{"id":"cb_question_bank:5bf0c440-4daf-4fb6-bc2b-e43b0943ac55","source_id":"cb_question_bank","source_item_id":"5bf0c440-4daf-4fb6-bc2b-e43b0943ac55","external_id":"a95027cf-d330-49f3-9436-0f55c8a56c5a","ibn":null,"question_id":"2b512e65","program":"SAT","module":"english","domain_code":"SEC","domain":"Standard English Conventions","skill_code":"BOU","skill":"Boundaries","difficulty":"M","score_band":5,"answer_type":"mcq","answer_source":"key","layout_warning":null,"form_id":null,"module_number":null,"position":null,"stem":"Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?","stimulus":"Eli Eisenberg, a genetics expert at Tel Aviv University in Israel, recently discovered that ______ blank have a special genetic ability called RNA editing that confers evolutionary advantages.","stimulus_html":"<p>Eli Eisenberg, a genetics expert at Tel Aviv University in Israel, recently discovered that <span>______</span><span class=\"sr-only\">blank</span> have a special genetic ability called RNA editing that confers evolutionary advantages.</p>","stem_html":"<p>Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?</p>","rationale_html":"<p>Choice D is the best answer. The convention being tested is the punctuation of a supplementary element within a sentence. In this choice, the dash after “cephalopods” pairs with the dash after “cuttlefish” to clearly separate the supplementary element “ocean dwellers that include the squid, the octopus, and the cuttlefish” from the rest of the sentence. This supplementary element functions to explain what cephalopds are, and the pair of dashes indicates that this element could be removed without affecting the grammatical coherence of the sentence. </p><p>Choice A is incorrect because it fails to use appropriate punctuation to separate the supplementary element that explains what cephalopods are from the rest of the sentence. Choice B is incorrect because it fails to use appropriate punctuation to separate the supplementary element that explains what cephalopods are from the rest of the sentence. Choice C is incorrect because it fails to use appropriate punctuation to separate the supplementary element that explains what cephalopods are from the rest of the sentence. </p>","correct_answer":["D"],"has_media":false,"has_mathml":false,"has_table":false,"source_created_at":"2023-08-02T20:25:59.340000+00:00","source_updated_at":"2023-08-02T20:25:59.340000+00:00","options":[{"label":"A","content_html":"<p>cephalopods, ocean dwellers that include the squid, the octopus, and the cuttlefish</p>","ord":0},{"label":"B","content_html":"<p>cephalopods—ocean dwellers—that include the squid, the octopus, and the cuttlefish,</p>","ord":1},{"label":"C","content_html":"<p>cephalopods, ocean dwellers that include: the squid, the octopus, and the cuttlefish,</p>","ord":2},{"label":"D","content_html":"<p>cephalopods—ocean dwellers that include the squid, the octopus, and the cuttlefish—</p>","ord":3}],"attribution":{"source_id":"cb_question_bank","source_name":"College Board digital SAT question bank (community dump)","rights_holder":"College Board","canonical_url":"https://satsuitequestionbank.collegeboard.org/","retrieved_from":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mdn522/sat-question-bank/main/data/cb-digital-questions.json","attribution":"SAT practice questions © College Board, from the official SAT Suite Question Bank. Retrieved via the community dump at github.com/mdn522/sat-question-bank.","disclaimer":"SAT® and PSAT/NMSQT® are trademarks registered by the College Board, which is not affiliated with, does not sponsor, and does not endorse this project.","license":"College Board copyright; source repository carries no licence. Local use only.","redistributable":false,"item_count":2017}}