Boundaries: Punctuation and Sentence Structure

SAT Reading and Writing· difficulty 4/5

Wangari Maathai ______ the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize ______ founded the Green Belt Movement to combat deforestation in Kenya.

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 parenthetical appositive for emphasis. Mismatched punctuation is ungrammatical.

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