Their name derives from the word in Latin cicada, meaning [“buzzer”, a] comparison to a buzzer is quite accurate.
A. NO CHANGE
B. “buzzer.” A
C. “buzzer,” so a
D. “buzzer,” a
I chose C while the answer is A. I know it’s not D because of run-on; and during practice. Wouldn’t it make more sense to put the conjunction “so” here?
Also, when I practice for the ACT English, sometimes I find the answer choices very ambiguous (i.e. I cannot reason myself to choose one answer over the other - and I CAN sometimes rationalize more than one choices or eliminate ALL of the choices given). Is this just a “I need more practice” thing, or they are deliberately trying to trick test-takers, (or potentially both)?
The problem is that you are using material that is not real ACT material. Kaplan, Princeton and the others are not good because they don’t exactly imitate the real questions that well.
For example, I’ve never ever seen any real ACT test ask you to determine comma placement before or after the quotes (choice A vs D). You’re being asked questions that have nothing to do with thE ACT.
That’s why you’re having a rough time with the English.
I’ve never seen a question like that on an actual ACT. In my opinion Kaplan isn’t any good. I do recommend PR because my PR practice scores were the exact same as my actual scores.
I think, but I could be wrong, Kaplan says C is wrong because the comma is supposed to go after the last quote when it’s only one word in quotes. A long quote, like a sentence, one puts the comma before the last quote.
But Kaplan is asking a question that focuses on a rule that has never appeared on any ACT released test. I don’t think I’ve ever seen this tested on any old SAT test either.