SAT · English · Tone & Style — Odd One Out

Exercise and reference answers

Questions

1. Items

   1. Formal
   2. Slangy
   3. Academic
   4. Objective

   Reason

   'Slangy' is informal; the others fit academic writing.

   Odd item

   Slangy

2. Items

   1. Persuade
   2. Inform
   3. Confuse
   4. Entertain

   Reason

   'Confuse' is not a purpose of writing; the others are.

   Odd item

   Confuse

3. Items

   1. Metaphor
   2. Simile
   3. Alliteration
   4. Adverb

   Reason

   'Adverb' is a part of speech; the others are literary devices.

   Odd item

   Adverb

4. Items

   1. No-person
   2. First-person
   3. Second-person
   4. Third-person

   Reason

   'No-person' isn't a narrative point of view.

   Odd item

   No-person

Instructions

Tap the term that doesn't fit the rhetorical group.