SAT Reading & Writing: Hard Rhetorical Synthesis (Drill 5)

About This Drill

SAT Reading & Writing: Hard Rhetorical Synthesis (Drill 5) 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 findings of the study. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
2. The student wants to introduce the restoration to an audience already familiar with the Seabright Carousel, emphasizing what the restoration achieved. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
3. The student wants to place the hiring of women typesetters in its historical context. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
4. The student wants to explain what spalted wood is. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
5. The student wants to compare the two methods of drawing dye from the roots. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?