Explanation for Question 18 From the Writing Section on the 2019 May Sat
Question number 18 says at this point, 2 the writer wants to include an effective transition from the previous paragraph to the 3 rest of the passage. So we're talking about summing up sort 4 of the developments of the previous paragraph and leading into the developments of the 5 new paragraph. And that's our goal here with this transition. 6 So the previous paragraph is talking about, 7 um, MacPherson's epic poems, 8 um, the funding that he received for this research trip and the two epic 9 poems that he wrote in the following years. 10 So the next paragraph here is talking about, 11 um, the original manuscripts and sort of this process of investigating 12 whether MacPherson really authored these poems in the way that it was 13 sort of believed or what he perpetuated was true. 14 So, um, in this case, let's take a look at the answer choices, 15 um, answer choice a says the Scottish poet, 16 Robert Burns may have been influenced by Osteon remember that earlier, 17 um, Scottish poet. 18 Um, so that's not really super relevant to this discussion. 19 We can eliminate choice a, um, 20 answer trace B says, however, a controversy, 21 Sona rose, however, is a nice lead in to the fact that we are 22 sort of switching up our attitude towards MacPherson. 23 We maybe are looking at him with a lot of respect and admiration in 24 that previous paragraph, but now we're going to be investigating or going into these 25 claims of, um, of him being a fraud. 26 So be as a really good fit and in...