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SAT Rhetorical Synthesis practice questions
Rhetorical Synthesis is one of the skills tested in the Expression of Ideas domain of the Digital SAT Reading and Writing section. Below are 35 free practice questions sorted from easy to hard. Open one to answer it and see the explanation.
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Question 1
The student wants to emphasize the materials used to build the Ming-era sections of the wall. Which choice most effectivEasyQuestion 2
The student wants to emphasize the axolotl's ability to regrow body parts. Which choice most effectively uses relevant iEasyQuestion 3
The student wants to emphasize the amount of water that Lake Baikal holds. Which choice most effectively uses relevant iEasyQuestion 4
The student wants to emphasize Lamarr's contribution to technology. Which choice most effectively uses relevant informatEasyQuestion 5
The student wants to emphasize a distinction that Butler achieved. Which choice most effectively uses relevant informatiEasyQuestion 6
The student wants to emphasize a difference in the length of the two forms. Which choice most effectively uses relevant EasyQuestion 7
The student wants to explain the purpose of MOXIE. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the noteEasyQuestion 8
The student wants to emphasize the size of the General Sherman Tree. Which choice most effectively uses relevant informaEasyQuestion 9
The student wants to emphasize a similarity between Europa and Enceladus. Which choice most effectively uses relevant inEasyQuestion 10
The student wants to explain why Tyrian purple was so expensive. Which choice most effectively uses relevant informationEasyQuestion 11
The student wants to introduce Merian's book to an audience unfamiliar with Merian. Which choice most effectively uses rMediumQuestion 12
The student wants to explain why reflecting telescopes can be built larger than refracting telescopes. Which choice mostMediumQuestion 13
The student wants to emphasize a similarity between Brooks and Dove. Which choice most effectively uses relevant informaMediumQuestion 14
The student wants to emphasize that the sculpture was missing for a long time before reaching its current home. Which chMediumQuestion 15
The student wants to contrast annual cicadas and periodical cicadas. Which choice most effectively uses relevant informaMediumQuestion 16
The student wants to explain why the Rosetta Stone was useful for deciphering hieroglyphs. Which choice most effectivelyMediumQuestion 17
The student wants to explain how the waggle dance communicates both the direction of and the distance to a food source. MediumQuestion 18
The student wants to explain how sea otters affect kelp forests. Which choice most effectively uses relevant informationMediumQuestion 19
The student wants to emphasize why Tiktaalik is significant to scientists. Which choice most effectively uses relevant iMediumQuestion 20
The student wants to explain how the researchers distinguished one snow leopard from another. Which choice most effectivMediumQuestion 21
The student wants to present the researchers' conclusion about Ötzi's death along with the evidence for it. Which choiceMediumQuestion 22
The student wants to contrast the two hypotheses' explanations of where the Moon came from. Which choice most effectivelMediumQuestion 23
The student wants to emphasize the purpose of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. Which choice most effectively uses relevanMediumQuestion 24
The student wants to explain why Pluto was reclassified. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from thMediumQuestion 25
The student wants to emphasize the aim of the Human Genome Project. Which choice most effectively uses relevant informatMediumQuestion 26
The student wants to emphasize that the crows' reaction spread beyond the birds that were originally trapped. Which choiHardQuestion 27
The student wants to make a generalization about biomimicry. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information froHardQuestion 28
The student wants to emphasize a similarity in the two buildings' settings. Which choice most effectively uses relevant HardQuestion 29
The student wants to introduce the Voynich manuscript to an audience unfamiliar with it. Which choice most effectively uHardQuestion 30
The student wants to emphasize the surprising result of the 2014 study. Which choice most effectively uses relevant infoHardQuestion 31
The student wants to emphasize how extensive the survey was. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information froHardQuestion 32
The student wants to emphasize how the 2021 study refined earlier estimates. Which choice most effectively uses relevantHardQuestion 33
The student wants to introduce Jacobs's book and its main argument to an audience unfamiliar with Jacobs. Which choice mHardQuestion 34
