SAT Writing section techniques, strategies & approaches: Difference between revisions

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# combine IC , DC, or DC, IC
# combine IC, DC, or DC, IC
#* or IC, phr or phr, IC
#* or IC, Phr or Phr, IC
# combine ICs  
# combine ICs  
#* ''with a coordinating conjunction'' (FANBOYS), i.e., IC, and IC
#* ''but only with a coordinating conjunction'' (FANBOYS), i.e., IC, and IC
#* ex.: "IC, and IC" or "IC, but IC"
# separate lists (subjects, verbs, objects)
# separate lists (subjects, verbs, objects)
#* ex.: S, S and S V, V O, O and O
#* ex.: S, S and S V, V O, O and O
# act parenthetically
# act parenthetically
#* ", .... ," ( like these parentheses )
#* ", .... ," (like these parentheses)
# introduce a direct quotation
# introduce a direct quotation
#* ex. "The judge declared, "Guilty!"
#* ex. "The judge declared, "Guilty!"