SAT Reading & Writing: Hard Rhetorical Synthesis (Drill 16)

About This Drill

SAT Reading & Writing: Hard Rhetorical Synthesis (Drill 16) 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 often true statements drawn from the notes that simply do not serve the stated goal, so read the goal with care.

Questions in This Drill

1. The student wants to begin a narrative with a vivid scene of a foghorn keeper at work. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
2. The student wants to emphasize a similarity between cob and rammed-earth walls. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
3. The student wants to explain the difference between marquetry and parquetry. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
4. The student wants to introduce the trebuchet to readers unfamiliar with it and convey what powers its throw. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
5. The student wants to correct the mistaken belief that swallows spend the winter dormant in pond mud. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?