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'''SAT Writing section quick start rules & elimination chart''' | '''SAT Digital Reading and Writing section quick start rules & elimination chart''' | ||
[[Category:SAT verbal]] | [[Category:SAT verbal]] | ||
[[Category:SAT exam prep]] | [[Category:SAT exam prep]] | ||
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* therefore, identify the rules as you practice & apply them in your elimination strategies | * therefore, identify the rules as you practice & apply them in your elimination strategies | ||
* consider each possible answer and identify the RULES that govern its correctness or error: | * consider each possible answer and identify the RULES that govern its correctness or error: | ||
'''* * page under construction **''' | |||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
|+ | |+'''CLAUSE''' | ||
!Item | !Item | ||
!Rule | !Rule | ||
!Rule/ Test | !Rule/ Test | ||
|- | |- | ||
| rowspan="4" |independent clause (IC) | | rowspan="4" |independent clause (IC) | ||
| rowspan="4" |has a subject and verb and could be a sentence by itself | | rowspan="4" |has a subject and verb and could be a sentence by itself | ||
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* "He used a credit card ''because he had no cash"'' | * "He used a credit card ''because he had no cash"'' | ||
* "She ate heartily ''after she swam''" | * "She ate heartily ''after she swam''" | ||
| | |} | ||
| | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|+'''PHRASE''' | |||
| rowspan="2" |prepositional phrase | | rowspan="2" |prepositional phrase | ||
|prepositional phrases are not subjects of a sentence | |prepositional phrases are not subjects of a sentence | ||
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|- | |- | ||
| rowspan="2" |participial phrase | | rowspan="2" |participial phrase | ||
(or participle) | |||
| rowspan="2" |modifying phrase introduced by a verb acting as an adjective (participle) | | rowspan="2" |modifying phrase introduced by a verb acting as an adjective (participle) | ||
|participial phrases | |participial phrases | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
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|dash: identify if the dash is acting as a colon or parentheses | |dash: identify if the dash is acting as a colon or parentheses | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |appositive phrase | ||
| | |a form of parenthetical phrase that provides additional information | ||
| | |sets aside important information | ||
may also conclude a sentence, thereby not technically parenthetical, ex.: | |||
| | |||
| | * The author, ''an ornithologist'', studies birds" | ||
* "The author specializes in ornithology, ''the study of birds"'' | |||
|} | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|+'''VERB''' | |||
| rowspan="3" |tense | | rowspan="3" |tense | ||
| rowspan="3" |subject-verb matching (conjugations) | | rowspan="3" |subject-verb matching (conjugations) | ||
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|the gerund noun can be a subject | |the gerund noun can be a subject | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |} | ||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|+'''COMBINING SENTENCES''' | |||
| rowspan="2" |redundancy | | rowspan="2" |redundancy | ||
|repeats words or ideas already stated | |repeats words or ideas already stated | ||
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|- | |- | ||
|must be attached to an IC and combined with a comma only | |must be attached to an IC and combined with a comma only | ||
| | |} | ||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|+ >> TO DO | |||
|Transition words | |Transition words | ||
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|} | |} | ||
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[[Category:SAT digital test]] | |||
[[Category:SAT exam prep]] | |||
[[Category:SAT Writing]] | |||