Chasing Lincoln's Killer
(1) John Wilkes Booth, was drinking with a friend at a saloon on Houston Street in New York City. (2) Booth struck the bar table with his fist and regretted a lost opportunity. (3) "What an excellent chance I had, if I wished, to kill the President on Inauguration day! (4) I was on the stand, as close to him nearly as I am to you.”
James would like to close the first paragraph (sentences 1-4) with a sentence that tells what the story is about. Which of the following should James add after sentence 4?
A. Booth wished he would be able to find another opportunity.
B. It was time for people to come to action and get rid of President Lincoln.
C. Little did Booth know he would soon receive a second chance the next day.
D. Booth would soon receive a chance to make up for this lost opportunity.
D. Booth would soon receive a chance to make up for this lost opportunity.
(1) Chicago in 1871 was a city ready to burn. (2) The city had 59,500 buildings many of them large ornately decorated such as the Courthouse and the Tribune Building. (3) The trouble was that about two-thirds of all these structures were made entirely of wood. (4) Many of the remaining buildings (even the ones proclaimed to be “fireproof”) looked solid, but were actually jerrybuilt affairs.
How should sentence 2 be revised?
A. The city displayed over 59,500 buildings, many of them large and ornately decorated, like the Courthouse and the Tribune Building.
B. The city possessed 59,500 buildings in which a lot of them, such as the Courthouse and the Tribune Building were large and ornately decorated.
C. The city boasted having 59,500 buildings, many of them— such as the Courthouse and the Tribune Building—large and ornately decorated.
D. The city had 59,500 buildings, many of them large ornately decorated, such as the Courthouse and the Tribune Building.
C. The city boasted having 59,500 buildings, many of them— such as the Courthouse and the Tribune Building—large and ornately decorated.
(1) Journalism organizations of all sorts and sizes are eager to grow their digital reach, bolster their brands, increase the impact of their work and in many cases generate new sources of revenue. (2) One of the effective ways to reach those goals is by getting others to help distribute your work — by sharing it on social media, for example. (3) If you publish under a Creative Commons license (like Journalist’s Resource does, by the way), you probably also want other organizations to republish your articles, videos, or photos on their websites.
What change needs to be made in sentence 7?
A. Insert a comma after 2015
B. Delete been
C. Change outreach to out reach
D. No change needs to be made.
A. Insert a comma after 2015
Words or phrases that link ideas to help writing flow more smoothly.
A. Verbs
B. Transitions
C. Support
D. Lead-in
B. Transitions
What does the acronym RACES stand for?
R-
A-
C-
E-
S-
R- Restate the question
A-answer the question
C-cite the evidence
E-Explain the evidence
S-sum it up
(5) Crushed by the fall of Richmond, the former rebel capital, John Wilkes Booth left New York City on April 8 and returned to Washington. (6) The news there was sad for him. (7) On April 9, Confederate General Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia surrendered to Union General Grant at Appomattox. (8) Booth wandered the streets in despair.
James has not used the most effective word in sentence 6. To improve this sentence, he should change sad to -
F. terrible
G. unhappy
H. severe
J.brutal
F. terrible
(9) The situation was worst in the middle-class and poorer districts. (10) Wealthier districts were by no means free of fire hazards. (11) Stately stone and brick homes had wood interiors, and stood side by side with smaller wood-frame houses. (12) Wooden stables and other storage buildings were common, and trees lined the streets and filled the yards. (13) The links between richer and poorer sections went beyond the materials used for construction or the way buildings were crammed together.
Jim would like to add the following detail to the second paragraph (sentences 9-13).
"Lot sizes were small, and owners usually filled them up with cottages, barns, sheds, and outhouses—all made of fast-burning wood, naturally."
Where should this sentence be inserted
A. After sentence 9
B. After sentence 10
C. After sentence 11
D. After sentence 12
A. After sentence 9
(1) Journalism organizations of all sorts and sizes are eager to grow their digital reach, bolster their brands, increase the impact of their work and in many cases generate new sources of revenue.
What is the correct way to write sentences 1?
F. Journalism organizations of all sorts and sizes are eager to grow their digital reach, bolster their brands, increase the impact of their work. And in many cases, generate new sources of revenue.
G. Journalism organizations of all sorts and sizes are eager to grow their digital reach, bolster their brands, increase the impact of their work, and in many cases generate new sources of revenue.
H. Journalism organizations of all sorts and sizes are eager to grow their digital reach, bolster their brands, increase the impact of their work, and in many cases, generate new sources of revenue.
J. The sentence is written correctly.
H. Journalism organizations of all sorts and sizes are eager to grow their digital reach, bolster their brands, increase the impact of their work, and in many cases, generate new sources of revenue.
Which THREE of the following types of sentences should begin with a transitional phrase (sentence starter)?
A. Topic sentence
B. Explanation sentence
C. Evidence sentence
D. Summary sentence
B. Explanation sentence
C. Evidence sentence
D. Summary sentence
Which part of the RACE strategy is underlined below?
Question : What is the theme?
The theme is love your neighbor. I know this because the text says "she learned that she needed to be nice to everyone." This quote shows that she learned that it's important to be kind to everybody- which is the same as loving your neighbor.
Restate the question
(17) Lincoln described recent events and gave credit to Union General Grant and her officers for the successful end to the war. (18) He also discussed his desire that black people, especially those who had served in the Union army, be granted the right to vote.
How should sentence 17 be changed?
A. Insert a comma after Grant
B. Change her to his
C. Delete and
D. Sentence 17 should not be changed.
B. Change her to his
(15) As the years passed and the town developed, a quick solution to the water and mud problem was needed. (16) The answer is to make the roads and sidewalks out of wood and elevate them above the waterline, in some places by several feet.
How should sentence 16 be changed?
