All of the following are covered in the writing skills section of the psat except

B. identifying prose.

Explanation:

The options that are included in this question, according to other sources, are:

A.identifying sentence errors.

B.identifying prose.

C.improving paragraphs.

D.improving sentences.

The correct answer is identifying prose. This is not a topic covered in the writing skills section of the PSAT. Identifying sentence errors, however, is an important skill when it comes to grammar, so this is included in the PSAT. Moreover, improving paragraphs and sentences are important parts of proofreading, so these tasks are part of the PSAT as well.