SAT Writing Section

What is concision?

• Making sure the writing communicates specific ideas.

• Process of elimination.

• Answer that does the most work in the fewest words.

• Making verbs, nouns, and pronouns agree in a sentence.

Whats an example of concision in a sentence?

• Joe lives very much closer to the park than the school.

• Joe lives closer to the park than the school.

• Joe lives much more closer to the park then the school.

• Joe lives closer and more near the park than the school.

What is precision?

• Make sure the writing communicates specific ideas and events

• Cutting off unnecessary words/phrases from the sentence.

• Make sure it's consistent within the sentence.

• Using the least amount of words as possible.

What is an example of precision in a sentence?

• The paper came from one of them.

• It came from one of them.

• The paper that is white came from one of them.

• White paper was thrown from one of them.

What is consistency?

• A colon or long dash.

• A short sentence.

• Ideas and events communicating in the writing.

• Verbs, nouns and pronouns should agree within sentences.

What is an example of consistency?

• Watching these movies show that the war was intense.

• Watching these movies shows that the war was intense.

• Watching these movies shows that the war is intense.

• Watching the movie shows the war was intense.

What are stop, go, and half-stops?

• Punctuation for when you are linking ideas.

• Punctuation for when you are unlinking ideas.

• Punctuation for when you only want to link one idea.

• Punctuation that cant link ideas together.

What is an example of stop, half-stop, and go punctuation?

• I need lettuce, tomato, and cheese, from the store.

• I need lettuce tomato and cheese from the store.

• I need, lettuce tomato and cheese, from the store.

• I need lettuce, tomato, and cheese from the store.

When should you use apostrophes?

• Between items in a list.

• After every sentence.

• On every word that ends with a "S".

• To show possession and contraction.

Which is the correct use of apostrophes in a sentence?

• I had to hold its head while he jumped on it's back.

• I had to hold its head while he got on its back.

• I had to hold it's head while he jumped on its back.

• I had to hold it's head while he jumped on it's back.