{"id":"cb_question_bank:8f8cf586-5d13-49f1-bea0-66c56b604d68","source_id":"cb_question_bank","source_item_id":"8f8cf586-5d13-49f1-bea0-66c56b604d68","external_id":"fe470995-4b5b-4316-86cc-b2a363cc3737","ibn":null,"question_id":"a8fa749a","program":"SAT","module":"english","domain_code":"SEC","domain":"Standard English Conventions","skill_code":"BOU","skill":"Boundaries","difficulty":"H","score_band":6,"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":"Nigerian author Buchi Emecheta’s celebrated literary oeuvre includes The Joys of Motherhood , a novel about the changing roles of women in 1950s ______ blank a television play about the private struggles of a newlywed couple in Nigeria; and Head Above Water , her autobiography.","stimulus_html":"<p>Nigerian author Buchi Emecheta’s celebrated literary oeuvre includes <em>The Joys of Motherhood</em>, a novel about the changing roles of women in 1950s <span>______</span><span class=\"sr-only\">blank</span> a television play about the private struggles of a newlywed couple in Nigeria; and <em>Head Above Water</em>, her autobiography.</p>","stem_html":"<p>Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?</p>","rationale_html":"<p>Choice B is the best answer. The convention being tested is the punctuation of items in a complex series (a series including internal punctuation). In this choice, the semicolon after “Lagos” is conventionally used to separate the first item (“<em>The Joys</em>…Lagos”) and the second item (“<em>A Kind</em>…Nigeria”) in the series. Further, the comma after “<em>Marriage</em>” correctly separates the title “<em>A Kind of Marriage</em>” from the supplementary phrase (“a television…Nigeria”) that describes it. </p><p>Choice A is incorrect because the comma after “Lagos” doesn’t match the semicolon used later in the series to separate the second item (“<em>A Kind</em>…Nigeria”) from the third item (“and…autobiography”). Choice C is incorrect because the comma after “Lagos” doesn’t match the semicolon used later in the series to separate the second item (“<em>A Kind</em>…Nigeria”) from the third item (“and…autobiography”). Additionally, a colon can’t be used in this way to separate the title “<em>A Kind of Marriage</em>” from the supplementary phrase (“a television…Nigeria”) that describes it. Choice D is incorrect because it fails to use appropriate punctuation to separate the title “<em>A Kind of Marriage</em>” from the supplementary phrase (“a television…Nigeria”) that describes it. </p>","correct_answer":["B"],"has_media":false,"has_mathml":false,"has_table":false,"source_created_at":"2023-08-02T20:25:59.346000+00:00","source_updated_at":"2023-08-02T20:25:59.346000+00:00","options":[{"label":"A","content_html":"<p>Lagos, <em>A Kind of Marriage</em>,</p>","ord":0},{"label":"B","content_html":"<p>Lagos; <em>A Kind of Marriage</em>,</p>","ord":1},{"label":"C","content_html":"<p>Lagos, <em>A Kind of Marriage</em>:</p>","ord":2},{"label":"D","content_html":"<p>Lagos; <em>A Kind of Marriage</em></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}}