SAT Vocabulary- Part 3

When a speaker asks a rhetorical question, he/she is asking...

• for effect and not really wanting an answer.
• a deep, introspective question.
• a yes or no question
• a question for the audience to respond to

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

You have to be careful not to get verbose when you write or speak, or your audience will lose interest.

• boring
• preachy
• wordy or long-winded
• persuasive or agrumentative

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Being a voluble person is a necessary skill for a politician because it means you are/can....

• excitable
• proud and self-absorbed
• approachable
• talk with a great deal of ease

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The basketball team blamed their loss on getting a little too arrogant about their chances before the game, which means they were...

• proud; haughty
• humble
• ready; prepared
• pessimistic 

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

No one wants to be around a braggart because all they talk about is...

• classic literature
• how terrible the weather is
• school
• how great they are

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Don't get complacent about your life--it can change in an instant!

• unhappy
• self-satisfied
• irrational
• verbose

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Avoid at all cost being a contemptuous person. Be proud of  yourself, because contemptuous people are...

• dangerous
• unstable
• lacking respect
• excitable

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Eaten up with years of bitterness, Ebeneezer Scrooge had turned into a disdainful old man, which meant he was.... 

• self-satisfied; smug
• talking with a great deal of ease
• one who boasts a great deal
• full of bitter scorn and pride

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Will people in the future look back and wonder if we were egotistical maniacs, with our selfies and social media?

• lacking respect; scornful
• self-satisfied; smug
• Excessively self-absorbed; very conceited
• using too many words; wordy; long winded

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

It's one thing to be proud of yourself, but being haughty takes it to a different level because it means...

• talking with a great deal of ease;
• Excessively self-absorbed; very conceited
• having great pride in oneself and dislike for others
• one who boasts a great deal

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.5.4