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SAT (Fall 2023)
Course: SAT (Fall 2023) > Unit 11
Lesson 3: Writing: Grammar- Writing: Setting Up Ideas — Video Lesson
- Setting up ideas | Quick guide
- Writing: Strong Support — Video lesson
- Strong support | Quick guide
- Writing: Relevant Information — Video lesson
- Relevant information | Quick guide
- Writing: Sequencing sentences — Video lesson
- Sequencing sentences | Quick guide
- Writing: Transition Words — Video lesson
- Transition words and phrases | Quick guide
- Writing: Transition Sentences — Video Lesson
- Transition sentences | Quick guide
- Writing: Introductions — Video lesson
- Writing: Conclusions — Video lesson
- Introductions and conclusions | Quick guide
- Writing: Interpreting Graphs and Data — Video lesson
- Interpreting graphs and data | Quick guide
- Writing: Precision — Video Lesson
- Precise word choice | Quick guide
- Writing: Concision — Video lesson
- Concision | Quick guide
- Writing: Formal and Informal Language — Video Lesson
- Writing: Formal vs. casual language — Example
- Formal vs. casual language | Quick guide
- Writing: Syntax — Example
- Writing: Sentence Fragments — Video Lesson
- Writing: Sentence Boundaries — Example 1
- Writing: Sentence boundaries — Example 2
- Sentence fragments | Quick guide
- Writing: Subordination and coordination — Example
- Writing: Combining Sentences — Video Lesson
- Linking clauses | Quick guide
- Writing: Parallel Structure — Video lesson
- Writing: Parallel structure — Example
- Parallel structure | Quick guide
- Writing: Modifier Placement — Video Lesson
- Writing: Modifier placement — Example
- Modifier placement | Quick guide
- Writing: Verb Tense and Mood — Video Lesson
- Writing: Shift in verb tense and mood — Example
- Verb tense and mood | Quick guide
- Writing: Pronoun Clarity — Video Lesson
- Writing: Pronoun clarity — Example
- Pronoun clarity | Quick guide
- Writing: Pronoun Agreement — Video Lesson
- Writing: Pronoun-antecedent agreement — Example
- Pronoun-antecedent agreement | Quick guide
- Writing: Possessive determiners — Example 1
- Writing: Possessive determiners — Example 2
- Writing: It’s/Its Confusion — Video Lesson
- Confusion with "its" and "their" | Quick guide
- Writing: Subject-Verb Agreement — Video Lesson
- Writing: Subject-verb agreement — Example
- Subject-verb agreement | Quick guide
- Writing: Noun Agreement — Video Lesson
- Writing: Noun agreement — Basic example
- Noun agreement | Quick guide
- Writing: Frequently Confused Words — Video Lesson
- Writing: Frequently confused words — Example
- Frequently confused words | Quick guide
- Writing: Conventional Expressions — Video Lesson
- Writing: Conventional expression — Example
- Conventional expressions | Quick guide
- Writing: Logical Comparison — Video Lesson
- Writing: Logical comparison — Example
- Logical comparison | Quick guide
- Writing: End-of-sentence punctuation — Example 1
- Writing: End-of-sentence punctuation — Example 2
- Writing: Commas — Video Lesson
- Commas | Quick guide
- Writing: Semicolons — Video Lesson
- Semicolons | Quick guide
- Writing: Colons — Video lesson
- Colons | Quick guide
- Writing: Possessive Pronouns — Example
- Writing: Possessive Nouns — Video Lesson
- Making nouns possessive | Quick guide
- Writing: Items in a series — Example
- Writing: Punctuating Lists — Video Lesson
- Lists and punctuation | Quick guide
- Writing: Nonrestrictive and parenthetical elements — Example
- Writing: Nonessential Elements — Video Lesson
- Nonessential elements | Quick guide
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- Do you always have to separate lists with a colon?(1 vote)
- You don't. You can seperate lists from the rest of the sentence with a whole lot of things, or nothing at all. For example, you could say "To make my secret breakfast recipe, I'll need waffles, bananas, and yogurt.", which doesn't have anything separating the list from the rest of the sentence. The rule for a colon is that you only need it if the part before the list can stand on its own. In the previous example, a colon would look silly because "To make my secret breakfast recipe, I'll need" isn't a complete thought. Instead, you could have said "I'll need three things for my secret breakfast recipe: waffles, bananas, and yogurt."(30 votes)
- what about '-'? Will the dash be on the SAT?(6 votes)
- BTW if you are wondering, the "dash" that you are referring to is called an em dash (—).(4 votes)
- How is using a colon correct on the first question?(8 votes)
- Remember that the second part of the sentence "enough to power a household microwave for 85,000 minutes." is an example/explanation for the previous statement "An average bolt of lightning produces a tremendous amount of energy". Whenever you have an explanation or an example for the first part (in this case: An average bolt of lightning produces a tremendous amount of energy) that is an independent clause you can have a colon, to connect the two phrases. That's why the colon is colon is correct for the first question.
Hope this helps! :)
Have a good day!(3 votes)
- Would "Wide-spread vaccination can functionally eliminate the dangers of many diseases: polio, measles, and tetanus." be correct since "such as" is not included?(2 votes)
- In my opinion, it's perfectly fine to have that sentence without a "such as" before the colon. All colons do is say "take note of this following bit", and one way they do so is by introducing lists of examples. It's pretty commonly understood that polio, measles, and tetanus are all diseases, so adding the "such as" wouldn't really serve much of a purpose in the sentence, as the colon implicitly does everything it's doing.(6 votes)
- Do you always have to separate lists with a colon?(2 votes)
- You don't. You can separate lists from the rest of the sentence with a whole lot of things, or nothing at all. For example, you could say "To make my secret breakfast recipe, I'll need waffles, bananas, and yogurt.", which doesn't have anything separating the list from the rest of the sentence. The rule for a colon is that you only need it if the part before the list can stand on its own. In the previous example, a colon would look silly because "To make my secret breakfast recipe, I'll need" isn't a complete thought. Instead, you could have said "I'll need three things for my secret breakfast recipe: waffles, bananas, and yogurt. (Credit to Hecretary Bird)(5 votes)