ShmoopTube

Where Monty Python meets your 10th grade teacher.

Search Thousands of Shmoop Videos


Rhetorical Skills Videos 50 videos

ACT English 2.11 Passage Drill
236 Views

ACT English: Passage Drill 2, Problem 11. Which of the following sentences would make the most effective transition?

ACT English 2.15 Passage Drill
200 Views

In this ACT English passage drill determine if the writer of the passage may or may not have achieved their proposed goal.

ACT English 3.2 Passage Drill
193 Views

ACT English: Passage Drill Drill 3, Problem 2. What would the paragraph lose if the writer omits the underlined phrase?

See All

ACT English 3.6 Passage Drill 180 Views


Share It!


Description:

ACT English: Passage Drill, Drill Set 3, Problem 6. Which choice is the most accurate and concise?

Language:
English Language

Transcript

00:03

Here’s your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by rings of spraying water.

00:07

FYI: these don’t work well as wedding rings.

00:10

Brought to you by Zales.

00:13

Check out the following passage...

00:21

How would you correct this underlined segment from the passage, if at all?

00:24

After a certain amount of time?

00:26

And here are the potential answers...

00:32

This question wants us to be accurate and concise.

00:35

The best answer will help the writer move from the previous sentence

00:38

to the sentence the transition introduces.

00:41

We’ll eliminate option (B) first because the the word “however” interrupts the flow of logic.

00:46

And if there’s one the flow of logic hates, it’s being interrupted.

00:49

The word “however” is used to contrast one idea with another. Example:

00:54

“He says he hates Katy Perry; however, I heard him singing ‘Roar’ in the shower.”

00:57

Of course, the real question with this example is how exactly did this person hear the other

01:02

one in the shower. Let’s just leave that one to the imagination.

01:05

Choices (A) and (C) both get across the right idea. What we need is a word or phrase that

01:09

tells us it takes some time for a spiral pattern of water to turn into a full-fledged cascade.

01:15

The phrases “after a certain amount of time” and “what happens next is that” don’t

01:20

have any problems communicating this. They do have a problem with concision, however.

01:24

We’re going to check out our final option and hope it’s not so wordy.

01:29

Ah, look at that. Choice (D) is correct because it gets the job done in one word: “eventually.”

01:33

It succinctly communicates the idea that a bit of time is needed for spiraling water

01:39

to grow into a cascade.

01:40

Isn’t it cute when it grows up?

Related Videos

ACT English 2.2 Punctuation
2070 Views

ACT English: Punctuation Drill 2, Problem 2. Where should the semi-colon be placed?

ACT English 3.1 Punctuation
1066 Views

ACT English: Punctuation Drill 3, Problem 1. How should this sentence be changed so that it is grammatically correct?

ACT English 3.2 Punctuation
973 Views

ACT English: Punctuation Drill 3, Problem 2. How should we properly hyphenate the words in this sentence?

ACT English 3.4 Punctuation
522 Views

ACT English: Punctuation Drill 3, Problem 4. Which choice best formats this list of items?

ACT English 2.1 Punctuation
519 Views

ACT English: Punctuation Drill 2, Problem 1. Which choice of punctuation best completes the sentence?