Writing SOL Review 3

An important advance in the potato chip industry came in 1926, when Laura Scudder developed the waxed paper bag at her potato chip factory in California.

Which statement best paraphrases the information (puts info in your own words) without plagiarizing (copying words)?

• Laura Scudder developed the waxed paper bag in 1926 at her potato chip factory in California, and it was a significant improvement in the potato chip industry.

• In the mid 1920s, a significant development occured when Laura Scudder invented the wax-coated paper bag at her factory in California.

Islanders chill the coconut and cut a small hole in the top so that they can insert a straw and to sip the cool water.

In this sentence, how is to sip correctly written?

• sipping

• will sip

• sip

• as it is

Because palm trees are so adaptable, inhabitants of tropical areas, have cultivated palm trees for thousands of years.

How should the underlined phrase be written?

• adaptable inhabitants, of tropical areas have,

• adaptable, inhabitants of tropical areas have

• adaptable inhabitants, of tropical areas have

• as it is

To Crum’s surprise, the customer loved the ultra thin potatoes. The man even requested more. Although Crum intended to upset the man, he had given him exactly what he wanted. However, the customer left the restaurant to tell everyone about the delicious, crunchy new food.

Which word best replaces However in the sentence?

• Instead,

• Still,

• Meanwhile,

• For instance,

One day a customer sent his serving of fried potatoes back to the chef. The customer complained that the potatoes should have been sliced thinner.

How are these sentences best combined without changing the meaning?

• One day a customer sent his serving of fried potatoes back to the chef who complained that they should have been sliced thinner.

• One day a customer sent his serving of fried potatoes back to the chef until he complained that they should have been sliced thinner.

• One day a customer sent his serving of fried potatoes back to the chef, complaining that they should have been sliced thinner.

This one’s head was on the floor and Bill walked right into its open mouth.

Which correction needs to be made to the sentence?

• Change one's to ones

• Insert a comma after floor

• Insert has before walked

• Change its to it's

To prevent the enemy from learning military secrets, encryption was used by three of the primary countries involved: the US, Japan, and Germany. _____, they translated their messages into secret codes.

Which transition could best fit in the blank?

• However,

• On the other hand,

• In other words,

• Nonetheless,

Which sentence is written with appropriate tone? (Remember WWZD!!)

• If you want to endanger your life pointlessly, you'll be sorry.

• You should carry this stuff if you don't want to put your life in danger for no good reason.

• You shouldn't risk your life because you're too lazy to carry these supplies.

• Choosing not to carry these supplies may needlessly endanger your life.

The boy's backpacks go over there along the wall while the class is in the lab to make room.

Which underlined word is used incorrectly?

• boy's

• there

• is

• to

The researchers, including a team from Norway spent two years drilling ice cores in Antarctica.

How should this sentence be correctly written?

• The researchers including a team from Norway spent two years drilling ice cores in Antarctica.

• The researchers, including a team from Norway, spent two years drilling ice cores in Antarctica.

• The researchers including a team from Norway, spent two years drilling ice cores in Antarctica.

• As it is