Practice Flashcards: SAT — cross-text connections | Zestly

Question 1

Cross-text connection

Accepted Answer

A question type requiring the synthesis of two related passages to identify agreements, disagreements, or logical relationships.

Question 2

Relationship: Contradiction

Accepted Answer

When the second writer directly denies the conclusion or evidence presented by the first writer.

Question 3

Relationship: Qualification

Accepted Answer

When the second writer accepts the first writer's claim but argues it applies to a narrower range of cases.

Question 4

Relationship: Alternative Cause

Question 5

Distractor: First-writer bias

Question 6

Distractor: Overstatement

Question 7

Distractor: Attribution error

Question 8

Distractor: Agreement trap

Question 9

Analyzing arguments

Question 10

Reading strategy

Question 11

Evidence evaluation

Question 12

Synthesis