[Video] Q21: No change or embracing or clinging to or adhering to

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

All right, looking now at question number 21, 2 we are trying to figure out the most effective verb for this, 3 um, description in the sentence. So the sentence right now reads for the long 4 shots lawyers used footage that Strother filmed during his own climbs, 5 adding to the illusion that the character really was blank. 6 The side of a skyscraper. So the intended meaning here is that the, 7 the character is hanging on to that side of the skyscraper. 8 So you want to use a word that most effectively conveys that meaning is 9 the right kind of tone and formality for the passage. 10 I had just tried to the meaning of the word that we use lines 11 up really well with the sentence. So if we look at our different answer 12 choices choice, either don't change option clenching doesn't really quite make sense 13 here. You might think of Claire Chang in the context of someone clenching their 14 fist. 15 Um, if they're angry or something along those lines, 16 the clenching is not, uh, that's not a word that really applies to the 17 building. You get hang on to the building, but you can't really clench a 18 building. So answer choice a is out it's our choice. 19 Be embracing doesn't really have the right reading because embracing 20 BB is usually used in a more positive context here. 21 The character isn't a bracing, the building, 22 the character is holding on for dear life. So B as also not quite 23 the right fit answer choice C clinging to provides a really 24 good sense of the des...