32 While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: • The meter of a poem is the rhythmic structure or pattern of accents in its lines. • Alliterative meter is structured by a pattern of repeated sounds. • Quantitative meter is structured by a pattern of long and short syllables. • The Old English poem Widsith uses an alliterative meter. • The Sanskrit poem Meghadūta uses a quantitative meter. The student wants to emphasize a difference between the meters of the two poems. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
","rationale_html":"Choice D is the best answer. Noting that Meghadūta uses a pattern of long and short syllables in its lines (quantitative meter) and Widsith uses a pattern of repeated sounds in its lines (alliterative meter), and signaling a contrast with “whereas,” the sentence emphasizes a difference between the meters of the two poems. Choice A is incorrect. The sentence indicates that the two poems were written in different languages; it doesn’t emphasize a difference between the meters of the two poems. Choice B is incorrect. The sentence mentions the meters of the two poems but misrepresents information from the notes; the overall definition of a meter (the rhythmic structure or pattern of accents in a poem’s lines) applies to both alliterative and quantitative meters, not just quantitative. Choice C is incorrect. While the sentence emphasizes a difference between the meters of the two poems, it misrepresents information from the notes; Widsith uses an alliterative meter, which is structured by a pattern of repeated sounds, not a pattern of long and short syllables.
","correct_answer":["D"],"has_media":false,"has_mathml":false,"has_table":false,"source_created_at":null,"source_updated_at":null,"options":[{"label":"A","content_html":"The poem Widsith is written in Old English, but Meghadūta is written in Sanskrit.
","ord":0},{"label":"B","content_html":"Alliterative meter is a pattern of repeated sounds, but quantitative meter is a rhythmic structure or pattern of accents.
","ord":1},{"label":"C","content_html":"The Sanskrit poem Meghadūta uses a quantitative meter, while the meter of the Old English poem Widsith uses a pattern of long and short syllables.
","ord":2},{"label":"D","content_html":"The lines of the poem Meghadūta use a pattern of long and short syllables, whereas Widsith’s lines use a pattern of repeated sounds. STO
","ord":3}],"attribution":{"source_id":"cb_practice_pdf","source_name":"College Board full-length SAT practice tests (PDF)","rights_holder":"College Board","canonical_url":"https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/practice/practice-tests/paper","retrieved_from":"https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/practice/practice-tests/paper","attribution":"Full-length SAT practice tests 4–11 © College Board, published free at satsuite.collegeboard.org.","disclaimer":"Extracted from PDF layout: equations, figures and tables do not survive intact. Use the original PDFs for anything the text renders poorly. SAT® is a trademark registered by the College Board, which is not affiliated with and does not endorse this project.","license":"College Board copyright. Free to download; not licensed for redistribution.","redistributable":false,"item_count":905}}