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English II Revise And Edit EOC Review
Test Description: Review for Revise and Edit portion of the STAAR EOC
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which sentence in the fourth paragraph (sentences 22–30) is extraneous and should be deleted? (Four Days Is Enough)
A
Sentence 27
B
Sentence 28
C
Sentence 30
D
Sentence 29
2) Nancy has not used the most effective word in sentence 4. Which word should replace have to create a more effective sentence? (Four Days Is Enough)
A
accept
B
enroll
C
carry
D
manage
3) Nancy is concerned that she has included a redundant sentence in the fifth paragraph (sentences 31–35). Which sentence should be deleted from the paragraph? (Four Days Is Enough)
A
Sentence 35
B
Sentence 33
C
Sentence 34
D
Sentence 32
4) Reese needs to improve the introduction of his essay. Which sentence should be added before sentence 1 to create a more effective introduction for his essay? (A New Discovery about the Brain)
A
There are so many mysteries about the human body that you would never believe it
B
The brain is like the body’s big jigsaw puzzle.
C
Scientists are determined to find out all the facts that can help them understand our world.
D
Over the past centuries, many of the mysteries of the human body have been explained by science.
5) Reese wants to improve the clarity of sentence 12. How should sentence 12 be revised? (A New Discovery about the Brain)
A
The team determined that fluid running along the brain’s blood vessels carries waste away from the brain.
B
Along the side of the brain’s blood vessels is a fluid, the team determined, and this carries away from the brain waste.
C
F Running along the brain’s blood vessels, the team determined is a fluid that carries waste away from the brain.
D
Waste by a fluid that is running along the brain’s blood vessels is carried away from the brain, the team determined.
6) Which sentence should Reese add after sentence 18 to provide additional support for the inference in sentence 19? (A New Discovery about the Brain)
A
Alzheimer’s is a disease that is heavily researched.
B
Another type of protein is important to building strong muscles.
C
Some of these same proteins appear in the waste products of brain cells.
D
It would be a good idea to get rid of these bad proteins.
7) What change is needed in sentence 1? (Sally Ride — The Woman Who Broke the Space Ceiling)
A
Insert a comma after NASA
B
Change idea to ideas
C
Change incomprehensable to incomprehensible
D
Change becoming to to become
8) What change is needed in sentence 12? (Sally Ride — The Woman Who Broke the Space Ceiling)
A
Change advertisements to advertizements
B
Delete the comma after qualifications
C
Change campaigns to campaign’s
D
Change realized to realizing
9) What is the correct way to write sentences 13 and 14? (Sally Ride — The Woman Who Broke the Space Ceiling)
A
F Ride was accepted into the astronaut program and began preparing for a space mission; trained both physically and mentally.
B
Ride was accepted into the astronaut program and began preparing for a space mission by training both physically and mentally
C
Ride was accepted into the astronaut program and began preparing for a space mission: trained both physically and mentally.
D
Ride was accepted into the astronaut program and began preparing for a space mission and she training both physically and men
10) What change is needed in sentence 17? (Sally Ride — The Woman Who Broke the Space Ceiling)
A
Insert a comma after atmosphere
B
Change country’s to countries
C
Insert a comma after ceiling
D
Change broke free to breaks free
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