SAT Reading & Writing: Hard Rhetorical Synthesis (Drill 14)

About This Drill

SAT Reading & Writing: Hard Rhetorical Synthesis (Drill 14) 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 present the main findings of the study. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
2. The student wants to make a general statement about why vernalization is useful to a plant. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
3. The student wants to open the passage with an engaging narrative scene and, in the same sentence, convey why the cairns mattered to travelers. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
4. The student wants to explain the process by which a blacksmith shapes iron. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
5. The student wants to quote a description that conveys the sundial's dependence on sunlight. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?