Item — sat-dog

Medium Reading and Writing · Standard English Conventions · None · MCQ

Many animals communicate with each other using a variety of sounds, scents, and visual signals, for example, birds may use songs, insects may use pheromones, and chimpanzees may use facial expressions. Which sentence best exemplifies the use of a semicolon in the passage?

Which sentence in this passage correctly uses a semicolon to separate two independent clauses?

A
Many animals communicate with each other using a variety of sounds, scents, and visual signals; for example, birds may use songs.
B
Many animals communicate with each other using a variety of sounds, scents, and visual signals, for example; birds may use songs.
C
Many animals communicate with each other using a variety of sounds, scents, and visual signals; birds may use songs, insects may use pheromones, and chimpanzees may use facial expressions.
D
Many animals communicate with each other using a variety of sounds; scents, and visual signals, for example, birds may use songs.

Source: Reading and Writing practice questions from the OpenSAT community question bank, whose licence permits free use of the database. View the official question bank →

OpenSAT items are community-written or AI-generated practice material, not official College Board questions; quality varies.