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SAT Digital Reading and Writing Test quick start guide: Difference between revisions
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* convert participle phrases (non-finite verbs that start with "-ing" and do not have a subject) into a separate sentence | * convert participle phrases (non-finite verbs that start with "-ing" and do not have a subject) into a separate sentence | ||
Example: | Example: | ||
<blockquote>''"Studying marsupials in Western Australia during a heavy drought, the field researchers incorrectly assumed | <blockquote>''"Studying marsupials in Western Australia during a heavy drought, the field researchers incorrectly assumed aberrant behaviors for abiding characteristics."''</blockquote> | ||
# identify sentence core: "researchers [incorrectly] assumed" | # identify sentence core: "researchers [incorrectly] assumed" | ||
# key nouns: "drought", "researchers", "behaviors", "characteristics" | # key nouns: "drought", "researchers", "behaviors", "characteristics" | ||
# convert and simplify participle phrase: "Researchers studied marsupials during a drought." | # convert and simplify participle phrase: "Researchers studied marsupials during a drought." | ||
Gives us: | Gives us: | ||
<blockquote>'' Researchers studied marsupials during a drought. <strike>The field</strike> researchers incorrectly assumed | <blockquote>'' Researchers studied marsupials during a drought. <strike>The field</strike> researchers incorrectly assumed aberrant</strike> <nowiki>[not normal??]</nowiki> behaviors</strike> for <strike>abiding</strike> [[normal??] characteristics."''</blockquote> | ||
=== Identify Transition Words === | === Identify Transition Words === | ||