[Video] Q31: The writer wants the information in the passage to correspond as closely as possible with the information in the map. given that goal and assuming that the rest of the previous sentence would remain unchanged, in which sequence should the three terms for soft drinks be discussed?

Explanation for Question 31 From the Writing Section on the Official Sat Practice Test 4

So now looking at question number 31, 2 right. But it tells us that the writer wants the information in the passage 3 to correspond as closely as possible with the information in the map. 4 So we really need to be paying attention to the map here. 5 Um, it says, given that goal and assuming the rest of the sentence would 6 remain unchanged and which sequence, 7 so we need to focus on the order, uh, should the three terms be 8 discussed, right? So let's take a look at our sentence here and first 9 our map. Um, and so we see in our map, 10 right, there are three words that we should be working with, 11 pop Coke and soda. Um, 12 and if we will look at our answer choices as they are, 13 right. We're looking here at, um, 31, 14 which I suppose is right here. Um, 15 right. Yeah. So let's, let's go ahead. 16 Let's go up a little bit. It says from these data, 17 he was able among other things to confirm regional variations as the map shows 18 soda is commonly heard in the middle portions of the United States. 19 And so let's check, is that true? What's what's said in the middle portions 20 of the United States. And so it looks like soda is maybe in the south, 21 um, pop is maybe in the middle portions or rather Coke 22 is in the south. Papa's in the middle portions and then soda is kind 23 of on the coasts. So it's possible that maybe we don't want to say 24 soda first year, maybe we should actually be saying pop. 25 And then if we look further on, um, we see that it says that 26 pop...