revise drafts to ensure precise word choice and vivid images; consistent point of view; use of simple, compound, and complex sentences; internal and external coherence; and the use of effective transitions after rethinking how well questions of purpose, audience, and genre have been addressed
identify, use, and understand the function of the following parts of speech in the context of reading, writing, and speaking: (i) verbs (perfect and progressive tenses) and participles, (ii) appositive phrases, (iii) adverbial and adjectival phrases and clauses, (iv) conjunctive adverbs (e.g., consequently, furthermore, indeed), (v) prepositions and prepositional phrases and their influence on subject-verb agreement, (vi) relative pronouns (e.g., whose, that, which), (vii) subordinating conjunctions (e.g., because, since), (viii) transitions for sentence to sentence or paragraph to paragraph coherence
use a variety of complete sentences (e.g., simple, compound, complex) that include properly placed modifiers, correctly identified antecedents, parallel structures, and consistent tenses
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What is the most effective revision to make in sentence 4?
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No revision is needed in this sentence.
Unfortunately, my hands aren’t interested in what my brain is telling my hands to do.
Unfortunately, my hands aren’t interested, they don’t care what my brain is telling them to do.
Unfortunately, my hands and my brain aren’t interested in what it is telling them to do.
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What is the BEST way to revise sentence 8?
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A shrill scream snaps me out of my daydream from the car behind me, returning my focus to the world around me.
A shrill scream snaps me out of my daydream and returns my focus to the world around me, it came from the car behind me.
A shrill scream from the car behind me snaps me out of my daydream and returns my focus to the world around me.
A shrill scream snaps me out of my daydream, and from the car behind me, it returns my focus to the world around me.
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What is the most effective revision to make in sentence 4?
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7.14.C: Writing - Writing Process
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What is the BEST way to revise sentence 8?
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What is the BEST revision to make in sentence 9?
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Isaiah would like to add some detail to support the idea he has presented in sentence 14. Which sentence could BEST follow and provide support for sentence 14?
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What is the most effective transition to add to the beginning of sentence 19?
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Isaiah’s closing sentence is weak. Which of these sentences could replace sentence 20 and provide a more effective closing for this paper?
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What is the most effective revision to make in sentence 3?
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7.14.C: Writing - Writing Process
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Ari would like to revise sentence 7 so that it more clearly states the position he is taking in this paper. Which of the following could replace sentence 7 and BEST accomplish this goal?
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7.18.A: Writing - Persuasive Texts
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Ari has left an important detail out of the second paragraph (sentences 8–10). Where is the BEST place to insert this sentence?
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7.18.A: Writing - Persuasive Texts
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Ari has included an extraneous sentence in the third paragraph (sentences 11–15). Which sentence should be deleted from this paragraph?
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7.18.A: Writing - Persuasive Texts
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Which of the following can replace sentence 16 and serve as a more effective topic sentence for the fourth paragraph (sentences 16–19)?
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The meaning of sentence 20 can be clarified by changing them to —
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7.14.C: Writing - Writing Process
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Ari wants to close his paper with a call to action. Which of these sentences could be added after sentence 21 to accomplish this goal?
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7.14.C: Writing - Writing Process
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What change needs to be made in sentence 5?
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7.19.A: Oral and Written Conventions - Conventions
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What change should be made in sentence 9?
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7.21: Oral and Written Conventions - Spelling
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How does sentence 12 need to be changed?
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7.20.A: Oral and Written Conventions - Handwriting, Capitalization, and Punctuation
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What is the correct way to write sentence 13?
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7.19.C: Oral and Written Conventions - Conventions
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What change should be made in sentence 15?
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7.20.B: Oral and Written Conventions - Handwriting, Capitalization, and Punctuation
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What change should be made in sentence 20?
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7.20.B: Oral and Written Conventions - Handwriting, Capitalization, and Punctuation
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What change needs to be made in sentence 25?
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7.20.B: Oral and Written Conventions - Handwriting, Capitalization, and Punctuation
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What change should be made in sentence 26?
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7.19.A: Oral and Written Conventions - Conventions
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What change should be made in sentence 28?
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7.14.D: Writing - Writing Process
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How should sentence 2 be changed?
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7.21: Oral and Written Conventions - Spelling
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What change needs to be made in sentence 4?
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7.19.A: Oral and Written Conventions - Conventions
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What change should be made in sentence 6?
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7.21: Oral and Written Conventions - Spelling
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What is the correct way to write sentences 15 and 16?
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7.19.C: Oral and Written Conventions - Conventions
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What change should be made in sentence 18?
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7.14.D: Writing - Writing Process
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What change, if any, should be made in sentence 21?
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7.19.A: Oral and Written Conventions - Conventions
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How should sentence 24 be changed?
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7.14.D: Writing - Writing Process
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What change needs to be made in sentence 25?
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7.20.B: Oral and Written Conventions - Handwriting, Capitalization, and Punctuation
