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Due December 19, 2017 Directions: Copy the vocabulary words. Some of them may have been taken from your textbook; a few words/terms may not be typical vocabulary words (for example, names of places, allusions to famous things, names of famous people); nevertheless, you should know them. 

Additional Elements of Assessment on the  Writing and Language Section of the SAT    Commas with a list; serial comma usage    Non-essential and essential clauses

Vocabulary Advice and Other Pointers for the New SAT (2016)—Reading, Writing and Language, and Essay Words-in-Context questions often test your ability to know second meanings of words, not the most obvious definition.

Writing and Language Pointers for the New SAT (2016) (Information in this post was excerpted and adapted from Kaplan's New SAT study guide. Kaplan has a variety of excellent books to prepare you for the SAT.) The following tips will help you do well on the Writing and Language section of the SAT.

https://quote.ucsd.edu/childhood/files/2013/05/postman-amusing.pdf

https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/sat/inside-the-test/writing-language

Due November 21, 2017 Directions: Copy the vocabulary words. Some of them may have been taken from your textbook; a few words/terms may not be typical vocabulary words (for example, names of places, allusions to famous things, names of famous people); nevertheless, you should know them.