SAT 閱讀目的題由於一般涉及到的原文篇幅較長，而且目的題通常會和相關原文的內容與位置有關。新 SAT 閱讀目的題一般有三種：整體性目的題、段落目的題和段落目的題。新 SAT 閱讀的目的題大體來看就是和相關文段的內容和在文中所處的上下文關系來確定的 ; 其中相關文段的內容分析有時候會涉及修辭手法的分析。下面為大傢講解的一道題型是句子目的題的 OG 例題分析，一個句子和作用和段落的作用大同小異。
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材料：The Official SAT Study Guide
試卷：2
頁數：453
題號：2
2.The main purpose of the opening sentence of the passage is to
A ) establish the narrator ’ s perspective on a controversy.
B ) provide context useful in understanding the narrator ’ s emotional state.
C ) offer a symbolic representation of Edward Crimsworth ’ s plight.
D ) contrast the narrator ’ s good intentions with his malicious conduct.
No man likes to acknowledge that he has made a mistake in the choice of his profession, and every man, worthy of the name, will row long against wind and tide before he allows himself to cry out, "I am baffled!" and submits to be floated passively back to land. From the first week of my residence in X —— I felt my occupation irksome.
開篇第一句話就說明人人都不喜歡的一種狀況，說完緊接著第二句話就開始說明‘ I ’的職業令人厭煩 ; 通過前後兩句話的表達情感類似，和從一般狀況都個體狀況的過程來看，正確答案就是 B。
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