Answer Choices
NO CHANGE
Instead,
For example,
However,
Explanation for Question 11 From the Writing Section on the Official Sat Practice Test 7
Number 11. I can already see that our options are therefore, 2 instead, for example, or however, 3 notice that these are all transition words, 4 you know, we use transitions to transition from one idea to another 5 idea. And each transition word has different situations 6 that they fit best in. So our job is to figure out which one 7 to use here to do that first, 8 just ignore the transition, read the sentence before it, 9 then read the sentence after it and try to identify 10 the link between those two ideas. Once you can understand 11 how those two ideas connect, it will be a lot easier to pinpoint the 12 transition word to use. So let's do that. 13 It starts here. Here's a sentence before with world population topping 14 7 billion humanity is in need of some perspective. 15 Okay. Second sentence. We should continue to support NASA, 16 not only for practical reasons, but also because it is a necessary vehicle for 17 increasing our awareness of how we can fulfill responsibilities to the planet and to 18 each other. 19 Okay. So to summarize this, 20 it looks like the first sentence is saying that the world is getting 21 really populated. Humanity is in need of some perspective. 22 Then they're saying we should continue to support NASA because 23 it can help us increase our awareness of how we can fulfill our responsibilities. 24 So it looks like what they say before. 25 The transition is a reason for the sentence 26 after the transition, right? They're saying because humanity...