SAT English Practice Question
The author uses the phrase "more nuanced understanding" to suggest that the previous view of the subject was too simplistic and that the new view, presented in this essay, is more complex and accurate. This is evident in the way that the author presents evidence from a variety of sources, including historical documents, scientific studies, and personal anecdotes. The author’s use of this phrase is most likely intended to
- A.demonstrate the author’s expertise on the subject.
- B.highlight the author’s unique perspective on the subject.
- C.emphasize the complexity of the subject.
- D.convince the reader to accept the author’s argument.
Want to know if you got it right?
Answer this and thousands more real SAT previous-year questions free, get graded instantly, and climb the global ranked leaderboard.
Practice SAT free →More SAT English questions
- Akira came directly, breaking all tradition. Was that it? Had he followed form-had he aske…
- Close at hand is a bridge over the River Thames, an admirable vantage ground for us to mak…
- \section{Passage 1}Follow the money and you will end up in space. That's the message from …
- Miss Grace Spivey arrived in Threestep, Georgia, in August 1938. She stepped off the train…
- In the early 1990s, textbooks acknowledged that humans had slow-conducting nerves, but ass…
- \section{Passage 1}Fellow-Citizens: It is a noble land that God has given us; a land that …
- Lady Carlotta stepped out on to the platform of the small wayside station and took a turn …
- At field sites around the world, Ken Dial saw a pattern in how young pheasants, quail, tin…