Question ID e3edc138 Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty SAT Reading and Writing | Expression of Ideas | ‘Transitions oun ID: e3edcl38 Ina heated debate in biogeography, the field is divided between dispersalists and vicariancists. there are those who argue that dispersal is the most crucial determining factor in a species’ distribution, and those who insist that vicariance (separation due to geographic barriers) is. Biogeographer Isabel Sanmartin counts herself among neither. Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition? A. Furthermore, B. By contrast, ©. Similarly, D. Thats,Question ID 00221c00 Assessment Test SAT Reading and Writing Domain Expression of Ideas Skill ‘Transitions Difficulty ID: 00221ct In 1815, while in exile in Jamaica, Venezuelan revolutionary Simén Bolivar penned a letter praising England's republican government and expressing hope that Latin American nations seeking independence from Spain might achieve something though, Bolivar's goal was to persuade political similar. The letter was addressed to a local merchant, Henry Cullen; leaders from England and Europe to support his cause. Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition? A additionally, B. ultimately, ©. accordingly, D. consequently,Question ID 6e0c60da Assessment SAT Test Reading and Writing Domain Expression of Ideas Skill ‘Transitions Difficulty LPT Cn0.0 (0) When one looks at the dark craggy vistas in Hitoshi Fugo’s evocative photo series, one’s mind might wander off to the cratered surfaces of faraway planets. Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition? ‘A. Consequently, B. Alternatively, C. Ultimately, D, Additionally, it’s the series’ title, Fiying Frying Pan, that brings one back to Earth, reminding the viewer that each photo is actually a close-up view of a familiar household object: a frying pan.Question ID 2df7b582 Assessment SAT Test Reading and Writing Domain Expression of Ideas Skill ‘Transitions Difficulty 1 Pa201 7] 9)=)373 Plato believed material objects to be crude representations of unseen ideal forms. In his view, such abstract, nonmaterial forms are the ultimate source of knowledge. Aristotle disagreed, positing that knowledge is best obtained through direct, ‘engagement with the material world; Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition? [Link], B. admittedly, C. in other words, D. meanwhile, sensory experience of the material is the ultimate source of knowledge.Question ID 00e0170f Assessment SAT Test Reading and Writing Domain Expression of Ideas Skill ‘Transitions Difficulty ID: OOeOI70F Magnetic levitation (maglev) trains are suspended above a track by powerful electromagnets, reducing friction and thus allowing for much faster speeds. Though maglev advocates in the US have long imagined these trains crisscrossing the of the handful of maglev trains currently in operation, all are in Asia, country, their dream remains unrealized. Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition? A. Infact, B. To that end, C. Nevertheless, D. That said,Question ID c07leca2 Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty SAT Reading and Writing | Expression of Ideas | Transitions oun pxeey eerd Iraqi artist Nazik Al-Malaika, celebrated as the first Arabic poet to write in free verse, didn't reject traditional forms entirely, her poem “Elegy for a Woman of No Importance” consists of two tenvline stanzas and a standard number of syllables. Even inthis superficially traditional work, ‘AL-Malaika was breaking new ground by memorializing an anonymous woman rather than a famous man, Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition? A. therefore, B. in fact, C. moreover, D. though,Question ID 176edca6 Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty SAT Reading and Writing | Expression of Ideas | Transitions oun LP Tore (ofele) ‘4.2017 study of sign language leamers tested the role of iconicity—the similarity of a sign to the thing it represents—in language acquisition. The study found that the greater the iconicity of a sign, the more likely it was to have been learned, the correlation between acquisition and iconicity was lower than that between acquisition and another factor studied: sign frequency. Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition? A. In fact, B. In other words, ©. Granted, D. As aresult,Question ID 9fla0d91 Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty SAT Reading and Writing | Expression of Ideas | Transitions oun ID: 9flaOd9 “Tulip mania’—the rapid rise and sudden fall of the price of tulip bulbs in seventeenth-century Amsterdam-is often cited as an example of the perils of rampant market speculation. However, recent research has demonstrated that the episode was neither as frenzied nor as disastrous as has been thought. The popular myth surrounding it, ___ should be regarded with some skepticism. Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition? A for example, B. by contrast, [Link], D. therefore,Question ID 47e238be Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty SAT Reading and Writing | Expression of Ideas | Transitions oun ID: 47e238be Seismologists Kaiging Yuan and Barbara Romanowicz have proposed that the magma fueling Iceland's more than 30 active volcano systems emerges from deep within Earth. The great depths involved—nearly 3,000 km—mark Iceland's volcanoes as extreme outliers; many of Earth's volcanoes are fed by shallow pockets of magma found less than 15 km below the surface Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition? A. indeed, B. nevertheless, C. in addition, D. consequently,Question ID ad729337 Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty SAT Reading and Writing | Expression of Ideas | Transitions oun Pee IZARSTE With its clichéd imagery of suburban lawns and power lines, John Ashbery’s 2004 poem “Ignorance of the Law Is No Excuse” may seem barren terrain for critical analysis, cultural critic Lauren Berlant finds fertile ground in just its first two stanzas, devoting most of a book chapter to deciphering the “weight of the default space” Ashbery creates in this poem. Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition? A. Likewise, B. Nonetheless, [Link], D. Thats,Question ID ecb31049 Assessment Test SAT Reading and Writing Domain Expression of Ideas Skill ‘Transitions Difficulty pao e107 ‘The Sun and other stars are powered by nuclear fusion reactions, in which two atoms collide to form a single heavier atom, releasing energy. Scientists have long believed that fusion has the potential to meet humanity's clean energy needs. prior to December 2022, no fusion reaction in a laboratory setting had ever generated a net energy gain Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition? A. For this reason, B. Moreover, ©. Specifically, D. That said,Question ID fba5d8d1 Assessment SAT Test Reading and Writing Domain Standard English Conventions Skill Boundaries Difficulty 1 Paicece)0]} Ina 2016 study, Eastern Washington U Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? A. high. On B. high on; C. high on. D. high on: openness to experience sity psychologist Amani El-Alayli found that, among the study participants who ‘experienced frisson (a physiological response akin to goosebumps or getting the chills) while listening to musi ‘one personality trait that they scored particularly there wasQuestion ID 6ea8c23f Assessment SAT Test Reading and Writing Domain Standard English Conventions Skill Boundaries Difficulty ID: 6e08c23F In 2018, a team of researchers led by Dr. Caitlin Whalen compiled every ave ble measurement of ocean mixing rates from ‘the past two decades. With this novel data set, the team was able to determine how current-driven mixing varies across Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? A. regions, B. regions: C. regions; D. regions and what impact it has on the distribution of heat and nutrients in the ocean.Question ID aab74a3b Assessment SAT Test Reading and Writing Domain Standard English Conventions Skill Boundaries Difficulty [pelo Researcher Lin Zhi developed a process for increasing the tensile strength-measured in gigapascals, or GPa—of silkworm dissolving and reweaving the silk in a solution of iron metal ions, zino, and sugar, Zhi increased the amount of force required to stretch it from approximately 0.5 GPa to 2 GPa. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? [Link], by B. silk by ©. silk and by D. silk. ByQuestion ID a9e5b788 Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty sat Reading and Writing | Standard English Boundaries * * | Conventions ann ID: a9e5b788 In discussing Mary Shelley's 1818 epistolary novel Frankenstein, literary theorist Gayatri Spivak directs the reader's attention to the character of Margaret Saville. As Spivak points out, Saville is not the protagonist of Shelley's. as the recipient of the letters that frame the book's narrative, she's the “occasion of it Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? [Link] B. novel, C. novel; rather, D. novel, rather,Question ID 790fc366 Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty sat Reading and Writing | Standard English Boundaries * * | Conventions ann ID: 790Fc366 Using satellite remote sensing, Dr. Catherine Nakalembe, director of NASA's Harvest Africa initiative, gathers important data ‘on crop health. Nakalembe doesn't just compile the she also shares her findings with African farmers, enabling them to make data-driven decisions about managing critical food crops. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? A. information, though; B. information, though, C. information; though D. information though,Question ID 2bb7416a Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty sat Reading and Writing | Standard English Boundaries * * | Conventions ann 1 pa0) of Ero) In paleontology, the term “Elvis taxon” gets applied to a newly identified living species that was once presumed to be extinct. Like an Elvis impersonator who might bear a striking resemblance to the late musical icon Elvis Presley himself, an Elvis, taxon is not the real thing, is a misidentified look-alike, Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? ‘A. however but it B. however it C. however, it D. however. ItQuestion ID 59094487 Assessment SAT Test Reading and Writing Domain Standard English Conventions Skill Boundaries Difficulty LPs 40)7 esp ‘The Tantaquidgeon Museum in Uncasville, Connecticut, was founded in 1931 with the goal of showcasing the culture and history of the Mohegan country, Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? A Tribe, and B. Tribe ©. Tribe and D. Tribe, today, nearly a century later, itis the oldest Native-owned and -operated museum in theQuestion ID 594b4a94 Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty SAT Reading and Writing | Standard English Boundaries ° * | Conventions ann Leno ‘The field of geological