The first part of connected meaning is sentence placement now.
Sentence placement has two types of questions.
There's a delete and sentence placement itself before we begin though I have to state this very very
clearly.
You will get these questions wrong all the time.
Like all the time because you're going to pick what sounds right to you what sounds logical and I can't
argue with that.
You know a lot of the times the right answers are really weird.
Okay because when we think about how we would write naturally what's logical and what flows we tend
to be drawn to certain and the choices.
That's normal.
But the College Board knows that and that's why they're deliberately making these questions in a way
to trick you.
In fact there's only one way to do these questions correctly and I'm going to tell you okay each of
these types of questions has two steps.
It's very simple.
You just go boom one step two step okay follow what I tell you to do exactly.
Don't even don't even question it.
The second you start doubting it you gonna get it wrong.
Okay so I'm going to show you these two steps very very carefully and as soon as you it these wrong
because you will you'll get this wrong because it's not natural.
Just remember go back to my two steps and you'll be fine.
Okay first of all add lead is simply the idea that you have to determine whether or not a sentence should
be added or deleted.
Now it doesn't matter whether it's actually asking you to add or delete that's irrelevant.
Okay.
All that matters is that the questions ask you these kind of yes or no questions or else I keep it or
delete it.
Okay.
It's a very very clear pattern because what happens is as soon as you see this question arising should
the writer add this or should the writer delete this all you have to do is recognize it and then go
to step one which is assess whether the statement is true or false.
Assess whether the statement in each of these instances is true or false so here let's look at the first
one should we delete the underline sentence.
Yes because it does not provide a transition from the previous paragraph is that true.
Does this underline sentence not provide a transition while the transition just means a connection and
here I see these conservation methods which if I look at the previous paragraph it does talking about
solutions for reusing way so there is a connection thus there is a transition which means a is a false
statement because a said that there was not a transition when actually there is a transition here.
Okay so that is why we eliminate a as a choice we can look at B B says yes because it fails to support
the main argument of the previous paragraph.
Well that's a bit of a harder question right.
But I can see that since it's at least talking about conservation methods and how they're worth the
effort I guess it's the kind of support 3 using way.
I don't love it to be honest when we do reading support means something very specific.
It means giving you no concrete details but maybe that's a maybe I don't know.
It could be true it could be a maybe whenever you're not sure just leave it as maybe you'd want to be
too aggressive with the false because sometimes the way the college put words it is quite tricky.
Okay so if you think maybe that's true.
Leave that as a maybe C says no because it continues the explanation of how acid whey can be disposed
of safely okay.
So does this underline sentence continue explaining how to dispose of acid whey.
Well no it doesn't it just as it's costly and time consuming so it's worth the effort.
So there is no explanation of how to dispose of it.
That's a false statement.
D says it sets up the argument in the paragraph of the benefits of Greek yogurt.
We had to check two things here.
First of all does the paragraph talk about the benefits of Greek yogurt and does it help the argument
well when you read the rest of the paragraph it mentions how it's very healthy.
You know it's a good source of protein and low in sugar and all this other stuff.
So it does talk about the benefits of Greek yogurt and the first sentence.
It does set up the argument because it says it's worth the effort right.
That introducing or connecting to the idea that there is some positive benefit to it.
So I have to say that D a true statement.
Okay D sure
assuming we have two true statements here.
OK.
B indeed.
Maybe we're not sure about B but only there is maybe.
Which means consider it as a yes for now if I look at B and D the next step is to do step 2 which is
which of these is a relevant reason for adding the leading it.
What does I mean.
Which of these is the relevant reason to add or delete the sentence.
B says we want to delete it because it fails to or doesn't support the main 9 argument of the previous
paragraph.
And he has no don't delete it because it does introduce this paragraph.
So ask yourself what's more relevant should this sentence here which is the first sentence of this paragraph.
Should the sentence support the previous paragraph or should it introduce this paragraph that it's in.
That's what I mean by relevant so hopefully you'd all agree that o d better answer because the first
sentence of a paragraph is better served introducing the paragraph rather than supporting the previous
paragraph.
If you support the previous paragraph it should have been in the previous paragraph right.
So a very simple reason why d is the best choice.
Now this is such an important question I'm gonna try one more.
Some are harder or some easier.
This is kind of an easier example but you can see this time it says should we keep or delete the sentence
and then align sentences here and we have to do the true or false analysis first right.
