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SAT Reading & Writing
12. Rhetoric Questions
Written by: Pranav I
Formatted by: Rithanya S
- Based on the content of the ideas rather than the rules or the structure of the sentences
- Relates to the purpose or quality of the writing
- Task: Consider how the answers fulfill certain meaning-related or rhetoric goals
- Has 2 question types: TRANSITIONS and RHETORICAL SYNTHESIS
A Smooth Transition
🔥 Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
🗒️ The TRANSITIONS Basic Approach
- Read the text and highlight any ideas that support or contradict each other.
- Make an annotation indicating whether the ideas surrounding the blank agree or disagree.
- Eliminate answers that go the wrong direction. Then, use POE on any remaining options.
Ready, Set… Synthesize
- Task: Put together two or more bullet points in order to fulfill a certain rhetorical goal
- Only Question Type to use bullet points instead of a text
🔥 Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
- Carefully read the sentence before the question to determine the goal
🗒️ The RHETORICAL SYNTHESIS Basic Approach
- Read the question and highlight each goal that is mentioned.
- Eliminate any answer choice that does not completely fulfill the goal or goals.
- Read the bullet points to confirm the answer if needed
🔥Tip
All of the answer choices will be consistent with the bullet points, so it is important to focus on the goal(s)