oceanography owes much to American Marie Tharp, a pioneering oceanographic cartographer whose detailed topographical maps of the ocean floor and its multiple rift valleys helped garner acceptance for the theories of plate tectonics and continental drift Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? A. geologist, B. geologist C. geologist; D. geologist:Question ID fdb16e20 Assessment SAT Test Reading and Writing Domain Standard English Conventions Skill Boundaries Difficulty ID: fdblse20 Quantum particles of light—photons—provide an unhackable means of transmitting encryption keys over networks, as attempts to observe particles in quantum states will invariably alter the particles transmit. dismantle any information they Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? ‘A. and in the process, B. and, in the process, C. and in the process— D. and, in the processQuestion ID 6d4b2ele Assessment SAT Test Reading and Writing Domain Standard English Conventions Skill Boundaries Difficulty parol oy ‘The 1977 play And the Sou! Shall Dance depicts two Japanese American farming families in Depression-era Southern California, Critics have noted the way pioneering, emigrated to America) and nise/(their American-born children) Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? ‘A. playwright, Wakako Yamauchi, 8. playwright, Wakako Yamauchi C. playwright Wakako Yamauchi, D. playwright Wakako Yamauchi compares the experiences of isse/ (Japanese nationals whoQuestion ID 109d5bbb Assessment SAT Test Reading and Writing Domain Standard English Conventions Skill Boundaries Difficulty {Pai \sle)ee) With some 16,000 in attendance, the Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and. or FESTAC ‘77, as the event was more commonly known—became the largest pan-African event on record. FESTAC drew people from around the world to Lagos, Nigeria, for a monthlong celebration of Black and African art, scholarship, and activism, Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? ‘A. Culture: B. Culture— ©. Culture, D. CultureQuestion ID f0864217 Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty sat Reading and Writing | Standard English Form, Structure, and * * | Conventions Sense ann ID: F0864217 Rabinal Achiis a precolonial Maya dance drama performed annually in Rabinal, a town in the Guatemalan highlands. Based ‘on events that occurred when Rabinal was a city-state ruled by a king, had once been an ally of the king but was later captured while leading an invading force against him Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? A. Rabinal Ach/tells the story of K’iche’ Achi, a military leader who B. Kiche’ Achi, the military leader in the story of Rabinal Achi, C. the military leader whose story is told in Rabinal Ach{ K’iche’ Achi, D. there was a military leader, K’iche’ Achi, who in Rabinal AchiQuestion ID ea0aa676 Assessment SAT Test Reading and Writing Domain Standard English Conventions Skill Form, Structure, and Sense Difficulty ID: eadaa676 In the 1970s, Janaki Amal, a prominent botanist, emerged as a powerful voice in India's environmental conservation movement. Her exhaustive chromosomal survey of plants in Silent Valley, a pristine tropical forest in Kerala, India, that is home to nearly 1,000 species of native flora (many of which are endangered), decision to preserve the forest Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? Aare B. were ©. have been D. was instrumental in the government'sQuestion ID dc645172 Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty sat Reading and Writing | Standard English Form, Structure, and * * | Conventions Sense ann 1 PXe leer 1 EV2 ‘The artistic talents of Barbara Chase-Riboud, most known for her 1979 historical novel Saily Herings and the conversation it inspired, limited to the realm of prose: she first excelled in sculpture, where her affinity for bronze—a material she described as “timeless” due to its use across eras and cultures—became part of her artistic identity Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? [Link] been B. wasn't [Link]'t D. aren'tQuestion ID 3bceeb93 Assessment SAT Test Reading and Writing Domain Standard English Conventions Skill Form, Structure, and Sense Difficulty 1 DAR ofe ole) When they were first discovered in Australia in 1798, duck-billed, beaver-tailed platypuses so defied categorization that one scientist assigned them the name Ornithorhynchus paradoxus: “paradoxical bird-snout” The animal, which lays eggs but ‘young with milk, has since been classified as belonging to the monotremes group. also nurses Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? [Link] B their [Link] [Link]'sQuestion ID dab8b8ee Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty sat Reading and Writing | Standard English | Form, Structure, and * * | Conventions Sense ann ID: dab8b8ee Known as Earth's “living skin," biocrusts are thin layers of soil held together by surface-dwelling microorganisms such as fungi lichens, and cyanobacteria. Fortifying soil in arid ecosystems against erosion, Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? [Link] study's estimate is that these crusts reduce global dust emissions by 60 percent each year. B. an estimated 60 percent reduction in global dust emissions each year is due to these crusts, according to a recent study. C. these crusts reduce global dust emissions by an estimated 60 percent each year, according to a recent study. D. a recent study has estimated that these crusts reduce global dust emissions by 60 percent each year.Question ID 0fe5ce68 Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty sat Reading and Writing | Standard English Form, Structure, and * * | Conventions Sense ann PEO (cee) Ten of William Shakespeare's plays are classified as histories. Although each one of these plays, which include Henry Vand Richard i, ‘on a single historical figure (specifically, an English king), some, such as Henry VI Part One and Henry VI Part Two, feature different episodes from the same monarchs life. