[Video] Q11: Which choice best summarizes the first paragraph of the passage (lines 1-35)?

Explanation for Question 11 From the Reading Section on the Official Sat Practice Test 4

Question 11 says which choice best summarizes the first paragraph of the passage. 2 So let's go back and look at lines one through 35, 2 3 things we can do to determine the main idea of a paragraph. 4 R we can look at the topic like the introduction to the paragraph, 5 and you can also look at the conclusion. So let's start by looking at 6 the introduction. It says we are not witnessing the abandonment of the suburbs or 7 movement of millions of people back to the city. 8 All at once. The 2010 census certainly did not turn up evidence of a 9 middle-class stampede to the nation's cities. 10 So if we look back at the answer choices, 11 we can see that this isn't a very clear indication of 12 any of the answer choices here. So then we can look back at the 13 conclusion and it'll have the same function as looking at the introduction. 14 So the conclusion says it is important to remember that demographic inversion is not 15 a proxy for population growth. It can occur in cities that are growing. 16 Those whose numbers are flat, and even in those undergoing a modest decline in 17 size. So this is going to more directly point to an answer choice 18 in question 11. 19 And that answer choice that it's pointing to is going to be answered choice 20 C that population growth and demographic inversion 21 are distinct phenomenon. And demographic inversion is evident in many American cities. 22 So if we look at some of these other answer choices, 23 we can see that a says the 2010 census demo...