Command of Evidence SAT practice questions

Reading and Writing, Information and Ideas. 741 questions

You choose the quotation or finding that best supports or weakens a claim, or the option that uses data from a table or graph correctly.

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What this skill tests

  • Textual evidence: quotations that support a claim
  • Quantitative evidence: reading tables and graphs
  • Matching evidence to the exact claim in the passage

How to approach it

  1. 1Underline the exact claim the evidence has to support before reading the options.
  2. 2For data questions, check that the option matches both the numbers and the claim.
  3. 3An accurate statement about the graph is still wrong if it does not address the claim.
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