STAAR Editing & Revising - Set 3 - Tips for Getting...

What is your Name?

What Class period is this?

#1 - What change needs to be made in sentence 7?

• A - Insert a comma after 2015
• B - Delete been
• C - Change outreach to out reach
• D - No change needs to be made.

#2 - What is the correct way to write sentences 1?

• F - Journalism organizations of all sorts and sizes are eager to grow their digital reach, bolster their brands, increase the impact of their work. And in many cases, generate new sources of revenue.
• G - Journalism organizations of all sorts and sizes are eager to grow their digital reach, bolster their brands, increase the impact of their work, and in many cases generate new sources of revenue.
• H - Journalism organizations of all sorts and sizes are eager to grow their digital reach, bolster their brands, increase the impact of their work, and in many cases, generate new sources of revenue.
• J - The sentence is written correctly.

#3 - How should sentence 11 be changed?

• A - Change use to uses
• B - Insert and before which
• C - Change is to are
• D - Sentence 11 should not be changed.

#4 - What change needs to be made in sentence 4?

• F - Change you to I
• G - Change encurage to encourage
• H - Insert a comma after share
• J - No change needs to be made.

#5 - What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 6?

• A - Change They’re to There
• B - Change learned to learning
• C - Delete the comma after Monitor
• D - No change needs to be made in this sentence.

#6 - What is the correct way to write sentence 19?

• F - He adds that while tweets prompting outrage or fear are commonly retweeted, so are those that elicit positive feelings such as love and inspiration.
• G - He adds that while tweets prompting outrage or fear are commonly retweeted; so are those that elicit positive feelings such as love and inspiration.
• H - He adds that while tweets prompting outrage or fear are commonly retweeted. So are those that elicit positive feelings such as love and inspiration.
• J - He adds that while tweets prompting outrage or fear are commonly retweeted and so are those that elicit positive feelings such as love and inspiration.

#7 - What change needs to be made in sentence 13?

• A - Change sharing to share
• B - Delete the quotation marks
• C - Change good to well
• D - Insert a comma after chart

#8 - How should sentence 2 be changed?

• F - Change One to Won
• G - Insert more before effective
• H - Change getting to get
• J - Sentence 2 should not be changed.