PSAT WRITING AND
LANGUAGE TEST
Tips and Overview
Overview of the Writing and
Language Test
◦ 44 passage-based revising and editing multiple choice
questions
◦ 35 minutes
◦ Asks you to use your knowledge of revising and editing
to improve text within a passage
Writing And Language Test Tips
◦ You are essentially being asked to revise and edit the work of an unspecified
writer. You will be asked to revise text for “development, organization, and
effective use of language” as well as edit for proper grammar, usage and
mechanics.
◦ “The best answer to each question represents how a writer should develop,
organize, and use language in a multiparagraph passage”.
◦ Most of the questions will give you three alternatives to the underlined portion
of text, along with an option to make no changes.