SAT Reading & Writing: Logical Additions to a Paragraph
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The concept, explained
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Questions asking you to ADD a sentence require diagnosing where the paragraph is going and what evidence is missing.
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Read the sentence immediately BEFORE the proposed addition and the sentence immediately AFTER.
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The new sentence must act as an unbroken bridge between those two thoughts.
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Avoid additions that introduce entirely new topics not discussed elsewhere in the paragraph, even if they are factually true.
- ✗ Choosing an addition that summarizes an outside fact that feels relevant but disrupts the paragraph's chronological or logical flow.
- ✗ Failing to notice that the addition uses a pronoun ("this discovery") that has no antecedent in the earlier sentences.
SAT-style practice
Sentence 1 discusses Dr. Aris's initial lab experiment on algae. Sentence 3 states that this field trial proved the algae could survive in saltwater. Which Sentence 2 best bridges the gap?
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