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1. Proper information supporting a claim must be credible. Credibility is best explained as information that..

a) can be supported through facts, figures, and statistics.

b) can be supported by personal anecdotes or stories.

c) is irrelevant to the claim.

d) is relevant to the claim.

4. After after writing all of her ideas down, Anne created a list of a order that her essay would be written in. What pressuring technique did Anne use?

a) free-writing
b) outlining
c) brainstorming
d) clustering

5. In the following sentence, one part uses two adjectives to describe a subject, and the second part uses a verb and a noun to describe the same subject. in order to correct the faulty parallel structure in the use of adjectives, what should you change the verb and noun to?

the doll was old, fade, and it had stains

a) prepositional phrase
b) adverb and a noun
c) adjective and a noun
d) adjective

6) how is the pronoun “their” used in the second sentence.

the students in Mrs. Powells classroom completed the service project in record time. Their contributions to the community were broadcast on the local news.

a) to link a subject with the word(s) that describe it.

b) to replace prepositions

c) to show possession

d) to replace and article like the or an

7. Insert the correct verb in the following sentence:

the Declaration of Independence a huge impact on colonial America

a) is
b) are
c) were
d) had

8. List the nouns in the following sentence

Ella went to the grocery store to purchase grapes and strawberries for the picnic.

a) Ella, store, grapes, picnic

b) Ella, store, grapes, strawberries, picnic

c) Ella, grocery, purchase, grapes, strawberries, picnic

d) Ella, grocery stores picnic

9. Insert the correct verb from the following sentence.

A high school student can for college by good writing skills.

a) prepare; develop
b) prepares; developing
c) prepare; developing
d) prepare; develops

10. Which of the following sentences demonstrates subject verb agreement?

a) my older brother writes jingles for cereal commercials.

b) my older brother be write jingles for cereal commercials.

c) my older brothers writes jingles for cereal commercials.

d) my older brother write jingles for cereal commercials.

11. Which of the following sentences demonstrates subject-verb agreement?

a) the first-year college student maintains good grades because he consistently does his homework.

b) the first-year college student maintains good grades because he consistently do his homework.

c) the first-year college student maintain good grades because he consistently does his homework

d) the first- year college student maintain good grades because he consistently do his homework.

12) explain how the preposition is used in the sentence: the children played around the old oak tree

a) to link an adverb

b) to more clearly define an adjective

c) to tell at what point in time
an action occurred

d) to show a relationship based on place.

14. Why is it important to cite information?

a) the teacher said so.

b) it tells the reader where inside your work someone else’s original thoughts behind and and end.

c) the reader much know the purpose of your work.

d) it tells the reader who the audience of your work is.

15. An example of a writers tone is:

a) opinion
b) inference
c) outrage
d) cause and effect