{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Test Geek Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.testgeek.com\/blog","author_name":"Mandy Campbell","author_url":"https:\/\/www.testgeek.com\/blog\/author\/mandy\/","title":"Guide to Using Dashes on the SAT Writing - Test Geek Blog","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ZnzgfCSOvs\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.testgeek.com\/blog\/guide-to-using-dashes-on-the-sat-writing\/\">Guide to Using Dashes on the SAT Writing<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.testgeek.com\/blog\/guide-to-using-dashes-on-the-sat-writing\/embed\/#?secret=ZnzgfCSOvs\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Guide to Using Dashes on the SAT Writing&#8221; &#8212; Test Geek Blog\" data-secret=\"ZnzgfCSOvs\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.testgeek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/sat-writing-dashes-feature.jpg","thumbnail_width":612,"thumbnail_height":408,"description":"\u201c&#8217;Hope&#8217; is the thing with feathers &#8211; That perches in the soul &#8211; And sings the tune without the words &#8211; And never stops &#8211; at all \u2013&#8221; Emily Dickinson, a nineteenth-century poet, is perhaps the most famous proponent of dashes. She used dashes of all lengths to express breaks in her poems\u2014almost none of which follow standard conventions. Historians and copyeditors have argued about how to understand her dashes for years. Luckily for you, none of Dickinson\u2019s various dashes will appear on the SAT. But dashes in other contexts are tested on the SAT writing section. Like commas, semicolons, [&hellip;]"}