Saturday, December 2, 2017

SAT Writing and Language Topics Ranked by Number of Questions


The following information was excerpted from The College Panda SAT Writing Guide and Workbook, an excellent resource.

  • Relevance and Purpose (4-10 questions)
  • Word Choice (3-7 questions)
  • Commas, dashes, and colons (4-9 questions)
  • Redundancy (2-4 questions)
  • Run-ons (2-3 questions)
  • Pronoun Reference (2-3 questions)
  • Placement--Sentences, Paragraphs (2-3 questions)
  • Combining Sentences (2 questions)
  • Transititions (1-5 questions)
  • Subject-Verb Agreement (1-3 questions)
  • Awkward Phrasing (1-3 questions)
  • Apostrophes (1-2 questions)
  • Data Interpretation (1-2 questions)
  • Parallelism (1-2 questions)
  • Tenses Errors (0-2 questions)
  • Sentence Fragments (0-2 questions)
  • Idioms (0-2 questions)
  • Modifiers (0-2 questions)
  • Sentence and Paragraph Transitions (0-1 question)
  • Who vs. Whom (0-1 question)
  • Shift in Point of View (0-1 question)