ACT English: editing for clarity (18-19 test)

Delighted, each sculpture was left secretly and was later discovered by staff.

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• Each sculpture was left secretly and later discovered by delighted staff.

• Left secretly and later discovered by staff, each sculpture was delighted.

• Secretly delighted, each sculpture was discovered by staff.

More creations appeared at more than a few additional places where literature and artifacts are related to books and writing.

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• a number of additional cultural institutions supporting intellectual endeavors dedicated to promoting

• quite a lot of other cultural institutions characterized by loyalty and dedication to

• several libraries and museums devoted to

Whatever: whoever created the art, her intention is clear.

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• Disregarding the unknown identity of the person who

• Without consideration of or concern about whoever

• Regardless of who

Each gift came with a note expressing special gratitude for "libraries, books, words, ideas."

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• note of gratitude expressing special gratefulness and thanks

• thank-you note on each one expressing special thanks

• thankful note expressing special thanks

Ironically, the creator of these exquisite sculptures who destroyed books--cutting them up and refashioning them into elaborate works of art--as "a tiny gesture in support of the special places."

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• for whom books were destroyed

• as she destroyed books

• destroyed books

In his childhood imagination, he had seen himself floating the boat in his neighbor's swimming pool. But at a length of twenty-two feet, Pollack's masterpiece was best suited with a grand voyage.

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• most well suited to

• better suited for

• best suited as

In 2002, the company that had donated thousands to Pollack's project sponsored the vessel's launch in Portugal. There, during the boat's successful journey on the Douro River, in the country of Portugal, Pollack's dream was fully realized.

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• River, which is a river in Portugal,

• River in Portugal,

• River,

As my friend Anna and I walked the sand dunes of southeastern New Mexico, she told me that she hoped we'd find a fulgurite, one as translucent white as the southeastern New Mexico sands around us.

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• and nearly transparent to the eye almost as the white sands of these dunes.

• as these sands.

• DELETE the underlined portion and end the sentence with a period.

I scanned the area, hopeful that I'd see a tube newly uncovered.

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• uncovered, I focused my gaze on the sands in the distance.

• uncovered, I looked closely.

• had it been uncovered.

Their interiors, though, are smooth, clear glass speckled with tiny bubbles trapped formed by air and moisture during the rapid cooling of the melted sand after the lightning strike.

The best placement for the underlined portion would be:

• where it is now.

• after the word "bubbles."

• after the word "during."

• after the word "cooling."