[Video] Q21: No change or presumed or sensed or observed

Explanation for Question 21 From the Writing Section on the 2019 April Sat

Question number 21 calls for us to figure out the appropriate verb choice 2 in the sentence. The sentence right now reads one feels oneself present 3 at the beginnings of revolution, a theater critic wondered of this climactic scene. 4 The same can be perhaps said of George's achievement overall. 5 So reading this quote, 6 we want to figure out exactly what the right verb is to use here. 7 One feels oneself present at the beginnings of a revolution. 8 This is not something that a theater critic might wonder about. 9 So wondered isn't really the right word here. 10 Um, wondered, really does capture their amazement, 11 but it's, it's done not the right fit because it doesn't, 12 it doesn't, um, it sounds a little bit more, 13 be more puzzled than a critic actually is. 14 Um, this is more of an observation that they're making rather than something that 15 they're wondering about. So for that reason, 16 we eliminate a, let's take a look at choice, 17 be presumed, um, presumed also not quite the right fit here, 18 a theater critic. 19 Couldn't really, we said to presume something, um, 20 you can't really presume something if it's your own experience or your own recollection 21 of what happens or your own experience. 22 So presuming isn't the right word. Um, 23 see sensed is perhaps a slightly better fit, 24 but, um, it's not quite literal enough for this context. 25 Um, it's not something that you're kind of gauging or getting a sense of. 26 It's really what you're experiencing yourself here. 27 What this, this theater critic is, is sort of providing this quote about. 28 So we're going to eliminate C D is really our best answer. 29 Theater critic is making this quote as a result of what they observed. 30 They observed that one feels oneself present at the beginnings of a revolution, 31 and this is their experience and observed as the right way to capture that 32 the right verb here. So we're going to select answer choice D for question 33 number 21.