Explanation for Question 26 From the Writing Section on the 2019 March Sat
For question number 26, we are figuring out an effective conclusion to the paragraph. 2 So what we need to do here is find a answer choice that succinctly 3 wraps up the paragraph and just leaves it on a satisfying final note. 4 So if we look at the paragraph in question, 5 the paragraph centers on, um, 6 how this event sort of met its downfall in the Olympic games, 7 what happened to the pentathlon? Um, 8 and we see that it was due to a technicality and the paragraph describes 9 exactly what that was. So looking at our answer choices, 10 choice, a refers to the creator of the games, 11 winning a gold medal and literature himself. 12 Um, maybe an interesting fact, but not one that nicely sums up the paragraph 13 answer trace basis. Some wonder whether this chapter deserves more attention. 14 Um, again, this is something that we might use to spark the reader's interest, 15 um, or speak to the significance of the event. 16 However, um, there's really no need to include that at the end. 17 Once we've already been discussing this chapter in the history of the games in 18 depth, um, pass, uh, 19 answer choice C says lacking eligible participants, 20 the pentathlon of the muse was discontinued, 21 and this is going to be our best answer choice because it wraps up 22 the events and the paragraph very nicely. So the paragraph is describing, 23 um, what the pentathlon was, why they were canceled, 24 um, by the event was canceled what the technicality was. 25 Um, and so this sums up th...