Explanation for Question 11 From the Writing Section on the 2019 March Sat
Question number 11 asks us to figure out the most effective conclusion 2 for the passage. So when we're providing a conclusion, 3 we want to make sure that we're bringing together all of the elements that 4 were discussed earlier in the passage, basically summing up our argument and tying it 5 all together. So when we look at this paragraph of the passage as a 6 whole, the passage describes how this innovation in terms of 7 the use of packing peanuts and the recycling of packing peanuts, 8 how it created these different impacts, 9 why it's important and what it suggests about, 10 um, the scientists and their, their innovation overall. 11 So our answer choices for number 11, 12 the no change option choice a says, 13 in fact, the process that Paul and his team device would take several days 14 fewer than the process currently use to make anodes for lithium ion batteries. 15 So this is a additional detail, 16 um, that relates to the topic of the passage, 17 but it doesn't really sum up the passage. 18 So when we provide a conclusion, we don't really want to be adding in 19 new details. This is really the place for us to sum up the previously 20 introduced details. So a is out answer choice B says, 21 thus, lithium ion batteries are more effective than the lithium batteries that proceeded them. 22 Again. This is an additional detail, um, 23 that sort of wraps up what we've been talking about. 24 It talks about the more, um, effectiveness of the new batteries, 25 and that does tie...