Writing Subareas
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Standard |
Questions Answered Correctly |
Questions Answered Incorrectly |
Number of Questions Answered Correctly/Number of Questions Addressing Subarea |
Language Skills: Grammatical Relationships
- Errors in the use of adjectives and adverbs
- Errors in noun-noun agreement
- Errors in pronoun-antecedent agreement
- Errors in pronoun case
- Errors in the use of intensive pronoun
- Errors in pronoun number and person
- Vague pronouns
- Errors in subject-verb agreement
- Inappropriate shifts in verb tense
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3
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
|
|
100%
15/15
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Language Skills: Structural Relationships
- Errors in the placement of phrases and clauses within a sentence
- Misplaced and dangling modifiers
- Errors in the use of coordinating and subordinating conjunctions
- Fragments and run-ons
- Errors in the use of correlative conjunctions
- Errors in parallel structure
|
2
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
|
|
100%
8/8
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Language Skills: Word Choice
- Errors in the use of idiomatic expressions
- Errors in the use of frequently confused words
- Wrong word use
- Redundancy
|
1
26
27
28
29
|
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100%
5/5
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Language Skills: Capitalization and Punctuation
- Errors in capitalization
- Errors in punctuation
- Commas; e.g., the use of a comma to separate an introductory element from the rest of the sentence
- Semicolons; e.g., the use of a semicolon (and perhaps a conjunctive adverb) to link two or more closely related independent clauses
- Apostrophes; e.g., the use of an apostrophe to form contractions and frequently occurring possessives
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30
31
32
|
|
100%
3/3
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Text Production: Revision
- Recognize how a passage can be strengthened through editing and revision.
- Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts and to make effective choices for meaning or style.
- Choose words and phrases for effect
- Choose words and phrases to convey ideas precisely
- Maintain consistency in style and tone
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4
33
34
35
36
|
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100%
5/5
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Research Skills
- Recognize and apply appropriate research skills and strategies
- Assess the credibility and relevance of sources
- Recognize the different elements of a citation
- Recognize effective research strategies
- Recognize information relevant to a particular research task
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5
37
38
39
40
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100%
5/5
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