Mrs. A's English Remediation Test 12/5

Expository text means...

• the part of a story which explains the background and setting of the story.

• when a portion of the story goes back in time.

• this type of text informs or instructs the reader.

• in the time order in which events happened.

What is the correct way to combine sentences 9 and 10?

(9) It connects your brain to your spinal cord. (10) Which connects to most of the nerves in your body.

• It connects your brain to your spinal cord, this connects to most of the nerves in your body.

• Connecting your brain to your spinal cord and then to most of the nerves in your body.

• Connecting your brain to your spinal cord. It connects to most of the nerves in your body.

• It connects your brain to your spinal cord, which connects to most of the nerves in your body.

What is the correct way to write sentences 24 and 25?

• My father was very clear about this. How long to wait before trying to flip the pancakes over.

• My father was very clear. About how long to wait before trying to flip the pancakes over.

• My father was very clear about this he told me how long to wait before trying to flip the pancakes over.

• My father was very clear about how long to wait before trying to flip the pancakes over.

stress the importance of something

• evidence

• appeal

• emphasize

• excerpt

What is the correct way to write sentence 20?

• Otherwise, the pancakes would stick to the surface. And have a big mess to clean up.
• Otherwise, the pancakes would stick to the surface then we would have a big mess to clean up.
• Otherwise, the pancakes would stick to the surface, and we would have a big mess to clean up.
• The sentence is written correctly in the paper.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

conversation between two or more persons 

• props
• dialgue
• visualize 
• parenthesis 

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

Author's purpose is...

• the story of a person's life written by that person in first person point of view.

• in the time order in which events happened.

• contrast to tell how things are alike or the same.

• the reason the author has for writing.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

background knowlege plus text evidence 

• proof
• appeal
• inference 
• emphasize 

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

What is the most effective way to combine the two sentences?

• He used a wheelchair to get around and communicated through a sophisticated computer system that responded to his eye movements.

• He used a wheelchair to get around, he communicated through a sophisticated computer system that responded to his eye movements.

• Using a wheelchair to get around and communicating through a sophisticated computer system, he responded to his eye movements.

• He used a wheelchair to get around, which communicated through a sophisticated computer system that responded to his eye movements.

How should this sentence be changed:

By the end of the first day, the lighthouse was more than 10 feet away from it’s original location.

• Change was to is

• Change it’s to its

• Change original to origanal

• Sentence 20 should not be changed.