Classified SAT Questions (Punctuation)
Classified SAT Questions (Punctuation)
Classified SAT Questions (Punctuation)
Most fans of Charles Dickens know him because Pollard played a number of other professional roles
of his popular novels, but his talent extended to the in his extraordinarily far-ranging career, including
theater as well. Having acted in several places before investment advisor, 343 filmmaker, and, tax consultant.
turning to 313 writing—Dickens continued to participate Yet all of the roles he played, one thin about Pollard
in a variety of productions while writing such novels never changed: his commitment to creating more chances
Oliver Twist. for African Americans to excel in their chosen fields.
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A) NO CHANGE A) NO CHANGE
B) writing; B) filmmaker; and
C) writing. C) filmmaker and,
D) writing, D) filmmaker, and
Though his stage set was austere—consisting of little As applications such as Google Maps re-create the
more than a reading desk, a pitcher of water, and a world in precise detail, some people wonder if there is
drinking glass—Dickens set the scene with just his anything left to map and 353 Is there still a need for
presence and voice. Reading from an annotated copy of a cartographers at all. Yet whether they are overseeing
323 book; in which he had scrawled stage directions, he complex software to ensure accuracy or innovating
would impersonate as many as 23 fictional characters in content and form to expand our understanding of a
a single two-hour performance. particular place, trained cartographers remain essential.
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A) NO CHANGE A) No CHANGE
B) book B) if we still need cartographers at all.
C) book: C) do we still need cartographers at all.
D) if cartographers are still needed at all?
D) book—
In his warm greetings to the audience before each To ensure that maps accurately reflect a world in
performance, the author ceased being a remote perpetual flux, mapmakers must be 363 vigilant, about
333 figure, he became a friend. Dickens further enhanced monitoring data, and integrating new information.
the intimacy by inviting audience members to express
their reactions openly, and he was often inspired by their 6
gasps, chuckles, and applause to improvise lines to A) No CHANGE
prolong moments of comedy or pathos. B) vigilant, about monitoring data
C) vigilant about monitoring data.
3 D) vigilant about monitoring data
A) NO CHANGE
B) figure; and
C) figure—but
D) figure:
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Mapmakers are more than just GIS experts and The Pioneers of the Great Exodus
373 designers though, they’re storytellers who craft
narratives through the selection, arrangement, and Some exodusters returned to the familiar terrain of
juxtaposition of spatial information. their home 3113 states: but others—including Hickman
and her husband, Daniel, decided to stay in their new
7 farming villages.
A) NO CHANGE
B) designers, though, 11
C) designers, though A) NO CHANGE
D) designers, though: B) states—but others
C) states; but, others
D) states, but others,
A map pinpointing the city’s coffee shops also charts Debunking Myths of the Dodo
sewer lines and 383 reservoirs to show how commerce,
infrastructure, and natural resources are interrelated. Eventually, harvests in Nicodemus grew, which allowed
residents to purchase lumber for their houses and
8 attracted 3123 banks, grocery stores, and other
A) NO CHANGE businesses.
B) reservoirs. Showing
C) reservoirs to which show 12
D) reservoirs, which it shows A) NO CHANGE
B) banks, grocery, stores
C) banks; grocery stores,
D) banks; grocery stores
The Art of a Cat’s Lap
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A) NO CHANGE
B) Georgia; where,
C) Georgia, where:
D) Georgia; where
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VISTAs are typically not hired to offer direct services The Art of Translation
such as delivering 3153 food, rather they use their talents
on big-picture initiatives such as building the capacity Translators perform the extraordinary feat of
and improving the financial health of the organizations metamorphosing a piece of writing from one language to
that employ them. another. This act, as German 3193 philosopher Walter
Benjamin argued in his 1921 essay "The task of the
15 Translator," is an art form of its own.
A) NO CHANGE
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B) food, rather,
C) food; rather, A) NO CHANGE
D) food, rather: B) philosopher,Walter Benjamin
C) philosopher—Walter Benjamin
D) philosopher: Walter Benjamin
Dyson enthusiastically 3163 explains that: her role at the Dusting Off Family History
farmers’ market involves, “enhancing the organization’s
reach and visibility” as well as “increasing and Dash entered the completed Daughters of the Dust
diversifying financial and in-kind resources.” into film 3203 festivals. Where its popularity led to a
1992 theatrical debut that made her the first African
16 American woman filmmaker to have a theatrical release
A) NO CHANGE for a feature- length film.
B) explains that her role at the farmers’
market involves: 20
C) explains, that her role at the farmers’
A) NO CHANGE
market involves
B) festivals,
D) explains that her role at the farmers’
C) festivals, where
market involves
D) festivals; where
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A) NO CHANGE
B) underpasses;
C) underpasses—
D) underpasses
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Johnson read through the works of hundreds of
3273 writers, his marking the passages he viewed as
Benjamin Banneker: Marking Tim exemplary.
A former teacher, however, encouraged Banneker to
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pursue his education independently and lent him the
A) NO CHANGE
books to do so. Banneker also studied the night 3233 sky, B) writers,
he charted how the migration of the stars relates to the C) writers, and
passage of time. D) writers by
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A) NO CHANGE
B) sky. Charting
C) sky, charting Johnson understood that he could not preserve his
D) sky, he also charte language—but he 3283 could—at the very least, try to
shape its future use. In that more modest goal he appears
to have succeeded: Johnson’s work stood as the definitive
Energy Storage Under Pressure English dictionary for well over a century, influencing
generations of English writers and readers.
Currently, only two power plants use 3243 CAES;
one in McIntosh, Alabama, and another in Huntorf, 28
Germany.
A) NO CHANGE
B) could, at the very least—
24 C) could, at the very least,
A) NO CHANGE D) could; at the very least
B) CAES. One
C) CAES: one
D) CAES, one:
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Answer Key
1. D 23. C
2. B 24. C
3. D 25. C
4. D 26. B
5. B 27. B
6. D 28. C
7. D 29. B
8. A 30. B
9. C
10. B
11. D
12. A
13. D
14. A
15. C
16. D
17. B
18. B
19. A
20. C
21. D
22. D