DEMONSTRATION ONLY: This page should give you a good idea of the type of results you'll receive after taking one of the four full-length writing tests. All tests are modeled on the information found at the official CASA website. Click on the Question numbers 1-5 below to view the worked-out solution.

Your test results have been recorded in the computer system. You responded correctly to 42 of the 42 questions. Your score is 100%.

The table below shows your answer, right or wrong, for each question. By clicking on any question number, you can see (a) the question, and (b) an explanation for arriving at its right answer.

A check mark, , indicates the question was answered correctly; a capital X indicates the question was answered incorrectly.

0009 Standard 5: Clear and Coherent Writing

• recognizing writing that is effective for a given purpose, audience, and occasion
• using strategies that achieve unity and focus in writing
• selecting effective thesis statements, topic sentences, and supporting details
• recognizing methods of effectively organizing paragraphs and passages
• organizing text to give effective emphasis to important words, phrases, and ideas
• reorganizing sentences or paragraphs to achieve a logical sequence of ideas
• selecting effective transitions between ideas and using transitions to clarify relationships among ideas

0010 Standard 6: Strong and Developed Writing

• editing text to introduce and conclude ideas effectively
• editing text to coordinate and subordinate ideas effectively
• editing text to create or improve the parallel structure of words, phrases, or ideas
• revising text to eliminate distracting or unnecessary information or details
• revising text to achieve precise and appropriate language
• revising text to replace imprecise or inappropriate words or phrases
• revising text to eliminate wordiness and redundancy
• revising text to eliminate unnecessary shifts in point of view
• revising text to eliminate misplaced or dangling modifiers, ambiguous or awkward pronoun references, and shifts in tense or mood

0011 Standard 7: Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics

• applying knowledge of the standard use of verb forms
• applying knowledge of the standard use of pronouns
• applying knowledge of the standard use of adjectives and adverbs
• applying knowledge of the standard use of prepositions
• applying knowledge of subject-verb agreement and pronoun-antecedent agreement
• applying knowledge of the standard use of comparatives, superlatives, and possessives
• applying knowledge of the rules of spelling and of commonly misspelled words
• applying knowledge of the rules of capitalization and the standard use of capital letters
• applying knowledge of the rules of punctuation and the standard use of punctuation marks