新SAT语法1.1辅助资料SAT WRITING AND LANGUAGE TEST CONTENT SPECIFICATION

SATWRITINGANDLANGUAGETESTCONTENTSPECIFICATION

NUMBER

PERCENTAGE

OFTEST

TimeAllotted

35minutes

PassageWordCount

1700wordstotalfrom4passages;400-450wordsperpassage

TotalQuestions

44questions

100%

MultipleChoice(4options)

100%

PassageBased

100%

ContributionoditemstoSubscoresandScores

ExpressionofIdeas

24questions

55%

StandardEnglishConventions

20questions

45%

WordsinContext(AcrossReading

andWritingandLanguageTests)

8questions(2questionsperpassage)

18%

CommandofEvidence(AcrossReadingandWritingandLanguage

Tests)

8questions(2questionsperpassage)

18%

AnalysisinHistory/SocialStudies(AcrossMath,Reading,and

WritingandLanguageTests)

6questions(allExpressionofIdeasquestionsinhistory/socialstudies)

14%

AnalysisinScience(AcrossMath,

Reading,andWritingandLanguageTests)

6questions(allExpressionofIdeasquestionsinscience)

14%

PassageContents

Careers

1passage;11questions

25%

History/SocialStudies

1passage;11questions

25%

Humanities

1passage;11questions

25%

Science

1passage;11questions

25%

Graphics

1ormoregraphicsin1ormoresetsof

questions

TextTypes

Argument

1-2passages

25-50%

Informative/ExplanatoryText

1-2passages

25-50%

NonfictionNarrative

1passage

25%

TextandGraphicalComplexity

TextComplexity

Aspecifiedrangegrades9-10to

postsecondaryentryacross4passages

GraphicalDataRepresentations(tables,charts,graphs,etc.)

Basictosomewhatchallenging(lowtomoderatedatadensity,fewvariables,simpletomoderatelychallenging

interactions)

SATWRITINGANDLANGUAGEDOMAIN

Content

Dimension

Description

TextComplexity

ThepassageontheSATWritingandLanguageTestrepresentaspecified

rangeoftextcomplexitiesfromgrades9-10topostsecondaryentry.

ExpressionofIdeas

Thesequestionsfocusonrevisionoftextfortopicdevelopment,accuracy(consistencybetweentextandgraphic[s]),logic,cohesion,and

rhetoricallyeffectiveuseoflanguage.

Development

Thesequestionsfocusonrevisingtextinrelationtorhetoricalpurpose.

(Priorknowledgeofthetopicisnotassessed,thoughconsistencyofthematerialwithinapassagemaybe.)

Proposition

Thestudentwilladd,revise,orretaincentralideas,mainclaims,counterclaims,topicsentences,andtheliketostructuretextandconvey

arguments,information,andideasclearlyandeffectively.

Support

Thestudentwilladdrevise,orretaininformationandideas(e.g.details,

facts,statistics)intendedtosupportclaimsorpointsintext.

Focus

Thestudentwilladd,revise,retain,ordeleteinformationandideasintext

forthesakeofrelevancetotopicandpurpose.

Quantitative

information

Thestudentwillrelateinformationpresentedquantitativelyinsuchforms

asgraphs,charts,andtablestoinformationpresentedintext.

Organization

Thesequestionsfocusonrevisionoftexttoimprovethelogicand

cohesionoftextatthesentence,paragraph,andwhole-textlevels.

Logicalsequence

Thestudentwillrevisetextasneededtoensurethatinformationand

ideasarepresentedinthemostlogicalorder.

Introductions,conclusions,and

transitions

Thestudentwillrevisetextasneededtoimprovethebeginningorendingofatextorparagraphtoensurethattransitionwords,phrases,or

sentencesareusedeffectivelytoconnectinformationandideas.

Effectivelanguage

use

Thesequestionsfocusonrevisionoftexttoimprovetheuseoflanguageto

accomplishparticularrhetoricalpurposes.

