SAT 2/11/23 – Writing and Language Test

Writing and Language Test
35 MINUTES, 44 QUESTIONS

Directions: Each passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you
will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For
other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in
sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by
one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising
and editing decisions.

Some questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will
direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.
After reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively
improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the
conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a “NO CHANGE” option.
Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the
passage as it is.

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3. Which choice most effectively combines the underlined sentences?

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5. Which choice provides the best transition from the previous paragraph to this one?

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10. At this point, the writer wants to add a second policy outcome of the research described. Which choice best accomplishes this goal?

11. Which choice most effectively anticipates and addresses a relevant counterargument to the argument in favor of the types of experiments described in the passage?

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16. At this point, the writer is considering adding the following sentence.

Unfortunately, the tower’s tilt has steadily
increased over the centuries, placing the
structure in danger of collapse.

Should the writer make this addition here?

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18. Which choice best supports the main point of the paragraph?

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22. To make this paragraph most logical, sentence 5 should be

23. Which choice is the best introduction to the paragraph?

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26. At this point, the writer is considering adding the following sentence.

Several factors argue in favor of such an
expanded role

Should the writer make this addition here?

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32. At this point, the writer is considering adding the following sentence.

In fact, according to the data presented in the
table, physician assistants will likely outnumber
physicians by 2025.

Should the writer make this addition here?

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34. Which choice most effectively combines the underlined sentences?

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37. Which choice is most consistent with the previous examples in the sentence?

38. Which choice most effectively sets up the main idea of the following two sentences?

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40. The writer wants a conclusion to the sentence and paragraph that logically completes the discussion of the Silver Age and provides an effective transition into the next paragraph. Which choice best accomplishes these goals?

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