{"id":"cb_question_bank:d638bcde-7d1d-49a9-bc6d-25921dd34d83","source_id":"cb_question_bank","source_item_id":"d638bcde-7d1d-49a9-bc6d-25921dd34d83","external_id":"123877dc-02fe-4b9c-8afa-a751cfa3b840","ibn":null,"question_id":"97360a00","program":"SAT","module":"english","domain_code":"CAS","domain":"Craft and Structure","skill_code":"TSP","skill":"Text Structure and Purpose","difficulty":"M","score_band":4,"answer_type":"mcq","answer_source":"key","layout_warning":null,"form_id":null,"module_number":null,"position":null,"stem":"Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?","stimulus":"The following text is adapted from Gwendolyn Bennett’s 1926 poem “Street Lamps in Early Spring.” Night wears a garment All velvet soft, all violet blue... And over her face she draws a veil As shimmering fine as floating dew... And here and there In the black of her hair The subtle hands of Night Move slowly with their gem-starred light.","stimulus_html":"<p>The following text is adapted from Gwendolyn Bennett’s 1926 poem “Street Lamps in Early Spring.” </p>\n<p style=\"padding-left:1em;\">Night wears a garment<br>All velvet soft, all violet blue...&nbsp;<br>And over her face she draws a veil<br>As shimmering fine as floating dew...&nbsp;<br>And here and there<br>In the black of her hair<br>The subtle hands of Night<br>Move slowly with their gem-starred light.</p>","stem_html":"<p>Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?</p>","rationale_html":"<p>Choice C is the best answer because it most accurately describes the overall structure of the text. Throughout the text, the speaker characterizes nighttime as if it were a person who wears clothing (“a garment” that is “velvet soft” and “violet blue”) and a veil “over her face” and who moves her hands “slowly with their gem-starred light” through her dark hair. Thus, the text is structured as an extended comparison of night to a human being. </p><p>Choice A is incorrect because the text never mentions any particular location; instead, it focuses on presenting a single description of night as a person with certain clothing and features. Choice B is incorrect because the text doesn’t make any reference to the sun or sunrise; instead, it focuses on presenting a single image of night as a person with certain clothing and features. Choice D is incorrect. Rather than describing how nighttime changes seasonally (or in any other way), the text presents a single image of night as a person with certain clothing and features. </p>","correct_answer":["C"],"has_media":false,"has_mathml":false,"has_table":false,"source_created_at":"2023-08-02T20:25:59.320000+00:00","source_updated_at":"2023-08-02T20:25:59.320000+00:00","options":[{"label":"A","content_html":"<p>It presents alternating descriptions of night in a rural area and in a city.</p>","ord":0},{"label":"B","content_html":"<p>It sketches an image of nightfall, then an image of sunrise.</p>","ord":1},{"label":"C","content_html":"<p>It makes an extended comparison of night to a human being.</p>","ord":2},{"label":"D","content_html":"<p>It portrays how night changes from one season of the year to the next.</p>","ord":3}],"attribution":{"source_id":"cb_question_bank","source_name":"College Board digital SAT question bank (community dump)","rights_holder":"College Board","canonical_url":"https://satsuitequestionbank.collegeboard.org/","retrieved_from":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mdn522/sat-question-bank/main/data/cb-digital-questions.json","attribution":"SAT practice questions © College Board, from the official SAT Suite Question Bank. Retrieved via the community dump at github.com/mdn522/sat-question-bank.","disclaimer":"SAT® and PSAT/NMSQT® are trademarks registered by the College Board, which is not affiliated with, does not sponsor, and does not endorse this project.","license":"College Board copyright; source repository carries no licence. Local use only.","redistributable":false,"item_count":2017}}