Revise drafts to improve style, word choice, figurative language, sentence variety, and subtlety of meaning after rethinking how well questions of purpose, audience, and genre have been addressed;
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Q 1/5
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Katy wants to create a more effective thesis statement for her paper. Which of the following could replace sentence 4 and more accurately convey the thesis of this paper?
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Fearing life in the city, they chose a more rural existence in a big yellow school bus.
This young couple lives in a uniquely converted school bus that they have affectionately named Rosie.
Instead of a normal dwelling, they have chosen a vehicle-something quite rare, strange, and out of the norm.
This couple didn't have to, but they decided that a bus is what they wanted to have.
Q 2/5
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Katy's transition from the second paragraph (sentences 5-9) to the third paragraph (sentences 10-14) is weak. Which of the following could best replace sentence 10 and provide a more effective transition between these two paragraphs?
60
What a joy it was to begin an eco-friendly project!
Then the couple faced the task of turning the school bus into a home.
Finding the bus on an Internet site had seemed like a miracle.
It was time to begin all the hard work.
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Q.
Katy wants to create a more effective thesis statement for her paper. Which of the following could replace sentence 4 and more accurately convey the thesis of this paper?
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120 sec
110.31.b.15.A
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Katy's transition from the second paragraph (sentences 5-9) to the third paragraph (sentences 10-14) is weak. Which of the following could best replace sentence 10 and provide a more effective transition between these two paragraphs?
2
60 sec
110.31.b.15.A
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Katy realizes that she left the following detail out of the fourth paragraph (sentences 15-22). Where is the most effective place to insert this sentence?
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60 sec
110.31.b.15.A
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Katy wants to use a more appropriate word than 'questions' in sentence 23. Which of these could best replace the word 'questions'?
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60 sec
110.31.b.13.C
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Katy would like to add a quotation to the end of her paper to directly support the idea expressed in sentence 28. Which of the following could best follow and support sentence 28?
