SAT Critical Reading : Parts of Speech in One-Blank Sentences

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Example Questions

Example Question #1001 : Parts Of Speech In One Blank Sentences

Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence.

That novel is filled with ­__________ language that reflects the contemporary speech of African Americans at the time the book was written.

Possible Answers:

mundane 

rudimentary

evolved 

gregarious 

colloquial

Correct answer:

colloquial

Explanation:

The sentence describes how the novel being described is filled with a type of language that reflects the speaking patterns of a certain group of people. This means that the answer must be “colloquial.” Colloquial is an adjective that describes conversational or everyday speech in a defined (usually geographically distinct) group. Mundane means boring; rudimentary is opposite in meaning to evolved; gregarious means outgoing.

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