PSAT Writing and Language Question 268: Answer and Explanation

Question: 268

• A. NO CHANGE
• B. nausea, rash, and vomiting, uncommon reactions such as fever, wheezing, and irregular breathing, and
• C. nausea, rash, and vomiting, uncommon reactions such as fever, wheezing, and irregular breathing; and
• D. nausea, rash, and vomiting; uncommon reactions such as fever, wheezing, and irregular breathing; and

Correct Answer: D

Explanation:

Difficulty: Hard

Getting to the Answer: The underlined section contains part of a long list of side effects. Normally, you would separate items in a list with commas, but when a list contains sublists, the sublists must be separated by semicolons and the items within them must be separated by commas. (D) is correct because it correctly punctuates the list by using commas between the items in the sublists of side effects and semicolons between the distinct groups of side effects.