The student wants to describe the method Appel and Cocroft used in their study. Which choice most effectively uses relevHardQuestion 35
The student wants to emphasize what is unusual about the way the theremin is played. Which choice most effectively uses Hard
The student wants to emphasize the materials used to build the Ming-era sections of the wall. Which choice most effectivEasyQuestion 2
The student wants to emphasize the axolotl's ability to regrow body parts. Which choice most effectively uses relevant iEasyQuestion 3
The student wants to emphasize the amount of water that Lake Baikal holds. Which choice most effectively uses relevant iEasyQuestion 4
The student wants to emphasize Lamarr's contribution to technology. Which choice most effectively uses relevant informatEasyQuestion 5
The student wants to emphasize a distinction that Butler achieved. Which choice most effectively uses relevant informatiEasyQuestion 6
The student wants to emphasize a difference in the length of the two forms. Which choice most effectively uses relevant EasyQuestion 7
The student wants to explain the purpose of MOXIE. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the noteEasyQuestion 8
The student wants to emphasize the size of the General Sherman Tree. Which choice most effectively uses relevant informaEasyQuestion 9
The student wants to emphasize a similarity between Europa and Enceladus. Which choice most effectively uses relevant inEasyQuestion 10
The student wants to explain why Tyrian purple was so expensive. Which choice most effectively uses relevant informationEasyQuestion 11
The student wants to introduce Merian's book to an audience unfamiliar with Merian. Which choice most effectively uses rMediumQuestion 12
The student wants to explain why reflecting telescopes can be built larger than refracting telescopes. Which choice mostMediumQuestion 13
The student wants to emphasize a similarity between Brooks and Dove. Which choice most effectively uses relevant informaMediumQuestion 14
The student wants to emphasize that the sculpture was missing for a long time before reaching its current home. Which chMediumQuestion 15
The student wants to contrast annual cicadas and periodical cicadas. Which choice most effectively uses relevant informaMediumQuestion 16
The student wants to explain why the Rosetta Stone was useful for deciphering hieroglyphs. Which choice most effectivelyMediumQuestion 17
The student wants to explain how the waggle dance communicates both the direction of and the distance to a food source. MediumQuestion 18
The student wants to explain how sea otters affect kelp forests. Which choice most effectively uses relevant informationMediumQuestion 19
The student wants to emphasize why Tiktaalik is significant to scientists. Which choice most effectively uses relevant iMediumQuestion 20
The student wants to explain how the researchers distinguished one snow leopard from another. Which choice most effectivMediumQuestion 21
The student wants to present the researchers' conclusion about Ötzi's death along with the evidence for it. Which choiceMediumQuestion 22
The student wants to contrast the two hypotheses' explanations of where the Moon came from. Which choice most effectivelMediumQuestion 23
The student wants to emphasize the purpose of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. Which choice most effectively uses relevanMediumQuestion 24
The student wants to explain why Pluto was reclassified. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from thMediumQuestion 25
The student wants to emphasize the aim of the Human Genome Project. Which choice most effectively uses relevant informatMediumQuestion 26
The student wants to emphasize that the crows' reaction spread beyond the birds that were originally trapped. Which choiHardQuestion 27
The student wants to make a generalization about biomimicry. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information froHardQuestion 28
The student wants to emphasize a similarity in the two buildings' settings. Which choice most effectively uses relevant HardQuestion 29
The student wants to introduce the Voynich manuscript to an audience unfamiliar with it. Which choice most effectively uHardQuestion 30
The student wants to emphasize the surprising result of the 2014 study. Which choice most effectively uses relevant infoHardQuestion 31
The student wants to emphasize how extensive the survey was. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information froHardQuestion 32
The student wants to emphasize how the 2021 study refined earlier estimates. Which choice most effectively uses relevantHardQuestion 33
The student wants to introduce Jacobs's book and its main argument to an audience unfamiliar with Jacobs. Which choice mHardQuestion 34
The student wants to describe the method Appel and Cocroft used in their study. Which choice most effectively uses relevHardQuestion 35
The student wants to emphasize what is unusual about the way the theremin is played. Which choice most effectively uses Hard