
STARR Review - Revising and Editing
QuizĀ by Laura Hodde
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(1)This room is colder then the one we were working in last week.
How should sentence 1 be changed?
(1) Something that has become very popular in recent years is fidget toys. (2) These toys come in all different shapes, sizes, and colors. (3) Some of the more popular ones are the stress ball, fidget cube, spinner, and bubble fidget.
Tomas would like to add a detail to his writing that can support his central idea.
Which sentence would best follow sentence 1?
(4) These wonderful toys help students who have trouble staying still. (5) It is easy to recognize these children.
Tomas would like to add a detail that elaborates sentence 5.
Which of the following sentences should he add?
(6) These tools allow the student to move or fidget while they focus on the lesson that the teacher is presenting. (7) And besides that, research has shown that a simple fidget toy may increase a child's test scores.
Tomas would like to close out this paper.
Which sentence would best fit after sentence 7?
(3) My new puppy run faster than my older dog when they race.
How should sentence 3 be changed?
(1) During the summer of 2006, YouTube was one of the fastest-growing sites on the web. (2) The website uploaded more than 65,000 new videos and had 100 million video views per day in July. (3) It was ranked one of the most popular websites.
Which transition word or phrase could BEST be added to the beginning of sentence 3?
YouTube quickly became popular because it was easy to use, and it was popular by entertaining young people.
What is the BEST way to revise this sentence?
(1) In the times of the Middle Ages, many children dreamt of becoming a knight. (2) Usually one first became a page when one was eight years old. (3) As a page, a boy would serve his lord because he became a teenager. (4) Then he would become an esquire.
Which sentence could be added after sentence 1 to strengthen the introduction of this paper?
(1) In the times of the Middle Ages, many children dreamt of becoming a knight. (2) Usually one first became a page when one was eight years old. (3) As a page, a boy would serve his lord because he became a teenager. (4) Then he would become an esquire.
Which word should replace the word "BECAUSE" in sentence 3 to best combine the two?
(1) Getting a drink isn't easy for the gecko lizard. (2) It lives on dry desert sand dunes on the west coast of Africa. (3) Early each morning. (4) Cool air from the ocean comes in and hits the warm coastal air.
What is the BEST way to combine sentences 3 and 4?
(1)One of the zoogoer's favorite items to view is the blankets in the chimp's enclosure. (2)The keepers use them to keep the chimps engaged and to encourage the expression of natural behaviors.
I need a topic sentence for this paragraph. Which sentence could come just before sentence 1?
(7) Each week our parents would walk with us from school to the park to fly kites together. (8)There were only three of us in the Kite Society.
Which transition word or phrase could BESTĀ be added to the beginning of sentence 8?
(1) in 1877, The Spalding Company made one of the first baseball mitts. (2) Before its creation, baseball players played with their bare hands.
Which sentence would go after sentence 2 as a detail to support the paragraph?
(9) A survey of almost 7,000 teens was conducted in 2014 by three Swiss researchers, and they found that many of the surveyed teens believed they were spending too much time on these social networking sites. (10) These teens are starting to realize that online connections can be anonymous, emotionless, and insignificant. (11) Additionally, these teens admitted that they miss spending time with real people. 12) Perhaps these teens are discovering what they have been suggesting for a while: spending time with others in real life is important.
How can Susan improve the clarity of sentence 12?
(6) What caused these people to build an underground city in the Australian desert? (7) In 1915 14-year-old Willie Hutchison discovered some rich opal fields in the area. (8) After all, miners from all over the world flooded into the region to seek their fortunes.
Which transition should replace "After all" in sentence 8?
(11) Most teens are absorbed with their own daily activities, they rarely think about the fact that human civilization has been around for a long time.
What is the correct way to write sentence 11?
(23) According to Philip Davis one of the English professors involved in the study, āSerious literature acts like a rocket-booster to the brain.ā
How should sentence 23 be changed?
(6) With no instructions or guidence, Ortiz and his sister planned to take their new boats out onto the water
What change should be made in sentence 6?
(24) On the day that he was supposed to paddle over Niagara Falls, he went to the top and looked down, he said that things just didnāt feel right.
What is the correct way to write sentence 24?
(13) As a teen in the junior ranks, Ortiz became the first Mexican of any age to compete in the world freestyle kayak championships.
What change is needed in sentence 13?