Revising
What is the most effective way to combine sentences 7 and 8?
(7) After a two-and-a-half-hour trip, he reached his target altitude. (8) Then he ran through an extensive checklist.
A) After a two-and-a-half-hour trip and after he reached his target altitude, he then ran through an extensive checklist.
B) After a two-and-a-half-hour trip, he reached his target altitude, then he ran through an extensive checklist.
C) After a two-and-a-half-hour trip, he reached his target altitude, where he ran through an extensive checklist.
D) After a two-and-a-half-hour trip where he ran through an extensive checklist, he reached his target altitude.
C) After a two-and-a-half-hour trip, he reached his target altitude, where he ran through an extensive checklist.
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 2?
(2) Three hundred miles isn’t hardly that far, so you would probably expect the island to be home to the same sorts of plants and animals found on the mainland.
A) Change hardly to really
B) Delete so
C) Insert a comma after plants
D) No change should be made in this sentence.
A) Change hardly to really
Prompt: Write an essay stating your opinion on whether standardized tests should determine graduation.
What is the prompt asking?
Should standardized tests determine graduation?
In paragraph 6, what does the word "arrhythmic" mean?
"He did speak and his voice sounded like arrhythmic gravel falling from a shovel onto cement."
A) Irregular
B) Inactive
C) Impersonal
D) Illiterate
A) Irregular
It is important to be these three things on the day of the test:
Well rested, well fed, and CONFIDENT
Catherine has not used an appropriate transition in sentence 21. Which of these could best replace "However" and create a more appropriate transition between sentences 20 and 21?
(20) Those who were involved say that they hope the data collected will help future aerospace pioneers. (21) However, information obtained from testing the pressurized flight suit and helmet could be used to help pilots, astronauts, and even space tourists who might one day need to quickly evacuate a damaged space vehicle.
A) Meanwhile
B) Coincidentally
C) For example
D) Likewise
C) For example
How should sentence 5 be changed?
(5) How is it possible that such a unique island came into existense?
A) Change came to comes
B) Change existense to existence
C) Change the question mark to an exclamation point
D) Sentence 5 should not be changed.
B) Change existense to existence
What should a thesis statement include?
A clear position on the prompt and reasons for it
Example: Standardized tests should determine graduation because they hold all students to the same standard and students should be held accountable for what they have learned in school.
Read this sentence from paragraph 16.
"The wind was strong and the rain was heavy, but the foreigner held up one of his massive hands to protect the small gift safely tucked onto the palm of the other."
What is the most likely reason why the author includes this description of the foreigner’s actions?
A) To demonstrate how valuable the gift is to him
B) To reveal that he is hesitant to accept the gift
C) To suggest that the wind and rain have isolated him
D) To illustrate how much he wants to be accepted
A) To demonstrate how valuable the gift is to him
It is important to use this as a tool throughout the entire test.
Dictionary
Tracy has included a redundant sentence in the last paragraph (sentences 18–20). Which sentence should be deleted from this paragraph?
(18) In time the electric car might become the best vehicle to drive, but for now, it is not. (19) This could, of course, happen eventually, but we aren’t there yet. (20) Scientists need to develop and use new sources of energy so that the manufacturing of electric cars can truly be green.
A) Sentence 18
B) Sentence 19
C) Sentence 20
D) No sentence should be deleted.
B) Sentence 19
What is the correct way to write sentences 23 and 24?
(23) Although many of the species that once made their home on Madagascar are now extinct. (24) Scientists are still making discoveries.
A) Many of the species that once made their home on Madagascar are now extinct, scientists, however, are still making discoveries.
B) Although many of the species that once made their home on Madagascar are now extinct and scientists are still making discoveries.
C) Many of the species that once made their home on Madagascar are now extinct, but there are scientists. Who are still making discoveries.
D) Although many of the species that once made their home on Madagascar are now extinct, scientists are still making discoveries.
D) Although many of the species that once made their home on Madagascar are now extinct, scientists are still making discoveries.
What should the introduction paragraph include?
Hook, Counterargument, and Thesis Statement
Which line suggests that Alejandro is sensitive to the feelings of others?
A) "And she looks a lot worse than she did yesterday", he didn’t say.
B) Why an old lady would come to ski or practice extreme sports was beyond him.
C) Dr. Alejandro Benetti shook his head in frustration.
D) “Well, I know what kills them, and how to keep that from happening.”
A) "And she looks a lot worse than she did yesterday", he didn’t say.
What is a close reading strategy that helps you understand and remember what you have read?
Summarizing
What is the most effective revision to make in sentence 14?
(14) And at the age of 17, she was playing for the University of North Carolina, where she helped her team win four NCAA championships and breaking many school records along the way.
A) And at the age of 17, she was playing for the University of North Carolina, she helped her team win four NCAA championships and broke many school records along the way.
B) And at the age of 17, she was playing for the University of North Carolina and won four NCAA championships and breaking many school records along the way, which helped her team.
C) And at the age of 17, she was playing for the University of North Carolina, which helped her team win four NCAA championships and breaking many school records along the way.
D) And at the age of 17, she was playing for the University of North Carolina, where she helped her team win four NCAA championships and broke many school records along the way.
D) And at the age of 17, she was playing for the University of North Carolina, where she helped her team win four NCAA championships and broke many school records along the way.
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 30?
(30) It is a place that deserves protection, a true Oasis of life.
A) Change deserves to deserved
B) Delete the comma
C) Change Oasis to oasis
D) No change should be made in sentence 30.
C) Change Oasis to oasis
Each body paragraph should include the following:
Point, Example, Explanation, and Link
Read paragraph 33.
"No recognition shone in the grandmother’s eyes, and the smile was the same as the one she’d given the doctor. There was little time left to her, and nothing outwardly wrong that he could detect."
The tone of this paragraph can best be described as —
A) outraged
B) admiring
C) resigned
D) hopeful
C) resigned
You should always refer back to the text to find _________________ that supports your answer.
Evidence
Which of these details could best follow and support sentence 22?
(22) This determination continued until the very last play of the final game.
A) Though she had injured her ankle badly in the game, Hamm still managed to take control of the ball and pass it to a teammate who then scored the winning goal.
B) Hamm held a record for the most international goals until June 2013, when her record was broken by another American, Abby Wambach.
C) For 17 years Hamm played with and often led the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team, and she was U.S. Soccer’s Female Athlete of the Year from 1994 to 1998.
D) Hamm received another great accolade in 2004, when she was included on a list of the 125 Greatest Living Soccer Players.
A) Though she had injured her ankle badly in the game, Hamm still managed to take control of the ball and pass it to a teammate who then scored the winning goal.
What is the correct way to write sentence 26?
(26) In closing, I give you this solemn promise, if you elect me as president of the sophomore class, I’ll give it my all.
A) In closing, I give you this solemn promise. That if you elect me as president of the sophomore class, I’ll give it my all.
B) In closing, I give you this solemn promise: if you elect me as president of the sophomore class, I’ll give it my all.
C) In closing, to give you this solemn promise: if you elect me as president of the sophomore class, I’ll give it my all.
D) Sentence 26 is written correctly in the paper
B) In closing, I give you this solemn promise: if you elect me as president of the sophomore class, I’ll give it my all.
What should the conclusion paragraph include?
A restatement/summary of thesis and a call to action
" Minnows dart at my feet glinting like switchblades."
The poet uses a simile that has the ironic effect of making the minnows seem —
A) curious
B) threatening
c) beautiful
D) humorous
B) threatening
There are usually three types of answer choices. What are they?
Worst answer, distractors, and BEST answer