... Ages and served as a break from the requirements of daily life and society. (6) Most of
all, it allowed the hard-working and desperately poor serfs the opportunity to ridicule their
wealthy and ... look, and in captivity, when a researcher slips a hand into the tanks, cuttlefish tend to
grasp it with their tentacles in a hearty but gentle handshake.
b. The cuttlefish can be cooked and eaten ... Parts 5 and 6 explaining the safety advantages for passengers of
flagging down buses at night.
d. Reverse the order of Parts 4 and 5.
423. Which of the following numbered parts contains a nonstandard...
... is practically nonexistent and general incoherence
Severe and widespread writing errors
A "0" essay does not address the topic assigned.
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hand-me-downs and wouldn't have to face the kind of teasing they often get from students who
can afford Tommy Hilfiger and $150 Reeboks. True, students from ... freedom
to buy my back to school wardrobe. They took me to the mall and let me choose everything, from
sweaters and
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shirts to socks and shoes. I'll never forget how independent that made...
... supply and demand determines the
price of a commodity.
a. between supply and demand determines
b. among supply and demand determines
c. among supply and demand determine
d. between supply and demand ... between Andre and Robert began when he and his family moved to Ohio.
a. The friendship between Andre and Robert began when he and his
b. Andre and Robert's friendship began when he and his
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b. yellow, and after I had painted my husband
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d. yellow; and, after I had painted, my husband
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Bryan A. Garner (Berkley Publishing Group)
Quick Review Writing: Grammar, Usage, and Style by
Jean Eggenschwiler and Emily...
... Century Grammar Handbook by Joseph Holland and Barbara Ann Kipfer (Princeton
Language Institute)
Grammar Smart: A Guide to Perfect Usage by Nell Goddin and Erik Palma (Villard Books)
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... educational institutions, and the awarding of government contracts is
in and of itself discriminatory and should therefore be revoked as a public program.
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reading andwritingpractice challenges
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evaluate the effectiveness of the maps and their essays. Use the guidelines and
rubric chart from Chapter Five to assist...
... 5—
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Now that you've had lots of practice with the basics of grammarand sentence structure, and
you've also had practice developing paragraphs, it's time to put ... organization, and
effective transitions between sentences. These questions ask you to look at various types of
writing and to make decisions about the most effective way to edit and revise.
For ... recognize all types of writing errors. These sets consist
of paragraphs with numbered parts, followed by two, three, or four questions. The questions
focus not only on grammarand structure, but...
... long-sleeved
shirts and pants, and insect repellent are recommended in the summer.
(7) Walking and canoe trails, boat tours, and tram tours are excellent for viewing wildlife,
including alligators and a multitude ... bitter, biting wind
that whistled and sang over the flat land and lashed one's face like fine wires. (2) There was
baking going on in the Rosicky kitchen all day, and Rosicky sat inside, making ... you to increase your speed and accuracy and to do our best when being tested on timed
writing passages.
404. Which of the following numbered parts contains a nonstandard use of a modifier?
a....
... peeling paint,
cracked plaster, and smoke emissions; by feeling walls and floors with the back of the hand; by
listening for popping, cracking, and hissing sounds; and by using electronic sensors ... section provide 26 essay -writing topics. These topics are representative of
the kinds of writing prompts that you might find on an essay -writing test. As you plan and write
practice essays, first ... feel comfortable writing a 30-minute essay on a familiar
subject, try writing from the topics that are less familiar and stretch your writing comfort zone.
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... used as a proper noun and should not be capitalized.
36. a. Grandma is used as a proper name and should be capitalized.
37. b. A colon should not be used between a verb and its objects.
38. a. ... reader understand the event you're describing if you don't "tell all"? In both
personal and persuasive writing, it's important to include lots of details and explanations ... is not used between a dependent and an independent clause. Use a comma.
46. b. Veterinarian is not a proper noun and should not be capitalized.
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... choices c, d, and e do not use standard-usage
phrasing.
196. a. Choice a is the only one that is clear and idiomatic. Choice b is wordy. Choices c, d, and
e are awkwardly constructed and ambiguous.
197. ... the comparison between culture and biology be logical and
clear. Choice b is wrong because the use of the preposition with is confusing and does not
observe standard usage conventions. The phrase ... meet and have, and choice a is the
only that does this (meeting and having).
208. c. This choice is the only one that is neither wordy nor redundant. In choice a, the words
wide, variety, and...
... their and we in
answer a, to your and one in answer b, and to our and they in answer d.
290. a. This choice is clear, has no misplaced modifiers, and has no shifts in verb tense. Choices
b and ... Choices b and d are more vague and general, and choice c is written in a
slightly different, more upbeat style.
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312. a. Choice a expands on the topic sentence. Choices b and c do ... asthma and the
new. Choices b and c are less precisely related to the new understanding of asthma. Choice d
is not related at all.
311. a. Choice a is more specific than the other choices and more...
... first; however, the words hot and humid are expanded on in the rest of the sentence and
made more interesting and specific.
401. b. The subject of Part 3 is climate and therefore requires the third-person ... requires a semicolon after the parentheses and before
we. Choices b, c, and d are incorrect because the numbered parts they indicate all contain
standard sentences.
409. b. The context requires ... 3. Skipping next to the responsibilities of officers and back to
judges, as happens in the passage as it stands, is confusing. Choices a and b are incorrect
because they introduce examples before...