Sure a false so a cat because provide a detail that supports the main topic of the paragraph.
What was the main topic of the paragraph.
It talked about how coworking spaces are places where people for money can conduct their work.
And then it describes Of course the things that are there to help you with your work.
Now a there are talks about the cost of launching one of these businesses.
People are often tempted we can maybe I think this is false but you can leave it there maybe if you
not sure because this sentence talks about cocaine businesses so some people think it's.
Oh yeah that's relevant.
It's supporting because it's talking Michoac�n businesses but it's introducing totally new information
right.
New information is always dangerous if it's got told the information that's almost always the wrong
answer unless you're given a very compelling reason why you need that information.
Okay I think this is false but if you want sure leave it as a maybe B says it sets up the main topic
of the paragraph that follows the paragraph that follows talks about creativity.
So that's clearly false to talk about the cost of launching and coworking business see says deleted
because it blows the paragraphs main focus with a loosely related detail.
OK let's say that as maybe two I think that might be true but again we're talking about tweaking businesses
but about the cost of launching one.
So maybe deface it repeat information has been provided earlier in the paragraph but of course nowhere
in this paragraph as I mentioned fifty eight thousand dollars as a cost of launching the business.
So we have two maybes here okay.
I think really ones that there's only really one true statement.
But no matter if you're not sure we get to the second step relevance and this is where sometimes for
hard questions you have to think really deeply.
You have to think about the reason I give you care what the reason they gave you for keeping or delaying
the sentence for adding deleting their sentence and says it's supporting the main topic of the paragraph
and it says it's loosely related.
Okay so there's a distinction there's a distinction there right sue saying yeah it's kinda related I
guess but not really which works well here because you know.
Yeah it's kinda related I guess it's talking about coworking businesses but hey not really because it's
talking about fifty eight thousand dollars the cost of launching a business whereas when you looked
at the previous sentences there was nothing about launching this kind of business.
It was just talking about what this base has in there and how it helps people work better.
So actually when I consider ANC I would say sees a more relevant reason because to support the main
topic of the paragraph I have to give a concrete detail which it is fifty thousand dollars but has to
be a concrete detail that supports the specific point being made.
Which is about conducting you their work or people conducting their work the individuals connecting
their work so that's why a is not relevant reason.
But the big clue was that the right answer choice really gave you the language you needed.
It's loosely related which would help you to see in this case
okay let's take a look at sentence placement now sentence placement is sometimes really easy.
Sometimes you read the question you're okay sentence 5 which you know if I have to.
Let me underline it here so you can see it right.
Sentence 5 here sometimes you read it you go.
That's really obvious right.
It mentions something really specific and it can only fit in one place and that's of course great.
If it's an easy question but sometimes it's hard sometimes it's hard.
In the hard cases you have to go through the hard work don't just pick the first place it kind of works.
Check every single position.
Okay.
And the first step is to always look at the target sentence and look before the sentence and look often
sentence based on what you'd predict.
Here's what I mean.
If I read this underline sentence it as if it is improperly introduced in the environment.
Acid whey run off can pollute waterways depleting the oxygen content of streams and rivers as it decomposes
so what would I expect before the sentence or would I expect after the sentence it's not always clear.
But you need to take a position on this so that you know it's looking forward to have something to be
kind of looking out for.
Otherwise your minds just open and it can fall for any kind of trick.
So obviously we're talking about acid way runoff.
I should mention something about acid whey runoff beforehand and then it talks about how it's going
to cause some problems by depleting the oxygen content so maybe it'll describe more about this problem
here.
I don't know.
I don't know about this but I'm gonna check each position first I'll check where it is now.
Could it belong here.
Based on what I predict well intentions for it says they can add to livestock feed as a protein supplement
and people can make their own Greek style yogurt at home by straining regular yogurt.
This clearly seems not to be connected because what you cannot do is say to yourself oh it mentioned
acid way all the way up here so it's okay for me to put it here and sentence 5.
No problem no problem because you know I can say all the other stuff no worries and I'll come back to
it.
You can't do that okay.
It has to be connected to the previous sentence.
So since sentence 4 didn't talk about this issue of acid whey runoff is not the right answer.
Let's take a look at B after sentence 1.
Of course it mentioned the right there right.
