{"id":"cb_question_bank:dd64897e-af58-4a44-af71-adf471237c46","source_id":"cb_question_bank","source_item_id":"dd64897e-af58-4a44-af71-adf471237c46","external_id":"605c9251-642f-473b-975a-7190e424e95a","ibn":null,"question_id":"48555763","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 states the function of the underlined sentence in the overall structure of the text?","stimulus":"The following text is from Herman Melville’s 1854 novel The Lightning-rod Man . The stranger still stood in the exact middle of the cottage, where he had first planted himself. His singularity impelled a closer scrutiny. A lean, gloomy figure. Hair dark and lank, mattedly streaked over his brow. His sunken pitfalls of eyes were ringed by indigo halos, and played with an innocuous sort of lightning: the gleam without the bolt. The whole man was dripping. He stood in a puddle on the bare oak floor: his strange walking-stick vertically resting at his side.","stimulus_html":"<p>The following text is from Herman Melville’s 1854 novel <em>The Lightning-rod Man</em>.</p>\n\n<p>The stranger still stood in the exact middle of the cottage, where he had first planted himself. <span><u>His singularity impelled a closer scrutiny.</u></span> A lean, gloomy figure. Hair dark and lank, mattedly streaked over his brow. His sunken pitfalls of eyes were ringed by indigo halos, and played with an innocuous sort of lightning: the gleam without the bolt. The whole man was dripping. He stood in a puddle on the bare oak floor: his strange walking-stick vertically resting at his side.</p>","stem_html":"<p>Which choice best states the function of the underlined sentence in the overall structure of the text?</p>","rationale_html":"<p>Choice D is the best answer. This best states the function of the underlined sentence. The sentence basically says: “He stood out, so I looked more closely at him.” Then the rest of the text describes him in detail. &nbsp;</p><p>Choice A is incorrect. This doesn’t state the function of the underlined sentence. The previous sentence basically says: “He was still standing in the middle of the cottage”—it doesn’t include any description of the character himself. &nbsp;Choice B is incorrect. This doesn’t state the function of the underlined sentence. The following sentences describe the character, not the setting.&nbsp;Choice C is incorrect. This doesn’t state the function of the underlined sentence. The underlined sentence basically says: “He stood out, so I looked more closely at him.” The previous sentence basically says: “He was still standing in the middle of the cottage.” There’s no contrast between these two sentences.&nbsp;</p>","correct_answer":["D"],"has_media":false,"has_mathml":false,"has_table":false,"source_created_at":"2023-08-02T20:25:59.316000+00:00","source_updated_at":"2023-08-02T20:25:59.316000+00:00","options":[{"label":"A","content_html":"<p>It elaborates on the previous sentence’s description of the character.</p>","ord":0},{"label":"B","content_html":"<p>It introduces the setting that is described in the sentences that follow.</p>","ord":1},{"label":"C","content_html":"<p>It establishes a contrast with the description in the previous sentence.</p>","ord":2},{"label":"D","content_html":"<p>It sets up the character description presented in the sentences that follow.</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}}