Explanation for Question 18 From the Writing Section on the 2019 April Sat
For question number 18, we are once again, 2 being asked to combine sentences at the underlined portion, 3 the earlier sentence says, 4 um, a trumpet then signal at the entrance of Caesar. 5 The second sentence says his glittering Toga and armor made him instantly distinguishable. 6 So these are two sentences. We're seeking to combine looking at our answer choices. 7 I says, I'm a trumpet then signaled the entrance of Caesar. 8 It was his glittering, Toga and armor that made him instantly distinguishable. 9 So this answer choice doesn't work quite as well because it is somewhat passive. 10 We're saying it was his Togan armor that made him distinguishable rather than 11 he was English instantly distinguishable because of his Toga and armor. 12 What we want to do is put the emphasis on our main subject, 13 which is Caesar rather than making his Toga and armor the subject of our 14 sentence. Answer choice B would read a trumpet, 15 then say gold, the entrance of Caesar being English instantly distinguishable because 16 of his glittering, Toga and armor. 17 There's no punctuation here which makes it a little bit hard to follow and 18 very wordy and a bit confusing. Um, 19 so that's sort of one issue with this answer choice. 20 And again, it's not focusing enough on Caesar as a subject. 21 Um, it's, it's saying being instantly rather than he was instantly 22 distinguishable. So that verb isn't quite active enough either. 23 So we'll eliminate B as well. Looking at answer choice C ...