Choosing the quotation or finding that most directly supports, illustrates, or weakens a stated claim or hypothesis.
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11
Easy
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Medium
11
Hard
These questions present a claim — a researcher's hypothesis, a critic's interpretation, a scientist's finding — and ask which quotation or finding most directly supports (or sometimes undermines) it. The claim itself is given; your job is matching evidence to it.
Break the claim into its components before reading the choices. If the claim is "the birds sing more at dawn because rivals are listening," the right answer must touch both the timing and the audience. Most wrong answers support only half the claim or something adjacent to it — relevance isn't enough, direct support is the bar.
Straight from the Grind1600 question bank — try each one before revealing the answer.
Correct answer: C
Choice C is the best answer because it describes Velázquez weaving a traditional Oaxacan melody into an orchestral arrangement that feels 'both ancient and refreshingly contemporary' and welcomes 'listeners of all backgrounds,' directly supporting the claim about honoring tradition while making it accessible. Choice A is incorrect because it limits her appeal to those already knowledgeable about folk traditions, contradicting the accessibility claim. Choice B is incorrect because composing pace does not address blending tradition with broad accessibility. Choice D is incorrect because her preference for ensemble size does not address blending traditional and modern forms for broad audiences.
Correct answer: D
Moreno's claim is that supernatural elements in Allende's work serve as 'psychological expression' of characters' inner emotional states. Finding that supernatural events coincide with emotional crises would directly support this interpretation.
Central Ideas & Details
Identifying a passage's main idea and locating the specific details that support it — the core reading-comprehension skill on the SAT.
Command of Evidence (Quantitative)
Using data from tables and graphs to complete or support a passage's argument — reading the graphic precisely is the whole game.
Inferences
Selecting the statement that most logically completes a passage's reasoning — strictly bounded by what the text actually establishes.
36 Command of Evidence (Textual) questions with step-by-step explanations, woven into a day-by-day study plan built for your test date.
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