Free SAT® Practice Question: Rhetorical Synthesis
Today’s free SAT® practice question is a mock Rhetorical Synthesis Question. It follows the digital SAT® format but is also great preparation ACT® Reading.
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Free SAT® Practice Question
While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
The Metropolitan Opera was founded in 1883. The institution presented both traditional and contemporary opera performances.
In 2023, music historian David Chen published the book Stage Pioneers and the Metropolitan Opera.
His research focuses on Black opera singers who made their debuts at the Met in the 1950s and 1960s.
One of the performers studied is Robert McFerrin.
The student wants to introduce David Chen's book to an audience already familiar with the Metropolitan Opera. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
A. David Chen's Stage Pioneers and the Metropolitan Opera focuses on Black opera singers who made their debuts at the Met in the 1950s and 1960s.
B. An institution called the Metropolitan Opera, mentioned in David Chen's book title, was founded in 1883.
C. Stage Pioneers and the Metropolitan Opera examines performers at the Metropolitan Opera, founded in 1883 as a venue for traditional and contemporary opera.
D. A performer studied by David Chen is Robert McFerrin, who made his Metropolitan Opera debut during the mid-twentieth century.
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