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

SAT Writing section techniques, strategies & approaches (view source)

708 bytes added , 26 February 2023

m

4,620

edits

@@ Line 347: / Line 347: @@
 ** '''subject - verb - object''' (or subject complement)
 *** are not separated from one another by punctuation
+**** S V O
+***** cannot be separated from one another by punctuation, ex.:
+***** ''SoHo, is fun to say, and to visit << incorrect''
+***** ''SoHo is fun to say and to visit'' << correct
+**** but could be separated by a parenthetical phrase or clause:
+***** ''SoHo, a neighborhood in New York, is fun to say and to visit''
+***** ''SoHo, which is fun to say, is fun to visit''
 ** '''adjectives and adverbs'''
 *** are not separated from the noun or verb they modify by punctuation
+**** ''That is one big, elephant!''  << incorrect
+**** ''That is one big, elephant!''  << correct
+*** but could be a list of coordinate adjectives that are separated by a comma:
+**** ''That is one big, angry elephant!''
+*** or, could be separated by a parenthetical elementL:
+**** ''That is one big -- and I mean big! -- elephant''
 ** '''possessive nouns''' are not separated from the noun they possess by punctuation
 ** '''prepositional phrases''' are not separated from the noun or very they modify