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Instruction:
- In the passage below is accompanied by a number of questions.
- For some questions, you need to think how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas.
- For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation.
- Some questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage.
- Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.
SAT Writing & Language Section Passage
SAT Writing Passage Title: Rethinking Crowdfunding in the Arts.
Crowdfunding is a popular way to raise money using the Internet. The process sounds simple: an artist, entrepreneur, or other innovator takes his or her ideas straight to the public via a crowdfunding website. The innovator creates a video about the project and offers, in exchange for donations, a series of “perks,” from acknowledgment on a social media site to a small piece of art. Many crowdfunding programs are all-or-nothing; in other words, the innovator must garner 100 percent funding for the project or the money is refunded to the donors. At 1 it’s. best, the system can give creators direct access to millions of potential backers.
The home page of one leading crowdfunding site features a project to manufacture pinhole cameras on a 3‑D printer. 2 The idea is obviously very attractive. An obscure method of photography may be made available to many with little expense Within weeks, the project was 621 percent funded. In contrast, on the same page, a small Brooklyn performance venue is attempting to raise money for its current season. The venue features works of performance art showcased in a storefront window. Those who have seen the space consider it vital. 3 However, that group may not be large enough; with just fourteen days to go in the fund-raising period, the campaign is only 46 percent funded.
Artists such as these Brooklyn performers find that crowdfunding exacerbates problems that already exist. 4 Work, that is easily understood and appreciated, is supported,. while more complex work goes unnoticed. 5 Time that could be used creating art is spent devising clever perks to draw the attention of potential contributors. 6 in addition, audiences may contain many “free 7 riders, “they did not make contributions. Ironically, the success of crowdfunding may weaken overall funding for the arts if people begin to feel that paying for the art 8 loved by them is someone else’s responsibility.
[1] One innovative playwright has woven the deficiencies of the system into her crowdfunding model. [2] Though the price for her tickets was higher than that of tickets for comparable shows, it was still affordable to most theatergoers—and reflected the real cost of the performance. [3] She presented the total cost for producing her play on a crowdfunding site. [4] Then she divided the total cost by the number of people she expected to attend the performance. [5] The result of the calculation was the minimum donor price, and only donors who paid at least the minimum ticket price were allowed to attend the performance. [6] By subverting them presumption that money used for her project is an altruistic donation, the playwright showed that 9 our work has monetary value to those who enjoy it. 10
SAT Writing & Language Practice Questions
SAT Writing Practice Test Question No 1
Which choice best maintains the sentence pattern already established in the paragraph?
Option A : No Change
Option B : its
Option C : its’
Option D : their
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Option B : it’s
because the singular possessive pronoun “its” is used correctly to refer to the singular noun “system.”
SAT Writing Practice Test Question No 2
Which choice most effectively combines the underlined sentences?
Option A : With the idea being obviously very attractive, an obscure method of photography may be made available to many at little expense
Option B : The idea is obviously very attractive: an obscure method of photography may be made available to many at little expense.
Option C : The idea is obviously very attractive: an obscure method of photography may be made available to many at little expense.
Option D : An obscure method of photography, an idea that is obviously very attractive, may be made available to many at little expense.
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Option B : The idea is obviously very attractive: an obscure method of photography may be made available to many at little expense.
because they mischaracterize the relationship between the claim (“the idea is obviously very attractive”) and the supporting information about the cameras’ cost.
SAT Writing Practice Test Question No 3
Which choice provides the most effectively transition to the information that follows?
Option A : No Change
Option B : therefore,
Option C : In effect,
Option D : As a rule,
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Option A : No Change
because neither “therefore,” “in effect,” nor “as a rule” indicates the appropriate relationship between the two sentences being connected.
SAT Writing Practice Test Question No 4
Which choice results in the most effective transition to the information that follows in the paragraph?
Option A : No Change
Option B : work that is easily understood and appreciated is supported,
Option C : Work that is easily understood, and appreciated is supported
Option D : Work—that is easily understood and appreciated—is supported
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Option B : work that is easily understood and appreciated is supported,
because the clause that describes “work” is essential and should not be set off with punctuation. Setting off a clause with two commas or dashes indicates that it is nonessential to the sentence (nonrestrictive).
SAT Writing Practice Test Question No 5
At this point, the writer is considering adding the following sentence.
Crowdfunding tends to attract contributors from a wide variety of professional fields.
Should the writer make this addition here?
Option A : Yes, because it gives more information about the people who donate to crowdfunding campaigns.
Option B : Yes, because it reinforces the writer’s point about the funding of artistic projects
Option C : Yes, because it reinforces the writer’s point about the funding of artistic projects
Option D : No, because it blurs the focus of the paragraph by introducing a poorly integrated piece of information.
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Option D : No, because it blurs the focus of the paragraph by introducing a poorly integrated piece of information
because the sentence should not be added. Information about crowdfunding in general is not relevant to the discussion of the arts in this paragraph.
SAT Writing Practice Test Question No 6
Which choice best maintains the sentence pattern already established in the paragraph?
Option A : No Change
Option B : Conversely,
Option C : However,
Option D : Thus,
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Option A : No Change
because “conversely,” “however,” and “thus” do not indicate the appropriate relationship between what is said earlier in the paragraph about problems with crowdfunding in the arts and the additional problem that follows.
SAT Writing Practice Test Question No 7
Which choice best maintains the sentence pattern already established in the paragraph?
Option A : No Change
Option B : riders,” not making
Option C : riders,” who did not make
Option D : riders” to not make
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Option C : riders,” who did not make
because the pronoun “who” appropriately introduces a dependent clause defining “free riders.”
SAT Writing Practice Test Question No 8
Which choice best maintains the sentence pattern already established in the paragraph?
Option A : No change
Option B : they love
Option C : loved by him or her
Option D : he or she loves
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Option B : they love
because the plural pronoun “they” agrees in number with the plural noun “people” and results in a clear, straightforward clause:
SAT Writing Practice Test Question No 9
Which choice best maintains the sentence pattern already established in the paragraph?
Option A : No Change
Option B : their
Option C : her
Option D : its
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Option C : her
because e they are plural pronouns that are not consistent with the singular pronoun “her” used earlier in the sentence to refer to the singular noun “playwright.”
SAT Writing Practice Test Question No 10
To make this paragraph most logical, sentence 2 should be placed
Option A : where it is now.
Option B : after sentence 3.
Option C : after sentence 4.
Option D : after sentence 5.
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Option D : after sentence 5.
because sentence 2 does not logically follow sentences 1, 3, or 4. Sentences 3, 4, and 5 present a logical sequence of activities that establish the ticket price.
