, 21 um, what may or may not have done, been done to mimic the Roman 22 originals. So this answer choice doesn't quite fit. 23 Choice B is a better answer choice because it stresses the spectacle that was 24 impress...