Digital SAT® Practice Test 1: Reading and Writing Module 2 (Hard): Question 3 Explanation

In American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin (2018), African American poet Terrance Hayes demonstrates his experimentation with form and convention in poetry by writing seventy sonnets, a typically traditional and restrictive form, with contemporary themes.

Choice C is the best answer. The text mentions that Hayes wrote seventy sonnets with an unusual combination: contemporary themes in a traditional and restrictive form. The word “experimentation” means trial, and it properly reflects how the poet tried an unconventional writing style in his poems.

Choice A: “ignorance” means unfamiliarity. However, the text does not suggest that Hayes was unfamiliar with form and convention in poetry.

Choice B: “expertise” means proficiency. That he employed an unorthodox style in poems would not indicate his proficiency in poetry, but rather his creative spirit.

Choice D: “enthusiasm” means excitement, but nothing about Hayes' work in the text suggests that he was excited about form and convention in poetry.

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Recognize the nature of his work, which was unorthodox and creative. Then, choose the answer choice that reflects what he did with form and convention to produce such a work.

Digital SAT Reading and Writing Test 5 Question 3

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