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'''SAT Writing section techniques and strategies''' | '''SAT Writing section techniques and strategies''' | ||
'''SAT Writing Section Strategies & Approaches''' | |||
== General approach == | |||
* unlike on the Reading section, for the Writing section, students are advised to review possible answers before reading the text | |||
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=== Identify & apply rules === | |||
* every question measures some skill, rule or logic | |||
** by identifying the rule, students may eliminate more accurately | |||
* rules for punctuation | |||
* rules for usage | |||
* rules for logic & chronology | |||
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=== Elimination strategies === | |||
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== Pronouns == | |||
== Punctuation == | |||
* the purpose of punctuation is to mimic on paper verbal, or spoken, language | |||
** ex., periods and commas mark spoken pauses between sentences and sentence parts | |||
*** however, for written language, punctuation provides additional guidance to a reader that does not exist in spoken language | |||
*** ex., semicolons are not differentiated from other forms of pause in spoken language | |||
=== periods === | |||
* periods mark a full stop between complete sentences | |||
** see Independent clause (IC) below for what constitutes a complete sentence | |||
* eliminate periods in possible answers when there is not an IC on both sides of the period. | |||
* the SAT will not ask to distinguish between use of other punctuation that separates independent clauses | |||
** such as semicolons and commas (+ conjunction) | |||
*** periods separate complete sentences from each other as distinct thoughts | |||
**** i.e., IC << . >> IC | |||
*** semicolons juxtapose sentences for comparison | |||
**** i.e., IC >> ; << IC | |||
*** commas + conjunction combine sentences and ideas into a single thought, with each IC weighed equally | |||
**** i.e., IC <=> , + <=> IC | |||
=== semicolons === | |||
=== commas === | |||
== Sentence structure == | |||
=== Independent clause === | |||
* "'''Independent Clause'''" (IC) is a complete sentence and thought | |||
** IC contains SUBJECT VERB | |||
** IC usually contains SUBJECT VERB OBJECT | |||
** Since | |||
=== Dependent clause === | |||
* "'''Dependent Clause'''" (DC) is not complete sentence and thought | |||
** also called "subordinate clause" | |||
=== Subordinating conjunctions | |||
== Sentence placement == | |||
== Transition words == | == Transition words == | ||
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*** C) However, << NO bc Sentence 2 does not draw an opposite | *** C) However, << NO bc Sentence 2 does not draw an opposite | ||
*** D) Subsequently, << YES bc Sentence logically follows chronologically Sentence 1 | *** D) Subsequently, << YES bc Sentence logically follows chronologically Sentence 1 | ||
== Idiomatic words & usage == | |||
* "idiomatic" = words, phrases or expresses that have no set rule and exist from common usage | |||
** idiomatic is different from "informal" or colloquial (local, common) language | |||
* By definition idiomatic words have no set rule | |||
* HOWEVER, on the SAT Writing section, students can use elimination techniques to identify the correct idiomatic expression | |||