Cross-text Connections: SAT Practice Questions

61 official Cross-text Connections questions (Craft and Structure) from the SAT Suite Question Bank. Pick any question from the list, or start with Question 1. Every question shows the answer and a full explanation. It is free, and no account is needed.

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What does Cross-text Connections test on the SAT?

Cross-text questions pair two short passages and test how their authors would agree, disagree, or respond to one another. Success depends on identifying each author's exact claim before comparing them.

Common question types

Find a point of agreement or disagreement
Predict how one author would respond to the other
Apply information from one text to the claim in another

Common traps

Comparing topics instead of viewpoints
Assuming disagreement because the authors emphasize different details
Selecting a response that one text never addresses

Difficulty distribution

Start with the easier questions, then work toward the highest score bands.

Easy: 9
Medium: 25
Hard: 27
Extreme: 0

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FoundationQuestion 1Easy SAT question IntermediateQuestion 48Medium SAT question ChallengeQuestion 59Hard SAT question

How do I improve at Cross-text Connections?

1Write a five-to-ten-word claim for Text 1 and Text 2 separately.
2Mark the precise overlap or conflict between those claims.
3Choose the answer that preserves both authors' levels of certainty.

All 61 official questions

In the same order as the list on the left. Each one opens in practice mode.