SAT Digital Reading and Writing Test quick start guide: Difference between revisions
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**ex. "''On our trip, we will visit tons of places: in Africa, Egypt & Morocco; in Europe, Greece and Italy; and in Asia, Turkey"'' | **ex. "''On our trip, we will visit tons of places: in Africa, Egypt & Morocco; in Europe, Greece and Italy; and in Asia, Turkey"'' | ||
**the "super comma" does not have to follow a colon, so we could write: | **the "super comma" does not have to follow a colon, so we could write: | ||
***'' | ***''On our trip, we will visit tons of places, including in Africa, Egypt & Morocco; in Europe, Greece and Italy; and in Asia, Turkey.'' | ||
***or ''We defeated the enemy at the gates; rescued the homeland; and saved the children.'' | |||
* *the "super comma" is rarely used in practice and on the SAT test (as on the May SAT QAS 2022 paper test Writing section question no. 35): | * *the "super comma" is rarely used in practice and on the SAT test (as on the May SAT QAS 2022 paper test Writing section question no. 35): | ||
35. Critics lauded the film’s predominantly Black | 35. Critics lauded the film’s predominantly Black | ||
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C) cast, | C) cast, | ||
D) cast; | D) cast; | ||
*Elimination: | |||
**'''A) NO CHANGE''' is incorrect because it creates a run-on sentence between the IC ("critics lauded") and the examples that follow | |||
**'''B) cast:''' is correct because the colon is properly preceded by an IC and the colon sets up the the list that follows, which is separated by semicolons acting as "super commas" | |||
**'''C) cast,''' is incorrect because the comma does not set up the subsequent list | |||
**'''D) cast;''' is incorrect because the list that follows would not be parallel with the initial IC | |||
***(it would incorrectly create "IC; phrase; phrase; phrase", and IC and phrases are not conjoined by a semicolon) | |||
*for an example of a "super comma" on the Digital SAT practice tests see [https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/sat-practice-test-3-digital.pdf Practice Test 3, Module 1, question 7]; the question is not about the super comma, | *for an example of a "super comma" on the Digital SAT practice tests see [https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/sat-practice-test-3-digital.pdf Practice Test 3, Module 1, question 7]; the question is not about the super comma, | ||
The work of Kiowa painter T.C. Cannon derives its power in part from the tension among his ______ influences<span style="background:yellow>''':''' </span>classic European portraiture, with its realistic treatment of face<span style="background:yellow>'''s;''' </span>the American pop art movement, with its vivid colors<span style="background:yellow>''';''' </span>and flatstyle, the intertribal painting style that rejects the effect of depth typically achieved through shading and perspective. | The work of Kiowa painter T.C. Cannon derives its power in part from the tension among his ______ influences<span style="background:yellow>''':''' </span>classic European portraiture, with its realistic treatment of face<span style="background:yellow>'''s;''' </span>the American pop art movement, with its vivid colors<span style="background:yellow>''';''' </span>and flatstyle, the intertribal painting style that rejects the effect of depth typically achieved through shading and perspective. | ||