Boundaries: Punctuation and Sentence Structure

SAT Reading and Writing· difficulty 3/5

Frida Kahlo's most celebrated paintings ______ many of them self-portraits ______ explore themes of identity and physical pain.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

  • A

    , —

  • B

    (, )

  • C

    —,

  • D

    —, —

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Explanation

A pair of em-dashes (—, —) properly sets off a nonessential parenthetical with internal punctuation or for emphasis. Mixed pairings are ungrammatical.

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