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? ‘A. focuses B. focus [Link] focused D. were focusedQuestion ID 5b8f9cf2 Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty sat Reading and Writing | Standard English Form, Structure, and * * | Conventions Sense ann Pelee ord In the canon of North African literature, Moroccan author Driss Chraibi's 1954 novel The Simple Past(Le Passé simple) looms large. A coming-of-age story, a social meditation, and a sober gaze into the dark maw of French colonialism, interrogates systemic power with memorable intensity. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? ‘A. Morocco gained its independence two years before the publication of Chraibi’s debut novel, which. B. Chraib’s debut novel, published two years before Morocco gained its independence, C. Chraibi wrote a debut novel that, published two years before Morocco gained its independence, D. published two years before Morocco gained its independence, Chraibi wrote a debut novel thatQuestion ID de3dd17d Assessment SAT Test Reading and Writing Domain Standard English Conventions Skill Form, Structure, and Sense Difficulty ID: de3dal7 Planetary scientist Briony Horgan and her colleagues have determined that as much as 25 percent of the sand on Mars is ‘composed of impact spherules. These spherical bits of glass form when asteroids collide with the planet, ejecting bits of ‘molten rock into the atmosphere that, after cooling and solidifying into glass, Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? [Link] B. raining C. having rained Drain back onto Mars's surface.Question ID d46ac7e7 Assessment SAT Test Reading and Writing Domain Standard English Conventions Skill Form, Structure, and Sense Difficulty ID: d4éac7e7 ‘A second-generation Japanese American, Wataru Misaka in World War Il (1941-45) and won two amateur national basketball championships at the University of Utah when he joined the New York Knicks for the 1947-48 season, becoming the first non-white basketball player in the US's top professional league. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? A. already served B. was already serving C. already serves D. had already servedQuestion ID 50801257 Assessment SAT Test Reading and Writing Domain Standard English Conventions Skill Form, Structure, and Sense Difficulty ID: 50801257 In 1994, almost 200 years after the death of Wang Zhenyi, the International Astronomical the contributions of the barrie-breaking 18th-century astronomer and author of "Dispute of the Procession of the Equinoxes,” naming a crater on Venus after her. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? A. Union would finally acknowledge B. Union to finally acknowledge C. Union, having finally acknowledged D. Union, finally acknowledgingQuestion ID al4eef71 Assessment SAT Test Reading and Writing Domain Standard English Conventions Skill Form, Structure, and Sense Difficulty Pel wil In 2015, a team led by materials scientists Anirudha Sumant and Diana Berman succeeded in reducing the coefficient of friction (COF) between two surfaces to the lowest possible level—superlubri suggests, extremely slippery) state, Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? ‘A. when their COF drops below 0.01, two surfaces reach superlubricity B. two surfaces, when their COF drops below 0.01, reach superlubricity. C. reaching superlubricity occurs when two surfaces’ COF drops below 0.01 D. superlubricity is reached when two surfaces’ COF drops below 0.01 ity. A nearly frictionless (and, as its nameQuestion ID afecla70 Assessment SAT Test Reading and Writing Domain Expression of Ideas Skill Rhetorical Synthesis Difficulty 1B (e070) a student has taken the following notes: ‘As engineered structures, many bird nests are uniquely flexible yet cohesive While researching a topi Aresearch team led by Yashraj Bhosale wanted to better understand the mechanics behind these structural properties. Bhosale's team used laboratory models that simulated the arrangement of flexible sticks into nest-like structures, The researchers analyzed the points where sticks touched one another. When pressure was applied to the model nests, the number of contact points between the sticks increased, making the structures stiffer. ‘The student wants to present the primary aim of the research study. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal? Bhosale’s team wanted to better understand the mechanics behind bird nests’ uniquely flexible yet cohesive structural A. properties, ‘The researchers used laboratory models that simulated the arrangement of flexible sticks and analyzed the points where B. sticks touched one another. After analyzing the points where sticks touched, the researchers found that the structures became stiffer when pressure C. was applied. D. As analyzed by Bhosale's team, bird nests are uniquely flexible yet cohesive engineered structures,