Reading & WritingChapter 3: Command of Evidence
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3-2: What six tests rank evidence strength?
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Relevance, directness, scope, specificity, direction, and required assumptions.
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3-2: Is the longest quotation usually strongest?
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No. Length is not evidence strength; logical coverage is.
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3-2: Multi-part claim A + B needs what?
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Ideally evidence that directly addresses both A and B.
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3-2: What is partial support?
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Evidence that establishes only one part of a broader claim.
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3-2: Why can a precise detail still be weak?
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Its precision may concern an outcome or condition outside the claim.
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3-2: Literary quotation evidence requires what?
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Answer
Words or actions that directly reveal the provided interpretation without outside context.
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3-2: Informational finding evidence is often phrased how?
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As a hypothetical finding: which result, if true, would most strongly support or weaken the claim?
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3-2: What is the fewest-assumptions rule?
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Prefer the evidence-to-claim link that needs the least missing explanation.
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3-2: Right speaker, wrong evidence—what trap?
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A quotation from another character may mention the issue but not establish the target character's attitude.
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3-2: Strong evidence repeats claim vocabulary—required?
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No. A direct logical test matters more than shared wording.
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3-2: What official SAT skill contains this topic?
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Information and Ideas → Command of Evidence. This topic is an internal teaching subdivision, not a separate official skill.
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3-2: Is this Textual or Quantitative practice?
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Primarily Command of Evidence—Textual.
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3-2: What is the central focus?
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Answer
ranking relevant-looking findings or quotations by directness, scope, specificity, and assumptions
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3-2: What does relevant evidence look like?
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The choice that addresses every important clause and requires the fewest unstated links.
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3-2: Give an irrelevant-evidence pattern.
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Answer
A vivid or specific quotation that never establishes the critic's actual interpretation.
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3-2: What scope rule matters most?
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For a multi-part claim, evidence should normally cover every meaningful part.
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3-2: What verification step prevents errors?
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Answer
Turn the claim into a checklist and mark which clauses each choice truly establishes.
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3-2: Support means prove—true or false?
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Answer
False. Evidence may strengthen or be consistent with a claim without establishing certainty.
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3-2: What is the minimum-assumption rule?
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Answer
Prefer the evidence that reaches the supplied claim most directly with the fewest unstated bridges.
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3-2: Command of Evidence versus Inferences?
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Command of Evidence gives the claim and asks for evidence; Inferences gives evidence and asks for the conclusion.
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