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    Question 8 Explanation - Digital SAT Mock Test 1, Section 1, Module 1 - Reading and Writing

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    The following text is Baron George Gordon Byron’s poem

    8 Mark for Review


    “Answer to ——’s Professions of Affection,” written
    around 1814. The poem is addressed to an unknown
    What is the main idea of the text?
    person.

    In hearts like thine ne’er may I hold a place The speaker is expressing disapproval towards the
    A
    unknown person.
    Till I renounce all sense, all shame, all grace—
    That seat,—like seats, the bane of Freedom’s realm,
    The speaker is unimportant to the unknown
    B
    But dear to those presiding at the helm— person.
    Is basely purchased, not with gold alone;
    C The speaker is thinking of purchasing a seat.
    Add Conscience, too, this bargain is your own—
    ‘T is thine to offer with corrupting art
    The speaker holds a place in the heart of the
    D
    The rotten borough of the human heart. unknown person.

    Correct Answer: A
    Your Answer: D
    Explanation

    This is a Main Idea question, as it asks for the main idea of


    the text. Read the text and highlight the main phrases or
    lines that all of the other sentences seem to support. The
    citation states that the author is addressing an unknown
    person. The opening two lines state that the author will
    never hold a place in this person’s (thine) heart until the
    author renounces all sense, all shame, all grace. The
    author also states at the end of the poem that this
    individual will make an offer with corrupting art / The
    rotten borough of the human heart. The main idea would
    be that author’s feelings towards this individual in this
    poem are negative, and the correct answer should be
    consistent with this.

    (A) is correct because it is consistent with the main


    idea and disapproval towards the unknown person is
    expressed several times in the poem.
    (B) and (D) are wrong because the poem never states
    what the unknown person feels toward the author,
    just what the author feels toward the unknown
    person. (D) is also Recycled Language and warps the
    meaning of the opening line of the text.
    (C) is wrong because it is Recycled Language: the
    author is not referring to a literal seat. Rather, the seat
    is a metaphor for the place the speaker may hold in
    the unknown person’s heart.
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