{"id":2353,"date":"2022-12-01T14:31:52","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T14:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/blog\/prep\/?p=2353"},"modified":"2022-12-05T21:14:07","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T21:14:07","slug":"psat-writing-and-language-quiz-effective-language-usage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/psat\/psat-writing-and-language-quiz-effective-language-usage\/","title":{"rendered":"PSAT Writing and Language Quiz: Effective Language Usage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Test your <a title=\"psat writing\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/psat\">PSAT readiness<\/a> by taking this PSAT Writing quiz?<\/p>\n<div  class='avia-builder-widget-area clearfix  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_promobox  avia-builder-el-first '><div id=\"custom_html-30\" class=\"widget_text widget clearfix widget_custom_html\"><div class=\"textwidget custom-html-widget\"><div><div class='op-interactive' id='6388f4415d2c6e5a3ec9b2a6' data-title='PSAT Writing and Language Quiz: Effective Language Usage' data-url='https:\/\/kaplannorthamerica.outgrow.us\/6388f4415d2c6e5a3ec9b2a6?vHeight=1' data-width='100%'><\/div><script src='\/\/dyv6f9ner1ir9.cloudfront.net\/assets\/js\/nloader.js'><\/script><script>initIframe('6388f4415d2c6e5a3ec9b2a6');<\/script><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>Reading the following passage and indicate what corrections, if any,&nbsp;should be made to each question&#8217;s corresponding number in the text.<\/p>\n<p><em>The North American suburb is an architectural and&nbsp;civic phenomenon distinct from suburban areas in any&nbsp;other part of the world. It was&nbsp;<b>(1)<\/b>&nbsp;<b>a counterreaction to<\/b>&nbsp;the need, especially keen after World War II, to \u201cget&nbsp;away\u201d from the city and all the noise, pollution, and&nbsp;general nastiness that went along with it. Cities were where the factories were, and the factories before modern pollution and safety standards were horrific things&nbsp;to behold. Of those who could <strong>(2) get out, many did<\/strong>.&nbsp;Suburban communities, however, were not <strong>(3) sufficient&nbsp;by themselves to support life<\/strong>. The people who lived&nbsp;in them needed to work, shop, and socialize, and most&nbsp;of the active part of their lives remained fixed in urban centers. (4) Paradoxically, suburbs were clustered around&nbsp;their parent cities, with the suburban inhabitants avoiding&nbsp;the city center.<\/em><\/p>\n\t<div   class='av_promobox  avia-button-no   avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_sidebar  el_before_av_toggle_container '>\t\t<div class='avia-promocontent'><p>\n<strong>Question 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. NO CHANGE<\/p>\n<p>B. an avoidance of<\/p>\n<p>C. a response to<\/p>\n<p>D. an intensifier of<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div  class=\"togglecontainer   toggle_close_all  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_promobox  el_before_av_promobox \" >\n<section class=\"av_toggle_section\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\"  >    <div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  >        <p data-fake-id=\"#toggle-id-1\" class=\"toggler \"  itemprop=\"headline\"    role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"toggle-id-1\">Answer 1<span class=\"toggle_icon\" >        <span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>        <div id=\"toggle-id-1\" class=\"toggle_wrap \"  >            <div class=\"toggle_content invers-color \"  itemprop=\"text\"   ><p><strong>C:&nbsp;<\/strong>When a phrase is underlined,&nbsp;look for the choice that best conveys the author\u2019s intended&nbsp;meaning in the context of both the sentence and paragraph.<\/p>\n<div class=\"QuizQuestion-header\">\n<section id=\"questionFeedback\" class=\"QuizQuestion-feedback QuizQuestion-feedback-is-correct\">\n<article class=\"QuizQuestion-feedback-description\">\n<div class=\"QuizQuestion-feedback-description-body\">\n<p>In this sentence, the author is addressing the perceived&nbsp;need that people had after World War II to move&nbsp;away from crowded, dirty urban centers. Choice (C) is&nbsp;correct because the suburbs were a response to this need.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>        <\/div>    <\/div><\/section>\n<\/div>\n\t<div   class='av_promobox  avia-button-no   avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_toggle_container  el_before_av_toggle_container '>\t\t<div class='avia-promocontent'><p>\n<strong>Question 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. NO CHANGE<\/p>\n<p>B. get out many did<\/p>\n<p>C. get out&#8230; many did<\/p>\n<p>D. get out; many did<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div  class=\"togglecontainer   toggle_close_all  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_promobox  el_before_av_promobox \" >\n<section class=\"av_toggle_section\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\"  >    <div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  >        <p data-fake-id=\"#toggle-id-2\" class=\"toggler \"  itemprop=\"headline\"    role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"toggle-id-2\">Answer 