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SAT Writing Test Overview
Length / Questions
Students are given 44 questions over 35 minutes to complete the SAT Writing / Language test. The test contains four passages. Each passage will include 11 questions.
Passages
The test will contain four passages: One passage on a career-related topic and one passage each in the humanities, history/social studies, and science. Each passage will be 400 - 450 words.
Categories
Writing and Language questions can be sorted into two general categories: (1) Expression of Ideas and (2) Standard English Conventions.
SAT Writing / Language Test Categories
Expression of Ideas
Expression of Ideas questions focus on the rhetorical elements of passages. These questions deal with improving the substance and quality of the writer’s message. Students will be asked to revise passages to improve the development of the topic, the organization of information and ideas, and the effectiveness of the language use.
SAT Writing / Language Test contains 24 such questions
Standard English Conventions
These questions focus on recognizing and correcting grammar, usage, and mechanics problems in passages. Specifically, you’ll find sentence structure (such as runon or incomplete sentences), usage (such as lack of subject-verb or pronoun-antecedent agreement), and punctuation (such as missing or unnecessary commas) questions.
SAT Writing / Language Test contains 20 such questions
Worthington Prep’s 32 Writing Concepts
Expression of Ideas
Relevance / Purpose
Sentence and Paragraph Order
Infographics
Shorter is Better
Combining / Separating Sentences
Topic Sentences, Conclusion
Transitions
Odds / Ends
Punctuation
Relative Clauses
Prepositional Phrases
Idioms
Subject-Verb Agreement
Modifiers
Run-Ons
Fragments
Parallelism: Lists
Punctuation
Parallelism: Pairs
Parallelism: Faulty Comparisons
Parallelism: Lists
Pronoun Reference
Commas, Dashes, Colons
Apostrophes
Word Choice
Redundancy
Punctuation
Relative Clauses
Prepositional Phrases
Idioms
Subject-Verb Agreement
Modifiers
Run-Ons
Fragments
Who vs. Whom