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Digital SAT Craft and Structure: words in context, structure and cross-text quiz quiz

12questions. Pick an answer and you'll see why right away.

  1. What is the most effective first move on a words-in-context question?

  2. A sentence reads: 'Far from being cursory, the report was thorough.' The phrase 'far from' signals that the blank-style word 'cursory' is:

  3. Two answer choices both seem roughly right on a words-in-context item. How do you decide?

  4. A text-structure question asks what a passage 'does.' This means you should describe its:

  5. For the function of an underlined sentence beginning 'However,...', the signal word tells you the sentence most likely:

  6. On an overall-structure question, a tempting wrong answer often:

  7. For a 'how would the author of Text 2 respond to Text 1' question, you should:

  8. A cross-text answer that accurately summarises Text 1 but ignores Text 2 is:

  9. When a text concedes 'while X is true, Y,' the author's position is best described as:

  10. For a multiple-meaning word, the right sense is selected by:

  11. An author calls a speech 'a torrent of vague promises that dissolved under scrutiny.' The diction mainly:

  12. Two passages describe the same law as a 'long-overdue reform' and a 'hasty overreach.' The contrast in word choice shows: