SAT Reading & Writing: Hard Rhetorical Synthesis (Drill 12)

About This Drill

SAT Reading & Writing: Hard Rhetorical Synthesis (Drill 12) is a Reading & Writing practice drill covering Hard Rhetorical Synthesis. It contains 5 original questions created by Brian Stewart, a Barron's test prep author with over 20 years of tutoring experience.

Hard Rhetorical Synthesis questions present a set of research notes and a specific writing goal, then ask you to choose the sentence that best accomplishes that goal using only the notes. The wrong answers are usually accurate statements that serve a different purpose than the one asked for, or that subtly misstate the notes. Match the rhetorical task exactly.

Questions in This Drill

1. The student wants to summarize how fjords form. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
2. The student wants to compare the two cloths in terms of how well each held its color after washing. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
3. The student wants to define what is meant by the gradient of an aqueduct. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
4. The student wants to explain how the mantis shrimp's limb reaches such high speed. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
5. The student wants to generalize about the role the came strips play in a stained-glass window. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?