SAT Reading & Writing · Words in Context
The biographer avoids treating the subject’s diary as a transparent record of events. Because the entries were often revised years later,…
The biographer avoids treating the subject’s diary as a transparent record of events. Because the entries were often revised years later, she regards them as ______ evidence, valuable but shaped by hindsight and self-presentation.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
Answer and explanation
Answer: B: mediated
“Mediated” indicates evidence filtered or shaped through an intervening process. The diary remains useful, but revision and self-presentation prevent it from being treated as direct, unfiltered fact.
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