[Video] Q5: Which choice most effectively sets up the information that follows in the paragraph?

Explanation for Question 5 From the Writing Section on the 2020 March Sat

So for question number five, our best, answer's going to be D promise, 2 plentiful harvest and abundant wildlife. 3 Right? And the question was really asking us what choice effectively sets up the 4 information that follows. So let's look more closely at this sentence, 5 right? If we look at this sentence prior to question five, 6 it tells us that one settlement was Nicodemus a town in Northwestern, 7 Kansas that drew three hundreds, 8 more than 300 sellers make the long journey, 9 real estate agents. They did something, 10 but right. 11 So we see that. But so we show that shows us that there's a 12 contrast happening happening here. 13 Um, the reality that they were confronted with on arrival was less appealing, 14 right? So if we look at that sentence that follows, 15 it's telling us that the real estate agents did something that made people think 16 that, um, nicotine, 17 this would be an appealing or a nice place to live, 18 but the reality confront they were confronted with was less appealing. 19 So whatever these real estate agents did right here, 20 it should make Nicodemus look appealing. 21 And so that's why D is going to be our best answer, 22 because if you look at promising plentiful harvest and abundant wildlife, 23 that sounds nice. That sounds appealing. That is what would draw 300 sellers. 24 But in reality, it wasn't actually that nice, 25 right? So these are best answered, 26 but we can also eliminate the other answer choices. 27 Um, a tells us that the real...

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