Digital SAT® Practice Test 1: Reading and Writing Module 2 (Easy): Question 10 Explanation

Which quotation from the poem most effectively illustrates the claim?

"Ah! why, because the dazzling sun / Restored my earth to joy / Have you departed, every one, / And left a desert sky?"
"All through the night, your glorious eyes / Were gazing down in mine, / And with a full heart's thankful sighs / I blessed that watch divine!"
"Up at his attic slice of view, / Pies full and spent with gazing, / Sat one who loved the night so well / Petrels on the sea were chasing."
"Thought followed thought—star followed star / Through boundless regions on, / While one sweet influence, near and far, / Thrilled through and proved us one!"

Answer:

Explanation

“Stars” is an 1846 poem by Emily Brontë. The poem demonstrates the speaker’s appreciation for the stars’ continuous stream of radiant light: "All through the night, your glorious eyes / Were gazing down in mine, / And with a full heart's thankful sighs / I blessed that watch divine!"

Choice B is the best answer. The text suggests that the speaker is appreciative of the stars' continuous stream of radiant light. In the quotation, the speaker describes the stars as "glorious" and "divine" and expresses appreciation with a "full heart's thankful sighs."

Choice A: This quotation is about the sun in the sky rather than the stars.

Choice C: This quotation depicts a scene of an individual looking at the stars.

Choice D: This quotation shows the speaker's feeling of unity with the stars, not appreciation.

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Recognize what the speaker expresses ("appreciation for the stars'...") and find the quotation that reflects it.

Digital SAT Reading and Writing Test 3 Question 10

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