SAT Writing Section Review

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.

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.

What sentence is correctly edited?

• He leaves the house, then goes to the cafe

• the leaves, the house, the goes to the cafe

• He leaves the hose them, goes to the cafe

• He leaves, the house then goes to the cafe

Which sentence shows a subject -verb agreement?

• She goes to the park everyday

• Sally is lazy but he is very nice

• John is African American but she's white

• Arnold doesn't like school, so she gets bad grades

When you turn the page for each of the 5 reading passages,
the FIRST thing you should do is

• cry
• start daydreaming
• read the introduction which hopefully give you good background information
• feel sorry for yourself

Italy's Tower of Pisa has been leaning southward since the initial stages of it's

• NO CHANGE
• stage's of its'
• stage's of it's
• stages of its