[Video] Q5: Which choice most effectively sets up the list of examples that follows in the next sentence?

Explanation for Question 5 From the Writing Section on the Official Sat Practice Test 7

Question five says which choice most effectively sets up the list 2 of examples that follows in the next sentence. 3 All right. So before we can figure out which phrase to use and place 4 it, the underlined portion, let's look at the next sentence because they tell 5 us that our goal here is to set up the list 6 that follows in the next sentence. So the next sentence says a 7 short list of inventions elaborated by NASA includes communication, 8 satellites, invisible braces, 9 and cordless tools. All right. 10 So there is our list right there, and it looks like our list is 11 talking about inventions. They stay right here. 12 Um, very, very technological inventions, 13 right? We have satellites, invisible braces and cordless tools. 14 Okay. Makes sense, because this is NASA. 15 So let's go back to the question. 16 It says, which choice effectively sets up this list. 17 So whenever we do writing, 18 we always want to have transitions. 19 So they're asking us what can we put in this underlined portion to 20 set up and transition into our mentioning of this list 21 of a bunch of items. So let's look through all of our answer choices 22 in the no change option. It says that all along these NASA projects 23 have greatly increased international cooperation. 24 That's not a very strong transition because all we're doing in the next sentence 25 is talking about this list of inventions. 26 We're not talking about how these inventions can increase international cooperation. 27 We can in...