Types of SAT Writing Errors

Type of Error Example

1 Development Add, delete, move, or combine sentences or phrases.

2 Subject-Verb Agreement This cookie are so delicious.

3 Verb Tense I went to Starbucks yesterday and will order a latte.

The barista said they would add coconut milk to my

4 Pronouns
Frappuccino.

5 Adverbs She drank her Strawberry Acai Refresher happy.

6 Conjunctions While Starbucks is good, but it is expensive.

I bought a Chipotle Chicken Panini which it was crispy

7 Sentence Structure
and warm.

My favorite thing to do at Starbucks is buy a cold drink,

8 Parallelism
find a comfortable chair, and reading all afternoon.

9 Comparisons The Starbucks in Walnut is better than Diamond Bar.

With its welcoming dcor and friendly employees, the

10 Modifiers
cold brew coffee was served by Starbucks employees.

The Vanilla Cold Brew comes with swirls of sweet cream,

11 Punctuation
its a very beautiful drink.

I gradually became conscience that there was a fly in my

12 Diction
green tea.

13 Idioms Starbucks is very different to Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf.

The coffee tasted horrible. Therefore, I still drank it

14 Transitions
because I was thirsty.

Starbucks holds a special members event annually every

15 Conciseness
year.

16 Graphics Anything involving a graph or chart.