Point Avenue SAT I Reading Synthesis Review

Inference, Global, and Facts & Detail questions require us to take them apart and examine them closely for their meaning.

• True

• False, that's all question types.

Rhetoric, Author's Purpose, and Author's Technique questions require you to consider rhetorical purpose.

• True

• False, that's Function questions.

Function questions do not ask you to consider the effect/result of a word, line, or paragraph.

• True

• False, they do.

Rhetoric refers to (choose all that apply):

• Persuasion

• Concision

• Diction

• Delivery

• Purpose

Synthesis questions unlike the other question types focus mainly on putting information and ideas together into a bigger picture in order for you to acquire a deeper and broader understanding of a topic.

• True

• False, that refers to Connection questions.

Synthesis questions may appear with any passage.

• True

• False.

The question type that will appear with either paired passages or passages with one or more information graphics is:

• Connection

• Paired Questions

• Command of Evidence

• Synthesis

Synthesis questions are of two main types (select which apply):

• Analyzing multiple texts

• Analyzing quantitative information

• Extrapolating between question types to infer larger meaning

Making connections between topically related History/Social Studies or Science Passages =

• Analyzing infographics

• Analyzing multiple texts

• Analyzing the rhetorical purpose of an author

Locating data in informational graphics and drawing conclusions from such graphics and integrating that with information and ideas from a passage/s

• Analyzing multiple texts

• Analyzing quantitative

• Analyzing the function