Free SAT® Practice Question: Details

Also Great Practice for ACT® Reading

Today’s free SAT® practice question is a mock Details Question. It follows the digital SAT® format¹ but is also great preparation for ACT® Reading.

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Free SAT® Practice Question

In traditional Welsh bardic poetry, composers rely on cynghanedd, a system where words serve not only a semantic function but also create prescribed musical patterns within the verse. For example, the common cynghanedd form cynghanedd sain features words that rhyme across hemistiches (half-lines of verse), as in "Mae'r haul yn hel / y cymylau draw" (literally, "The sun is gathering / the clouds away") where "haul" (sun) and "draw" (away) create both meaning and a pronounced sonic echo. The technique serves both aesthetic purposes—establishing rhythmic and melodic qualities—and cultural ones: the relationship between sound-paired words can seem arbitrary, as in many medieval examples, such that the cynghanedd's poetic allusions are often only accessible through familiarity with Welsh mythological symbolism and bardic traditions.

Which statement about the cynghanedd form cynghanedd sain is most strongly supported by the text?

A. Its musical qualities derive from the semantic relationship between the rhyming elements within each line.

B. Its complexity may cause its cultural significance to be underappreciated by contemporary poetry scholars.

C. Its seeming inscrutability is more readily decipherable to those familiar with its peculiar cultural signifiers.

D. Its prevalence in Welsh poetic history demonstrates its past accessibility to medieval audiences.

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