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2/16/24, 11 : 11 PM Page 2 of 9 about:srcdoc Question ID 960dec02 ID: 960dec02 A recent study tracked the number of bee species present in twenty-seven New York apple orchards over a ten-year period. ______ found that when wild growth near an orchard was cleared, the number of different bee species visiting the orchard decreased. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? A. Entomologist Heather Grab: B. Entomologist, Heather Grab, C. Entomologist Heather Grab D. Entomologist Heather Grab, ID: 960dec02 Answer Correct Answer: C Rationale Choice C is the best answer. The convention being tested is punctuation use between a name and title and between a subject and a verb. No punctuation is needed between the proper noun “Heather Grab” and “entomologist,” the title that describes Grab. Additionally, no punctuation is needed between the sentence’s subject (“Entomologist Heather Grab”) and the main verb (“found”) that indicates what Grab did. Choice A is incorrect because no punctuation is needed between the subject and the verb. Choice B is incorrect because no punctuation is needed. Setting the entomologist’s name off with commas suggests that it could be removed without affecting the coherence of the sentence, which isn’t the case. Choice D is incorrect because no punctuation is needed between the subject and the verb. Question Di ﬃ culty: Hard Assessment SAT Test Reading and Writing Domain Standard English Conventions Skill Boundaries Di ﬃ culty

2/16/24, 11 : 11 PM Page 3 of 9 about:srcdoc Question ID 37e5c794 ID: 37e5c794 Despite being cheap, versatile, and easy to produce, ______ they are made from nonrenewable petroleum, and most do not biodegrade in land fi lls. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? A. there are two problems associated with commercial plastics: B. two problems are associated with commercial plastics: C. commercial plastics’ two associated problems are that D. commercial plastics have two associated problems: ID: 37e5c794 Answer Correct Answer: D Rationale Choice D is the best answer. The convention being tested is subject-modi fi er placement. This choice ensures that the modifying phrase “despite being cheap, versatile, and easy to produce” appears immediately before the noun it modi fi es, “commercial plastics,” clearly establishing that the commercial plastics—and not another noun in the sentence—are being described as cheap, versatile, and easy to produce. Choice A is incorrect because it results in a dangling modi fi er. The placement of the function word “there” immediately after the modifying phrase illogically and confusingly suggests that “there” is cheap, versatile, and easy to produce. Choice B is incorrect because it results in a dangling modi fi er. The placement of the noun “two problems” immediately after the modifying phrase illogically suggests that the “problems” are cheap, versatile, and easy to produce. Choice C is incorrect because it results in a dangling modi fi er. The placement of the noun phrase “commercial plastics’ two associated problems” immediately after the modifying phrase illogically suggests that the “problems” are cheap, versatile, and easy to produce. Question Di ﬃ culty: Hard Assessment SAT Test Reading and Writing Domain Standard English Conventions Skill Form, Structure, and Sense Di ﬃ culty

2/16/24, 11 : 11 PM Page 4 of 9 about:srcdoc Question ID adf210e7 ID: adf210e7 The haiku-like poems of Tomas Tranströmer, which present nature- and dream-in ﬂ uenced images in crisp, spare language, have earned the Swedish poet praise from leading contemporary ______ them Nigerian American essayist and novelist Teju Cole, who has written that Tranströmer’s works “contain a luminous simplicity.” Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? A. writers. Among B. writers among C. writers; among D. writers, among ID: adf210e7 Answer Correct Answer: D Rationale Choice D is the best answer. The convention being tested is punctuation use between a main clause and a supplementary phrase. This choice correctly uses a comma to mark the boundary between the main clause (“The haiku-like…writers”) and the supplementary phrase (“among…Cole”) that speci fi es a contemporary writer who has praised Tomas Tranströmer’s haiku-like poems. Choice A is incorrect because it results in a rhetorically unacceptable sentence fragment beginning with “among.” Choice B is incorrect because it fails to mark the boundary between the main clause and the supplementary phrase with appropriate punctuation. Choice C is incorrect because a semicolon can’t be used in this way to join the main clause (“The haiku-like…writers”) and the supplementary phrase (“among…Cole”). Question Di ﬃ culty: Hard Assessment SAT Test Reading and Writing Domain Standard English Conventions Skill Boundaries Di ﬃ culty

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