Explanation for Question 44 From the Writing Section on the 2019 October Sat
Now number 44 tells us that the writer wants to add a conclusion that 2 summarizes the main argument of the passage. 3 Right? So we have to think about what the passage was about as a 4 whole. So let's go back and let scan a little bit, 5 right? When we start at the beginning, we see that we're, we're talking about 6 research studies and we're talking about private organizations taking control, 7 right? So being difficult to get free access. 8 Um, and then throughout this paragraph, 9 we talk about the NIH and we talk about a little bit about open 10 access, um, papers and the requirements for it. 11 And then here we get an example of someone who published or, 12 um, used research that had been published for free online. 13 And then here we talk about the costs, right? So this is really all 14 about, um, where you can publish research and how to make it cost effective. 15 And we really see that in answer choice C right? 16 Because that says through it, then we can go back and see, 17 but it is open access, 18 right? So through open access research is obtainable by anyone with internet 19 connection, not just the privileged few. 20 And so here, we're really talking about the benefits of having that open access. 21 Like we talked about throughout the passage, which is that everyone can access research 22 and it's not kind of being dominated by people who have a lot of 23 money, right? So this is really on topic with what we talked about, 24 the benefits of open access throughou...