Answer Choices
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creating jobs,
for job creation,
the creation of jobs,
Explanation for Question 3 From the Writing Section on the Official Sat Practice Test 7
So question three, this one actually starts on the previous page and it reads 2 in truth. The agency has a widespread positive effect on society by 3 serving as a catalyst for innovation and scientific understanding to create 4 jobs and showing humanity it's placed within the universe. 5 So let's look at the structure of the sentence and the first part, 6 the saying that the agency has a widespread, 7 positive effect on society by so you 8 remember everything after that, 9 by their listing different ways that they can have 10 that positive effect on society. So let's break this list down. 11 The first item in our list is one by serving as a 12 catalyst for innovation and scientific understanding. 13 And the first thing ends with this comment. 14 That's how we know we're moving on to the next list in the item. 15 The second thing in the list is to create jobs. 16 All right? 17 And that one ends again because of that comma there. 18 And the third thing in the list is showing humanity its place 19 within the universe. So whenever we have a list of 20 things in a sentence, or just in sentences in general, 21 we want to keep in mind this thing called parallel structure. 22 So every item in this list needs to be structured 23 the same way. So if you look at the first one, 24 serving as a catalyst for innovation and scientific understanding, 25 notice how it says serving with an ING. 26 That's like the main item in the list serving I N G all 27 right. And number three is also ING, 2...