{"id":"opensat:6282274cf974e4bfef3b0c9a4658f4d4","source_id":"opensat","source_item_id":"6282274cf974e4bfef3b0c9a4658f4d4","external_id":"4f567b9c","ibn":null,"question_id":"4f567b9c","program":"SAT","module":"english","domain_code":"CAS","domain":"Craft and Structure","skill_code":null,"skill":null,"difficulty":"M","score_band":null,"answer_type":"mcq","answer_source":"key","layout_warning":null,"form_id":null,"module_number":null,"position":null,"stem":"In the excerpt above, the author likely uses the words \"companions\" and \"shared\" to","stimulus":"In the following excerpt from the novel *The Rover* by Joseph Conrad, the narrator, a sailor, is reminiscing about his youth and a time when he was a young apprentice: \"There was a time when, as a lad, I too, felt a kind of kinship with the great sea-birds that were my companions and shared my daily life—a certain instinctive sympathy with their wild, free motion. \"The author uses the words \"companions\" and \"shared\" to emphasize a particular relationship between the narrator and the seabirds. What is the most likely reason why the author uses this word choice?","stimulus_html":"<p>In the following excerpt from the novel *The Rover* by Joseph Conrad, the narrator, a sailor, is reminiscing about his youth and a time when he was a young apprentice: &quot;There was a time when, as a lad, I too, felt a kind of kinship with the great sea-birds that were my companions and shared my daily life—a certain instinctive sympathy with their wild, free motion. &quot;The author uses the words &quot;companions&quot; and &quot;shared&quot; to emphasize a particular relationship between the narrator and the seabirds. What is the most likely reason why the author uses this word choice?</p>","stem_html":"<p>In the excerpt above, the author likely uses the words &quot;companions&quot; and &quot;shared&quot; to</p>","rationale_html":"<p>The words &quot;companions&quot; and &quot;shared&quot; imply that the narrator and the seabirds have a special bond, as if they were friends or family. The author chose this word choice to help the reader understand that the narrator felt a strong connection to the seabirds.</p>","correct_answer":["B"],"has_media":false,"has_mathml":false,"has_table":false,"source_created_at":null,"source_updated_at":null,"options":[{"label":"A","content_html":"<p>convey a sense of wonder and awe at the beauty of nature.</p>","ord":0},{"label":"B","content_html":"<p>suggest that the narrator and the seabirds have a special bond.</p>","ord":1},{"label":"C","content_html":"<p>emphasize the narrator’s youthful innocence and naiveté.</p>","ord":2},{"label":"D","content_html":"<p>illustrate the narrator’s growing awareness of the natural world.</p>","ord":3}],"attribution":{"source_id":"opensat","source_name":"OpenSAT community question bank","rights_holder":"OpenSAT contributors","canonical_url":"https://github.com/Anas099X/OpenSAT","retrieved_from":"https://pinesat.duckdns.org/api/questions","attribution":"Reading and Writing practice questions from the OpenSAT community question bank, whose licence permits free use of the database.","disclaimer":"OpenSAT items are community-written or AI-generated practice material, not official College Board questions; quality varies.","license":"OpenSAT LICENSE.md: the database may be used freely, including commercially, without restriction. Code is separately restricted.","redistributable":true,"item_count":1406}}