Answer Choices
NO CHANGE
As a result,
By contrast,
DELETE the underlined portion, adjusting the capitalization as needed.
Explanation for Question 3 From the Writing Section on the 2019 April Sat
Now looking at number three, which appears to be a transition a question, 2 right? So when we approach these, we want to read the sentence before the 3 transition, as well as the sentence after the transition, 4 see it's a long sentence there, and then compare the two of them to 5 see how they relate to one another. Now the red sense says along with 6 the 400 graduates, many people had come to hear the words of last year's 7 commencement speaker of that year's commencement speaker, 8 the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther king, 9 Jr. So we're talking about who people are coming to hear speak at the 10 graduation and then an orange. 11 It says the Jamaica audience was familiar with Dr. 12 King's ongoing campaign for civil rights in the United States through newspaper reports and 13 television broadcasts, and the effect of seeing Dr. 14 King ascend the podium just feet away from where they stood was thrilling. 15 All right. So this is saying, they're going to see Dr. King speak and 16 then this describes how they are, um, familiar with Dr. 17 King and how they're excited to see him speak. And so immediately looking at 18 C we can eliminate C right by contrast, 19 because that implies that there's kind of a difference, 20 a strong difference between the red sentence and the orange sentence. 21 And we know that's not the case, they're both very on topic with each 22 other. So by contrast, isn't going to make much sense as 23 a result indicates cause and effect, 24 right? Because results ...