SAT Reading & Writing: Hard Rhetorical Synthesis (Drill 19)

About This Drill

SAT Reading & Writing: Hard Rhetorical Synthesis (Drill 19) 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 emphasize a similarity between suspension and cable-stayed bridges. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
2. The student wants to refute the claim that goldfish remember things for only a few seconds. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
3. The student wants to explain how a sourdough starter both raises the dough and gives it a tangy flavor. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
4. The student wants to compare the two proposed magnetic cues by the navigational job each is thought to do. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
5. The student wants to make a general point that handwork leaves small variations even when a maker repeats one form. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?