SAT Digital Reading and Writing Test quick start guide: Difference between revisions

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*** ex. ''I bought the shoes that were on sale'' << "that were on sale" is necessary to the idea that "I bought" particular shoes
*** ex. ''I bought the shoes that were on sale'' << "that were on sale" is necessary to the idea that "I bought" particular shoes
**see "Relative clause" below for more on essential and non-essential sentence elements
**see "Relative clause" below for more on essential and non-essential sentence elements
== Conjunctive Adverb ==
* also called "transition words" because they "conjoin" predicates (ideas)
* conjunctive adverbs DO NOT join grammatical sentence parts;
** instead, they join ideas
* therefore, they DO NOT combine clauses
** which requires other punctuation or grammatical form (such as coordinating conjunctions)
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|''Michael loves to eat Oreos, however, he knows they are bad for him.''
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| "however" is a conjunctive adverb, so it does not combine the two Independent Clauses (IC)
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|''Michael loves to eat Oreos, but he knows they are bad for him.''
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|''Michael loves to eat Oreos; however, he knows they are bad for him.''
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|''Michael loves to eat Oreos, even though he knows they are bad for him.''
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= Transition Word quick start guide =
= Transition Word quick start guide =