[Video] Q21: No change or material that he invented or made-up material or material

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

Looking now at question 21, we are trying to get our point across while 2 being minimally redundant. Um, 3 the way the sentence is phrased right now today, 4 it is believed that MacPherson created the Osteon tax by combining poetry and 5 stories. He had heard on his travels with invented material of his own invention. 6 So when you read this, now you can kind of tell there is a 7 bit of redundancy. We see invented material of his own invention. 8 Um, we don't need to include that detail twice. 9 So the no change option is definitely out. 10 Um, B says material that he invented. 11 Um, it doesn't quite make sense to say this either material that he invented 12 of his own invention again. Oh, 13 really wordy. And isn't introducing any new information. 14 Choicy says, made up material of his own invention again, 15 while those aren't exactly the same words, 16 they have pretty much the same meaning made up and have his own invention 17 really indicate the same thing. So C is likewise redundant choice D 18 is our best answer. It's simple material, 19 um, of his own invention has the same meaning as all of the other 20 answer choices, but it's just much more brief and a bit more concise. 21 And so we really want to strive for that level of brevity and concision. 22 When we are writing for this exam, you never want to include more words 23 than you need to, to express your point. 24 So for that reason, we go with answer choice D for number 21,