2<span class=\"toggle_icon\" >        <span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>        <div id=\"toggle-id-2\" class=\"toggle_wrap \"  >            <div class=\"toggle_content invers-color \"  itemprop=\"text\"   ><p><strong>A:&nbsp;<\/strong>When an underlined section&nbsp;includes punctuation, make sure that the punctuation&nbsp;enhances the reader\u2019s understanding of the passage. If&nbsp;the punctuation harms understanding, consider changing&nbsp;it or eliminating it altogether. In this case, the comma&nbsp;included in the underlined section clearly separates an&nbsp;independent and dependent clause. No punctuation at all&nbsp;would create a run-on, and words are not being omitted,&nbsp;so there is no reason to use the ellipsis. The semicolon is&nbsp;used to separate two independent clauses and is incorrect&nbsp;in this context. Because the sentence is correct as written,&nbsp;choice (A) must be correct.<\/p>\n            <\/div>        <\/div>    <\/div><\/section>\n<\/div>\n\t<div   class='av_promobox  avia-button-no   avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_toggle_container  el_before_av_toggle_container '>\t\t<div class='avia-promocontent'><p>\n<strong>Question 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. NO CHANGE<\/p>\n<p>B. self-sufficient<\/p>\n<p>C. entirely sufficient by themselves to support life.<\/p>\n<p>D. sufficiently able to adequately support life by themselves.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div  class=\"togglecontainer   toggle_close_all  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_promobox  el_before_av_promobox \" >\n<section class=\"av_toggle_section\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\"  >    <div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  >        <p data-fake-id=\"#toggle-id-3\" class=\"toggler \"  itemprop=\"headline\"    role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"toggle-id-3\">Answer 3<span class=\"toggle_icon\" >        <span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>        <div id=\"toggle-id-3\" class=\"toggle_wrap \"  >            <div class=\"toggle_content invers-color \"  itemprop=\"text\"   ><div class=\"QuizQuestion-header\">\n<section id=\"questionFeedback\" class=\"QuizQuestion-feedback QuizQuestion-feedback-is-correct\">\n<article class=\"QuizQuestion-feedback-description\">\n<div class=\"QuizQuestion-feedback-description-body\">\n<p><strong>B:&nbsp;<\/strong>Look for the clearest, most&nbsp;straightforward wording of the idea underlined in the&nbsp;passage and avoid answers that contain unnecessarily&nbsp;complicated syntax. In the underlined section, the author&nbsp;is simply trying to address the self-sufficiency of the suburbs.&nbsp;Choice (B) is correct because it conveys this idea in&nbsp;the clearest manner.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>        <\/div>    <\/div><\/section>\n<\/div>\n\t<div   class='av_promobox  avia-button-no   avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_toggle_container  el_before_av_toggle_container '>\t\t<div class='avia-promocontent'><p>\n<strong>Question 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. NO CHANGE<\/p>\n<p>B.&nbsp;Therefore, suburbs were unnecessarily far from their parent cities, hampering suburban inhabitants\u2019 intent to commute to the city for work and play.<\/p>\n<p>C.&nbsp;Therefore, suburbs were clustered around their parent cities, with suburban inhabitants commuting daily to the city center for work and play.<\/p>\n<p>D.&nbsp;Suburbs therefore developed the amenities needed for suburbanites who were unwilling to ever go back into the city.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div  class=\"togglecontainer   toggle_close_all  avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_promobox  avia-builder-el-last \" >\n<section class=\"av_toggle_section\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\"  >    <div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  >        <p data-fake-id=\"#toggle-id-4\" class=\"toggler \"  itemprop=\"headline\"    role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"toggle-id-4\">Answer 4<span class=\"toggle_icon\" >        <span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>        <div id=\"toggle-id-4\" class=\"toggle_wrap \"  >            <div class=\"toggle_content invers-color \"  itemprop=\"text\"   ><p><strong>C:&nbsp;<\/strong>The last sentence of a paragraph&nbsp;usually ties the different claims in that paragraph&nbsp;together. In this paragraph, the author introduces the tension between the desire to move away from the city&nbsp;and the need to return to the city for work and leisure.&nbsp;Choice (C) is correct because it effectively expresses that&nbsp;dichotomy.<\/p>\n            <\/div>        <\/div>    <\/div><\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Test your PSAT readiness by taking this PSAT Writing quiz? Reading the following passage and indicate what corrections, if any,&nbsp;should be made to each question&#8217;s corresponding number in the text. The North American suburb is an architectural and&nbsp;civic phenomenon distinct from suburban areas in any&nbsp;other part of the world. 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