F. Change the period to an exclamation mark
G. Delete the comma after waterline
H. Change them to it
J. Change is to was
J. Change is to was
(4) What can you do to encurage people to share or republish your work? (5) Joel Abrams, an expert in online content strategy, recently offered a slew of tips at the Online News Association’s annual conference in New Orleans.
What change needs to be made in sentence 4?
F. Change you to I
G. Change encurage to encourage
H. Insert a comma after share
J. No change needs to be made.
G. Change encurage to encourage
Transitions like, "This shows", "This proves that...because", and "If....then...." are all examples of introducing...
A. to introduce the evidence
B. the answer the question
C. to introduce the summary
D. to introduce the explanation
D. to introduce the explanation
Which part of the RACE strategy is underlined below?
Question : What is the theme?
The theme is love your neighbor. I know this because the text says "she learned that she needed to be nice to everyone." This quote shows that she learned that it's important to be kind to everybody- which is the same as loving your neighbor.
Explain your evidence
(27) In the evening, Washington celebrated the end of the war, on April 13, with a grand illumination of the city. (28) Public buildings and private homes glowed from candles, torches, gaslights, and fireworks. (29) It was the most beautiful night in the history of the capital.
What is the most effective revision to make in sentence 27?
F. In the evening Washington celebrated the end of the war, which was on April 13, and celebrated with a grand illumination of the city.
G. Washington celebrated, the end of the war, which was on the evening of April 13, with a grand illumination of the city.
H. Washington, celebrated the end of the war with a grand illumination of the city, on the evening of April 13.
J. On the evening of April 13, Washington celebrated the end of the war with a grand illumination of the city.
J. On the evening of April 13, Washington celebrated the end of the war with a grand illumination of the city.
(17) On the day the fire started, over 55 miles of pine-block streets and 600 miles of wooden sidewalks bound the 23,000 acres of the city in a highly combustable knot. (18) Fires were common in all cities back then and Chicago was no exception.
What change needs to be made in sentence 17?
A. Delete the comma after started
B. Change combustable to combustible
C. Insert and before over
D. No change needs to be made.
B. Change combustable to combustible
(6) They’re lessons he learned over two decades working for organizations such as Boston Globe Media, Christian Science Monitor, and Inc. Magazine. (7) Since 2015 Abrams has been the manager of media outreach at The Conversation US.
What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 6?
A. Change They’re to There
B. Change learned to learning
C. Delete the comma after Monitor
D. No change needs to be made in this sentence.
D. No change needs to be made in this sentence.
The following transitional phrases (sentence starters) would be used to introduce ____.
The text states...
Evidence from the text suggests...
The author writes...
A. Evidence C. Explanations
B. Topic Sentence D. Summary Sentence
A. Evidence
In conclusion, Ha has grown up without having any memories of her own or her father and must rely on others’ memories.
This is an example of which part of the RACES writing strategy?
writing a summary / sum it up sentence
(30) John Wilkes Booth saw all of this, the grand illumination and the crowds delirious with joy, insults to the fallen Confederacy and her leaders. (31) He returned to his room at the National Hotel after midnight. (32) He could not sleep.
What is the most effective way to combine sentences 31 and 32?
F. He returned to his room, where he could not sleep, at the National Hotel after midnight.
G. He returned to his room at the National Hotel after midnight, but could not sleep.
H. He returned to his room at the National Hotel after midnight, where later in the evening he could not sleep.
H. He returned to his room, at the National Hotel after midnight and could not sleep.
G. He returned to his room at the National Hotel after midnight, but could not sleep.
(25) On Saturday the seventh, the night before the Great Fire, a blaze destroyed four blocks and took over sixteen hours to control. (26) What made Sunday the eighth different and particularly dangerous was the steady wind blowing in from the southwest.
Jim wants to expand on the idea he has expressed in sentence 26. Which sentence could BEST follow sentence 26?
F. The fire had just began when the wind blew the flames to the east and to the west, and then flared up into a thousand yellow-orange fingers.
G. It was this gusting, swirling wind that drove the flames across neighboring yards and caused near by buildings to burn in only a few minutes, resulting in one of the worst fires Chicago had ever seen.
H. Due to the wind, people were not able to get to the houses quickly enough and therefore more houses burred then in previously seen fires.
J. Chicago is known for being the windy city, and on this day the wind did nothing to help the city and its 59,500 buildings.
G. It was this gusting, swirling wind that drove the flames across neighboring yards and caused near by buildings to burn in only a few minutes, resulting in one of the worst fires Chicago had ever seen.
(18) People react to, engage with, and share tweets that make them care, Abrams explains. (19) He adds that while tweets prompting outrage or fear are commonly retweeted so are those that elicit positive feelings such as love and inspiration.
What is the correct way to write sentence 19?
F. He adds that while tweets prompting outrage or fear are commonly retweeted, so are those that elicit positive feelings such as love and inspiration.
G. He adds that while tweets prompting outrage or fear are commonly retweeted; so are those that elicit positive feelings such as love and inspiration.
H. He adds that while tweets prompting outrage or fear are commonly retweeted. So are those that elicit positive feelings such as love and inspiration.
J. He adds that while tweets prompting outrage or fear are commonly retweeted and so are those that elicit positive feelings such as love and inspiration.
F. He adds that while tweets prompting outrage or fear are commonly retweeted, so are those that elicit positive feelings such as love and inspiration.
Explaining your answer means ...
A. Adding another sentence to make the answer longer
B. Adding your opinion about the text
C. Adding your thoughts to what the answer means
D. That you write better than other people.
C. Adding your thoughts to what the answer means
The text states, , “Mother measures rice grains left in the bin. Not enough to last till payday at the end of the month” (Lai 37).
This is an example of which part of the RACES writing strategy??
citing the evidence