It said the main environmental problem caused by the proximal Greek yogurt is the creation of acid way
as a byproduct if it is properly introduced into the environment as a way of complete waterways.
Now that seems okay it seems to be connected and after they talked about how it depletes the oxygen
content streams and rivers and sentenced to it says because it requires up to four times more not to
make the commitment yoga does.
Greek yogurt produces large amount of acid way which is difficult to dispose of I don't know.
It's kind of tricky.
I leave that as a maybe.
I can't see a clear reason why it wouldn't work.
Maybe if I do a deep analysis I can.
But now I'll just pop that which is why for me see kind of works too because you know after sentence
2 we just talked more about us way and how it's difficult to dispose of so it's still talking about
the same kind of thing.
So maybe it's kind of connected incidents 3 says to address a problem of disposal.
Farmers have found a number of uses for acid whey if it's improperly charges introduced into the environment
as a way round of complete waterways Well that doesn't seem to connect right.
It talked about using having a number of uses for acid whey and suddenly I talk about go back to how
it complete waterways that one seems off okay.
Because it doesn't connect to sentence threads talk about it different.
Some choosing really between B and C and that's when we get to step 2 and this is one that people find
a little trickier.
But essentially you're looking at the connections between the sentences before and afterwards.
So for example for this one I'm going to look at sentence 1 and sentence 2 and 4 C and then look at
sentence 2 and sentence 3 because of what I want to do is if there are any gaps so if there's a gap
here between 1 2 like something weird like 2 is talking about the weather and one's not talking about
the weather it's kind of weird but I know that sentence 5 for example is talked about the weather.
It introduces the weather maybe that would be a good place to put it because it's filling the gap right
connecting the gap.
So if to talk about something that isn't really mentioned in one but it is in our target sentence then
you probably want to put it there.
That's one thing to consider.
OK so it's connect the gaps that's one thing but on the other hand what you don't want to do is you
don't want to break the caps so don't don't break connections.
What I mean by that.
Well he's a good example.
If I pick D OK D says to address the problem of disposal farmers and number of users right away and
then you read sentence for it actually gives you a number of users fast way right.
It says they can use it as livestock feed.
They can use it to make Greek yogurt.
So what you see there is you see a connection between three and four.
So what I don't want to do is play sentence five because I'd be breaking that connection.
That's what I mean by don't break connections.
If I were to put that into five and then suddenly I broken the link between three and four.
You don't wanna do that.
OK.
So connect the gaps but don't break connections.
This is something you need to do really carefully because the hard set in place of questions will always
have this so let's apply that now to this problem here.
OK.
Sentence one in sentence 2 where can I place it to connect gaps and where I won't break a gap.
Let me clean this up a little bit here
what I notice is that in sentence 3 It has to address the problem of disposal farmers if that number
is way and when I look at a sentence five itself I had talked about how it depletes the oxygen content
of streams and rivers as it decomposes that's a problem the bastard way right.
So this kind of connects to sentence 3
whereas the first part if it's properly introduced it complete waterways.
That's really describing a little bit more about how it's just difficult dispose of in sentence 2 so
does connect the sentence to to C seems to work in both ways they're on the other hand because I think
sees easy answer hey let's moxie is a great dancer let's take a look at sentence one and sentence to
sentence 1 said hey if we make Greek yogurt acid ways created as a byproduct and then I say if and proper
introduced it can put what away is that okay.
That doesn't seem like a problem no problem depleting the content of streams and rivers as it decomposes
but now as I read sentence 2 sentence 2 begins by saying because it requires up to four times more not
to make the connection yogurt does Greek yogurt produces large amounts of acid way which is difficult
as both of so that's a break in connection there because tendons do doesn't talk about this stuff here
about waterways and problems it's really talking about the production of acid whey the creation of acid
way as a byproduct it's to talk about how when you make conventional yoga you end up making a lot of
acid whey that's the byproduct that's the creation of acid way to bypass it so one and two are directly
connected so if I pick B that's gonna have a breaking connection that's why I don't pick here that's
why I don't pick after sentence one can break in that connection between one and two I have to pick
C here and it's a little confusing but go through the drawers have lots of chances to practices okay
are you willing to memorize these steps and apply them but to review
add delete remember you want to eliminate the false statements
and then you want to select the most relevant statement for sentence placement predicts what you would
is what you'd expect before and after the target sentence and then most importantly connect gaps Don't
break connections.