Precision

Thestudentwillrevisetextasneededtoimprovetheexactnessorcontent

appropriatenessofwordchoice.

Concision

Thestudentwillrevisetextasneededtoimprovetheeconomyofword

choice(i.e.,toeliminatewordinessandredundancy).

Styleandtone

Thestudentwillrevisetextasnecessarytoensureconsistencyofstyleandtonewithinatextortoimprovethematchofstyleandtoneto

purpose.

Syntax

Thestudentwillusevarioussentencesstructurestoaccomplishneeded

rhetoricalpurposes.

StandardEnglishConventions

Thesequestionsfocusoneditingtexttoensureconformitytothe

conventionsofstandardwrittenEnglishsentencesstructure,usage,andpunctuation.

Sentencestructure

Thesequestionsfocusoneditingtexttocorrectproblemsinsentenceformationandinappropriateshiftsinconstructionwithinandbetween

sentences.

Sentenceformation

Thesequestionsfocusoneditingtexttocorrectproblemswithforming

grammaticallycompleteandstandardsentences.

Sentence

boundaries

Thestudentwillrecognizeandcorrectgrammaticallyincomplete

sentences(e.g.,rhetoricallyinappropriatefragmentsandrun-ons).

Subordinationand

coordination

Thestudentwillrecognizeandcorrectproblemsincoordinationand

subordinationinsentences.

Parallelstructure

Thestudentwillrecognizeandcorrectproblemsinparallelstructurein

sentences.

Modifierplacement

Thestudentwillrecognizeandcorrectproblemsinmodifierplacement

(e.g.,misplacedordanglingmodifiers).

SATWRITINGANDLANGUAGEDOMAIN

ContentDimension

Description

Inappropriateshiftsin

construction

Thesequestionsfocusoneditingtexttocorrectinappropriateshiftsin

verbtense,voice,andmoodandpronounpersonandnumber.

Verbtense,mood,and

voice

Thestudentwillrecognizeandcorrectinappropriateshiftsinverb

tense,voiceandmoodwithinandbetweensentences.

Pronounpersonand

number

Thestudentwillrecognizeandcorrectinappropriateshiftsinpronoun

personandnumberwithinandbetweensentences.

ConventionsofUsage

Thesequestionsfocusontheproperuseofpronouns.

Pronouns

Thesequestionsfocusontheproperuseofpronouns.

Pronounclarity

Thestudentwillrecognizeandcorrectpronounswithunclearor

ambiguousantecedents.

Possessivedeterminers

Thestudentwillrecognizeandcorrectcasesinwhichpossessivedeterminers(its,your,their),contractions(it’s,you’re,they’re),and

adverbs(there)areconfusedwitheachother.

Agreement

Thesequestionsfocusonensuringgrammaticalagreement.

Pronoun-antecedent

agreement

Thestudentwillrecognizeandcorrectlackofagreementbetween

pronounandantecedent.

Subject-verb

agreement

Thestudentwillrecognizeandcorrectlackofagreementbetween

subjectandverb.

Nounagreement

Thestudentwillrecognizeandcorrectlackofagreementbetween

nouns.

Frequentlyconfused

words

Thestudentwillrecognizeandcorrectinstancesinwhichawordor

phraseisconfusedwithanother(e.g.,accept/except,allusion/illusion).

Logicalcomparison

Thestudentwillrecognizeandcorrectcasesinwhichunliketermsare

compared.

Conventional

expression

Thestudentwillrecognizeandcorrectcasesinwhichagiven

expressionisinconsistentwithstandardwrittenEnglish.

Conventionsof

Punctuation

Thesequestionsfocusoneditingtexttoensureconformitytothe

conventionsofstandardwrittenEnglishpunctuation.

End-of-sentence

punctuation

Thestudentwillrecognizeandcorrectinappropriateusesofediting

punctuationincasesinwhichthecontextmakestheintentclear.

Within-sentence

Thestudentwillcorrectlyuseandrecognizeandcorrectinappropriateusesofcolons,semicolons,anddashestoindicatesharpbreaksin

thought