Explanation for Question 37 From the Reading Section on the 2019 March Sat
Okay on to question 37 and passage two McMillan presents his argument 2 to the south African government, by what? 3 So in terms of how he presents his argument, 4 we want to pay attention to, um, 5 what type of line of reasoning he's using to get his points across and 6 what his strategy is. So let's take a look at how he presents his 7 argument. We noticed that he is trying to come off 8 as very reasonable. Of course, you understand this better than anyone. 9 Um, he tries to frame a lot of the common ground that exists between 10 what he would see as British values and south African values. 11 I'm sure that you will agree that in our own areas of responsibility, 12 um, he explains what we British think, 13 right. Derives from these different sources. 14 Um, and he also explains that his judgment of right and wrong and of 15 justice is rooted in the same soil as his audiences. 16 So really emphasizing a lot of common ground, 17 a lot of commonality of their values. 18 Um, when we look at our answer choices, 19 the answer choice that best reflects that sort of appeal to common values is 20 going to be answered twice a. He asserts that Britain in South Africa share certain 21 important values, and that's enabling him to get his point across, 22 to sound a little bit more reasonable, and also just to strike a chord 23 with his audience, um, answer choice B urging government to take a leadership role. 24 We don't really see a discussion of that leadership role, 25 so we can rule ...