Last-Minute Writing (and some Reading) Review Guide for the October 7, 2017 SAT.

Here’s a quick review guide for the writing (and some of the reading) section for the October 7, 2017 test date (or any test date in the near future).  You have a little more than a week left – why not make it productive by studying the following things?

All page references are to Barron’s SAT, 29th Edition. The “aka”s are my interpretations of the subject titles.

In addition to knowing what makes a complete sentence, and how to join two clauses with a FANBOYS (For And Nor But Or Yet So) conjunction please review the following.

Wordiness (aka “What Would George Carlin Do?”): p. 247

Parallelism (aka “What the heck is parallelism?”, “Why is it important?” and “How do I do it?”): p. 248

Modifier Placement (aka “Misplaced Modifiers” – also explains what modifiers are and why they should be properly placed): p. 249.

Logical Comparisons (aka “How to Avoid Letting a Smart-Aleck Make You Sound Stupid”) pp.250-251.

Writing Test: Verb Tense and Use and Irregular Verb Forms (aka “Remember 7th Grade English class?): pp. 252-253.

American idiom – Common Idiomatic Expressions ("We Say It This Way Because We Say It This Way. Stop Asking Questions!" – pp. 259 – 260.

Also punctuation – Commas, Colons, Semicolons, Dashes, and Apostrophes ("More Stuff You Should Have Learned by Now") – pp. 261-267. 

Finally, study the vocabulary for the reading and writing tests – found at pp. 161 – 236. You can also print out flash cards at barronsbooks.com/tp/sat .