Tuesday, 14 October 2008

The Official SAT Question of the Day™

Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

Refuting the claim that the surest way to reduce anger is to express it, the author asserts that ------- anger can actually increase its ------- .

A. denying . . impact
B. understanding . . importance
C. overcoming . . likelihood
D. venting . . intensity
E. voicing . . benefits

Answer is D

Here's Why:

Since the author denies that expressing anger is a way to lessen it, the author probably believes that expressing anger increases it. The only choice that fits is “venting . . intensity”


Difficulty: Medium
Question Type: Sentence Completions

(Critical Reading)

No comments: