STAAR Revising and Editing 2018

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What is the most effective way to combine the sentences: "But online networking promotes short, superficial connections." and "It is very popular with teens today."? Options: 1. But online networking, which is very popular with teens today, promotes short, superficial connections. 2. But online networking promotes short, superficial connections, it is very popular with teens today. 3. But online networking that promotes short, superficial connections, it is very popular with teens today. 4. But online networking promotes short, superficial connections with teens today, which it is very popular.

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But online networking, which is very popular with teens today, promotes short, superficial connections.

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What is the most effective revision to make in sentence 16? Options:

Everyone communicates in person in one way, they communicate in different ways over the phone, through texting, or in online posts.

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Everyone communicates differently in person than they do when speaking over the phone, sending texts, or writing online posts.

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Everyone communicates in person differently than they do over the phone, to send texts, or posting online.

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Everyone communicates in person, over the phone, through texting, or in online posts differently.

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Everyone communicates differently in person than they do when speaking over the phone, sending texts, or writing online posts.

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Which transition should replace "After all" in sentence 8? (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.

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How should sentence 20 be revised? Options:

To enhance their surroundings, installing fake windows and decorative drapes helped some people.

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To enhance their surroundings, some people install fake windows and they also use decorative drapes.

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To enhance their surroundings, fake windows with decorative drapes are installed by some people to help them.

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To enhance their surroundings, some people install fake windows with decorative drapes.

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To enhance their surroundings, some people install fake windows with decorative drapes.

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How should sentence 5 be changed? Options: Change explore to explored, Change were written to was written, Change years to year’s, Change you to they

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Change you to they

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What change should be made in the sentence: "Being able to hear those voices from the past is a privilage young people should be grateful to have."? Options: Insert a comma after past, Change is to are, Change privilage to privilege, Change grateful to gratefull.

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Change privilage to privilege

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What is the correct way to write the sentence: "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."?

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Most teens are absorbed with their own daily activities and rarely think about the fact that human civilization has been around for a long time.

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How should sentence 23 be changed? Options: Change According to Acording, Insert a comma after Davis, Change Serious to serious, Sentence 23 should not be changed.

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Insert a comma after Davis

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What change should be made in the sentence: "With no instructions or guidence, Ortiz and his sister planned to take their new boats out onto the water"? Options: Change With to Without, Change guidence to guidance, Delete the comma, Change planned to planning.

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Change guidence to guidance

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What change is needed in the sentence: "As a teen in the junior ranks, Ortiz became the first Mexican of any age to compete in the world freestyle kayak championships."? Options: Change the comma after ranks to a semicolon, Change became to becomes, Insert a comma after age, Change world freestyle kayak championships to World Freestyle Kayak Championships.

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Change world freestyle kayak championships to World Freestyle Kayak Championships.