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SAT Digital Reading and Writing Test quick start guide (view source)
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**form a complete thought | **form a complete thought | ||
*types of sentences: | *types of sentences: | ||
**a simple sentence | **a simple sentence consists of a single independent clause | ||
***ex. ''I ate dinner.'' | |||
****= a single, independent clause | |||
**a compound sentence has two or more independent clauses (see below) | **a compound sentence has two or more independent clauses (see below) | ||
***ex. ''I ate dinner, but I am still hungry.'' | |||
****= two independent clauses | |||
**a complex sentence has an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses | **a complex sentence has an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses | ||
***and/or phrases, especially participle phrases (see below) | ***and/or phrases, especially participle phrases (see below) | ||
***ex. ''Although I ate dinner, I am still hungry'' | |||
****= dependent clause + independent clause | |||
***ex. ''Even after eating dinner, I am still hungry.'' | |||
****= participle phrase + independent clause | |||
==Sentence core== | ==Sentence core== | ||
*the "core" of a sentence is its subject-verb | *the "core" of a sentence is its subject-verb combination | ||
*for the SAT, identify the "sentence core" in order to | *for the SAT, identify the "sentence core" in order to | ||
**comprehend the sentence | **comprehend the sentence | ||
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**correctly answer subject-verb match questions | **correctly answer subject-verb match questions | ||
==Sentence parts== | ==Sentence core parts: subject & predicate== | ||
* we can divide a sentence into two core parts: | * we can divide a sentence into two core parts: | ||
** SUBJECT and PREDICATE | ** SUBJECT and PREDICATE | ||
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|mailman | |mailman | ||
|runs | |runs | ||
|} | |} | ||
* additional information may be added using "modifiers" and "complements" | == Additional sentence parts: modifiers & complements == | ||
* additional information may be added using "'''modifiers'''" and "'''complements'''" | |||
* '''modifiers''' add important information but are not essential to a grammatically complete sentence | * '''modifiers''' add important information but are not essential to a grammatically complete sentence | ||
**modifiers include | **modifiers include: | ||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|+MODIFIERS | |||
!Part of Speech | |||
!Examples | |||
!Purpose | |||
|- | |||
| rowspan="2" |'''adjective''' | |||
|''big, blue, round, fast'' | |||
|describe or add information to a '''noun''' | |||
|- | |||
| colspan="2" |''The '''blue''' dog ate a '''round''' balloon'' | |||
|- | |||
| rowspan="2" |'''adverb''' | |||
|''fast, heartily, slowly'' | |||
|describe or add information to a verb, adjective or adverb | |||
|- | |||
| colspan="2" |''They drove '''fast''' but got lost '''slowly''''' | |||
|- | |||
| rowspan="2" |'''article''' | |||
|''a, an, the'' | |||
|qualify a noun as "indefinite" (a, an) or definite (the) | |||
|- | |||
| colspan="2" |'''''The''' cowboy rode '''a''' horse'' | |||
|- | |||
| rowspan="2" |'''determiner''' | |||
|''any, two, some, those'' | |||
|qualifies or "determines" something about a noun | |||
|- | |||
| colspan="2" |''Offer '''some''' people '''two''' choices and they will take '''either''' one.'' | |||
|- | |||
|'''preposition''' | |||
|''at, of, on, to'' | |||
|relate a noun (the object of the preposition) to another noun or verb | |||
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|'''nouns as modifiers''' | |||
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| rowspan="2" |appositive noun | |||
|, a farmer, | |||
|a noun that parenthetically describes another noun | |||
|- | |||
| colspan="2" |''The school implemented a new policy''', a disaster,''' that nobody liked.'' | |||
|- | |||
| rowspan="2" |attributive noun: | |||
|'''"baseball''' game" | |||
|a noun that acts as an adjective by adding information to another noun | |||
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| colspan="2" |''The '''bank''' workers celebrated '''employee''' day at the '''baseball''' park'' | |||
|} | |||
*'''complements''' add information to the subject or verb | *'''complements''' add information to the subject or verb | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||