Additional Elements of Assessment on the Writing and Language SAT (2016)

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
•    Idioms
•    Adding, deleting, or changing a sentence
•    Word pair—parallel structure
•    Diction—be precise
•    Misreading graphs
•    Transitional words and phrases
•    Faulty comparisons
•    Pronoun agreement with antecedent
•    Apostrophes
•    Misplaced modifiers
•    Redundancy; shorter is better
•    Parallel structure
•    Commas vs. colons
•    Register of language
•    Paragraph order
•    Subject-verb agreement
•    Idiomatic adjective and preposition combinations (Google)
•    Idiomatic verb and preposition combinations (Google)
•    Tense consistency
•    Combining and separating sentences
•    Comma splices
•    Run-on sentences
•    Sentences vs. fragments
•    Who vs. whom
•    Correct pronouns
•    Sentence order
•    Use of dashes
•    Dangling modifier
•    Commas with names
•    Colon and commas in list; commas or semicolons after a colon
•    Relative pronouns