The use of the word “even” in the first sentence, “Even after all this time, I still remember the day I first met my best friend,” helps to establish the speaker’s point of view by suggesting
SAT · English · previous-year question
- A.the speaker is surprised by how long ago the event occurred.correct
- B.the speaker is attempting to persuade the reader to agree with the speaker.
- C.the speaker is trying to emphasize the importance of the event.
- D.the speaker is making a claim about the reader’s thoughts and feelings.
Answer
A. the speaker is surprised by how long ago the event occurred.
Explanation
The word “even” is used to suggest that the speaker is surprised by how long ago the event occurred. The speaker is emphasizing that the event is still fresh in their mind, even though it happened a long time ago.
Practice more SAT questions
Answer 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…