Drill 2 · Reading & Writing · Colons and Dashes
SAT Reading & Writing: Colons and Dashes (Drill 2) is a Reading & Writing practice drill covering Colons and Dashes. It contains 5 original questions created by Brian Stewart, a Barron's test prep author with over 20 years of tutoring experience.
SAT colon and dash questions test the rules for using colons after complete independent clauses and paired em dashes around parenthetical information. This drill requires distinguishing between correct and incorrect punctuation in complex academic and scientific passages.