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Course: SAT > 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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I do not understand the question that is given in the example question. Can someone help
Thanks(14 votes)- You essentially want to find the answer choice that glances over the topic that the examples go deeper into. In the first practice question, the answer is B) because it is the only one that mentions cities. You need to mention cities because the examples detail several particular cities that experienced demographic changes.
In the second practice question, C) is correct. The next sentence starts with "Andy Warhol explained", which is sometimes a response to a question. The sentence is all about why soup was important to him, which is what Warhol would respond if he was asked the question in option C). Does this help?(49 votes)
- Do we have to take the SAT test or is it optional?(3 votes)
- You don't have to take the SAT, but it is a pretty good thing to do. If you're planning to go to college, taking the SAT will allow you to broadenyour horizons as to which schools you're allowed to apply for. There are some schools which would accept you just the same without an SAT test, but many require it.(14 votes)
- I am writing a book and I have come to an area where I'm not sure how I should describe it. In the scene the characters are all in a group and there are many buildings around them as well as an army of people with weapons. Can someone help me describe this scene in detail?(5 votes)
- how can i know the person answer choice(4 votes)
- I don't understand question(2 votes)
- What don't you understand about the question. They are asking you in both of the short passages to find basically the one that would match the evidence the best.(2 votes)
- I will be taking the SAT in two years. I'm really good at Math, but I am more worried about the Reading and Writing part. How can I use Khan Academy to not only understand the materials tested on the SAT but to get a really high score?(2 votes)
- What are the most important things to learn when trying to ace SAT?(2 votes)
- Is the SAT for Juniors or Seniors? And what if you plan on graduating early? Do you need SAT to graduate?(1 vote)
- You do not need an SAT score to graduate high school. Some colleges in America require it or a similar test like the ACT for admission. Most people take the SAT in their junior year of high school, but of course there is no requirement to take it at any particular time.
If you plan on graduating high school a year early, for example, and plan on going to college right after, you would just take the SAT about a year earlier. You just need to have taken the test by the deadline for application, which can be as early as november of most people's senior years. So if you were graduating early, the latest time to take the SAT would be the fall of your junior year, but earlier would be better if you plan on taking it multiple times if you're not happy with your initial score.(3 votes)
- Is the idea that follows attached to a specific person in the passage? Then your "set-up" might need to introduce that person.(2 votes)
- what's the root square of pie(1 vote)
- The square root of pi is an irrational number just like pi itself is. It's approximately equal to 1.7724...
It doesn't really come up in SAT-level math, but as you go on, you might see the square root of pi sometimes. There's a famous integral called the Gaussian Integral which you might see if you take advanced calculus, and it can be evaluated to the square roof of pi.(2 votes)