Duplicate of SAT Essay

Question 1

Ethos is an appeal to...

Accepted Answer

Credibility

Question 2

Logos is an appeal to...

Accepted Answer

Logic

Question 3

How much time are you given to write the essay?

Accepted Answer

50 minutes

Question 4

Stylistic element or NOT: Writers vary their sentence lengths to create different effects.

Accepted Answer

YES- this is also known as varied syntax.

Question 5

Parallel structure is

Accepted Answer

the same form of verb in a series: hiking, swimming &running

Question 6

“I’m so hungry I could eat a hundred tacos!” is an example of

Accepted Answer

hyperbole

Question 7

A in SOAPS stands for...

Accepted Answer

Audience

Question 8

When writing the SAT essay it's important to agree or disagree with the author's claim. T or F

Accepted Answer

FALSE!!!

Question 9

Pathos is an appeal to...

Accepted Answer

Emotion

Question 10

Percentages, dates, numbers, size, amounts are all

Accepted Answer

Relevant data to use when crafting a convincing argument .

Question 11

S in SOAPS stands for...

Accepted Answer

Speaker or Subject

Question 12

____ make comparisons between 2 things that might not be recognizably comparable

Accepted Answer

Metaphors

Question 13

Tone mainly concerns the attitude of the writer.

Accepted Answer

YES

Question 14

Writers might compare two adversaries in a pie-baking contest to prizefighters in a boxing ring

Accepted Answer

Analogy

Question 15

P in SOAPS stands for...

Accepted Answer

Purpose

Question 16

The directions on the SAT essay will always be the same. True or False?

Accepted Answer

TRUE

Question 17

Imagery

Accepted Answer

Language that appeals to the five senses

Question 18

O in SOAPS stands for...

Accepted Answer

Occasion

Question 19

Allusion

Accepted Answer

A reference to something well known in culture

Question 20

___are personal stories a writer might choose to tell, either about themselves or someone else.

Accepted Answer

Anecdotes

Questions 20