Answer Choices
where it is now.
after sentence 1.
after sentence 2.
after sentence 5.
Explanation for Question 22 From the Writing Section on the Official Sat Practice Test 1
Now question 22 is asking us where sentence four should be placed. 2 So let's zone in here on sentence four. 3 It says boxes currently organizing an expedition to gather this crucial information. 4 First thing we should always look for here is transition words. 5 Now, unfortunately, the sense we don't have any transition words, 6 so we can't rely on those to help us find our location, 7 but we also want to look for ambiguity's right. 8 And one ambiguity I have is this crucial information. 9 What is the crucial information that we're talking about? 10 Whatever that crucial information is, it should already be discussed the sentence before 11 sentence four comes up. So what we're really doing here is we're going to 12 look through our answer choices and we're going to decide which one tells us 13 what the crucial information is. Now, 14 if we look at sentence one, it says boxes research is important because the 15 fires of 2012 may not be a one-time phenomenon. 16 We do not see the words, crucial information here. 17 And so we know that sentence one is too early, 18 we still need more. And so, um, to put the sentence there, 19 now sentence two says, according to scientists, rising Arctic temperatures are making Northern latitudes 20 greener and thus more fire-prone. 21 So this is probably, you know, important information to have, 22 but we don't get the sense that it is crucial information. 23 They haven't told us that this is the most important information. 24 So C is also out...