7.14.C Revise Drafts To Ensure All Key Elements Are Included
Quiz by Texas Education Agency
Grade 7
ELAR (2009)
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)
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- Q1What change should be made in sentence 19?Change controllers to guysChange our to yourChange orderly to goodChange ready to prepared60s7.14.C: Writing - Writing Process
- Q2Justin wants to improve his introduction. How can he rewrite sentence 6 to provide more detail and imagery?The traffic, the busyness, and the noises of the city would be nothing compared with the beautiful, amazing, lovely countryside.The city wasn’t going to be the great place to live that the country had always been.Without fields to roam, horses to ride, and streams to fish, what could the city possibly have to offer?I told my parents in every way I could think of that the city simply wasn’t the place for me.60s7.14.C: Writing - Writing Process
- Q3What is the BEST revision to make in sentence 13?I can walk to the bike store to get a tire fixed, and then a bike path that takes me straight to the park is there.I can walk to the bike store to get a tire fixed and then follow a bike path that takes me straight to the park.I can walk to the bike store to get a tire fixed and straight to the park from a bike path.I can walk to the bike store to get a tire fixed, I can then follow a bike path that takes me straight to the park.60s7.14.C: Writing - Writing Process
- Q4Justin can improve the clarity of sentence 22 by changing it to —my housethe foodthe yardmy world60s7.14.C: Writing - Writing Process
- Q5Justin has used a poor choice of words in sentence 24. He should change stuff to —opportunitiesritualsplacesitems60s7.14.C: Writing - Writing Process
- Q6Miles did not choose the most effective words in sentence 24. What is the BEST change for him to make in this sentence?Change crumble to decomposeChange Items to ThingsChange usually to oftenChange end up to wind up60s7.14.C: Writing - Writing Process
- Q7What is the most effective transition word or phrase to add to the beginning of sentence 8?After thatHoweverIn factAdditionally60s7.14.C: Writing - Writing Process
- Q8Sierra would like to add the following detail to the third paragraph (sentences 10–14). Where is the BEST place to insert this sentence?After sentence 12After sentence 11After sentence 13After sentence 1460s7.14.C: Writing - Writing Process
- Q9What is the most effective revision to make in sentence 17?No revision is needed in sentence 17.She searched the Internet, she found Dudley listed for sale.Searching the Internet was where she found Dudley listed for sale.Searching the Internet, she found Dudley listed for sale.60s7.14.C: Writing - Writing Process
- Q10What is the most effective way to revise sentence 25?With regular exercise and a strict diet, Dudley grew trim and sleek; he was able to make the first cut.The regular exercise and strict diet that caused Dudley to grow trim and sleek was able to make the first cut.With regular exercise the diet was strict, so Dudley grew trim and sleek; he was able to make the first cut.The exercise was regular and the diet was strict, Dudley grew trim and sleek, and he was able to make the first cut.60s7.14.C: Writing - Writing Process
- Q11In sentence 27, Sierra does not think that sane is the best word to use. Which of the following would be a more effective word to use in this sentence?reasonableopencalmfriendly60s7.14.C: Writing - Writing Process
- Q12Sierra would like to add a sentence to bring her story to a more effective close. Which sentence could she add after sentence 42 to help achieve this goal?He was ready to move back to the McGee ranch and be with his family again.Dudley would never be the horse that people had hoped for, but he was still special.As the son of Zeus and Diamond, Dudley was proud of his heritage.The plain little colt had finally become the horse he had been bred to be.60s7.14.C: Writing - Writing Process
- Q13Sentence 25 lacks clarity. What is the most effective change to make to improve the clarity of this sentence?Change the German language to itChange him to a German spyChange the man’s to hisChange recognize to know60s7.14.C: Writing - Writing Process
- Q14What is the most effective way to combine sentences 26 and 27?A flex period would allow these students to get some homework done in school, which would relieve some of the pressure they feel in the after-school hours.A flex period would allow these students to get some homework done in school or would relieve some of the pressure and feel of the after-school hours.A flex period would allow these students to get some homework done in school, this would relieve some of the pressure they feel in the after-school hours.A flex period would allow these students who get some homework done in school to relieve some of the pressure when they would feel it in the after-school hours.60s7.14.C: Writing - Writing Process
- Q15The meaning of sentence 29 is unclear. What is the BEST change to make in this sentence to improve its clarity?Change the current middle school schedule to itChange expressed to sharedChange They to Some teachersChange concern to worry60s7.14.C: Writing - Writing Process
