PSAT Writing and Language Question 646: Answer and Explanation

Question: 646

• A. NO CHANGE
• B. imagination: to identify with a hero in a story, to
• C. imagination; to identify with a hero in a story, to
• D. imagination, to identify with a hero in a story to

Correct Answer: B

Explanation:

(B) The independent clause is "reading also stimulates the imagination." The sentence best functions by using a colon and then listing the various ways it stimulates the imagination. Choice (B) does this perfectly. Choice (A) is a run-on sentence. Choice (C) incorrectly uses a semicolon; there must be a full sentence on both sides of the semicolon, but there isn't a full sentence after the semicolon here. Choice (D) incorrectly attaches a list to the independent clause.