Question ID 9f1a0d91
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty
SAT Reading and Writing Expression of Ideas Transitions
ID: 9f1a0d91
“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,
C. nevertheless,
D. therefore,
Question ID a2bff07e
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty
SAT Reading and Writing Expression of Ideas Transitions
ID: a2bff07e
Economist Elinor Ostrom’s studies of communities around the world have empirically demonstrated that common pool
resources, such as grazing lands, can be sustainably managed by the people who use them (rather than through private
entities or centralized governments). ______ Ostrom’s work is a repudiation of the “tragedy of the commons,” the view that
individuals will inevitably overexploit a finite shared resource if given unfettered access to it.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
A. By contrast,
B. For example,
C. That said,
D. As such,
Question ID edf30612
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty
SAT Reading and Writing Expression of Ideas Transitions
ID: edf30612
In the late twentieth century, scholars directed much discussion toward issues of spatiality. Adherents to quantitative
analytical approaches delineated space with the use of GIS spatial technologies; ______ cultural geographer Doreen Massey
defined space as the product of “an ever-shifting social geometry of power and signification,” focusing instead on socio-
political forces.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
A. for example,
B. by contrast,
C. as such,
D. likewise,
Question ID 974b5a8c
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty
SAT Reading and Writing Expression of Ideas Transitions
ID: 974b5a8c
The Madison is a type of line dance that involves neat rows of dancers performing a repeated sequence of steps in unison.
______ many other dances are also defined by order, repetition, and synchronicity, but the Madison is distinguished by its
extreme uniformity; when an auditorium full of dancers performs the Madison, one almost gets the impression of a military
march.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
A. However,
B. Of course,
C. Specifically,
D. Moreover,
Question ID 1e31470f
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty
SAT Reading and Writing Expression of Ideas Transitions
ID: 1e31470f
To perform a quad axel, a figure skater must leap into the air and complete four and a half rotations before landing, an
extreme feat. ______ in 2022, when 17-year-old Ilia Malinin landed the first quad axel—considered the most difficult quad
jump—in a high-level competition, the audience was left awestruck.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
A. Moreover,
B. Fittingly,
C. Next,
D. However,
Question ID 47e238be
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty
SAT Reading and Writing Expression of Ideas Transitions
ID: 47e238be
Seismologists Kaiqing 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 1872cd6d
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty
SAT Reading and Writing Expression of Ideas Transitions
ID: 1872cd6d
When printing paper money for the colony of Pennsylvania in the 1730s, Benjamin Franklin—then a Philadelphia shop owner
—took steps to combat the circulation of counterfeit notes, such as weaving blue threads and muscovite (a reflective
mineral) into the paper he used. ______ he stamped the notes with detailed imprints of sage leaves that proved difficult for
forgers to replicate.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
A. Specifically,
B. That said,
C. For example,
D. Moreover,
