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Response and Rationale for Writing Subtest Sample Question #67

Answer: The way to get tickets dawned upon her:go to the concert hall early.

 

Rationale: Use a colon to separate elements of a sentence of unequal importance; a semicolon is used to separate elements of a sentence of equal importance. A colon usually indicates that the following information summarizes, illustrates, or proves the preceding information, while a semicolon indicates that the two elements are gramatically equivalent to one another. Here, “go to the concert hall early” is the illustration of “the way to get tickets,” so the colon is appropriate..

 

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