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What is the correct way to write sentence 26?

• In closing, I give you this solemn promise. That if you elect me as president of the sophomore class, I’ll give it my all.

• In closing, I give you this solemn promise: if you elect me as president of the sophomore class, I’ll give it my all.

• In closing, to give you this solemn promise: if you elect me as president of the sophomore class, I’ll give it my all.

• Sentence 26 is written correctly in the paper

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CCSS.L.9-10.2B

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 2?

• Change hardly to really

• Delete so

• Insert a comma after plants

• No change should be made in this sentence.

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.4.2C

What is the correct way to write sentences 23 and 24?

• Many of the species that once made their home on Madagascar are now extinct, scientists, however, are still making discoveries.

• Although many of the species that once made their home on Madagascar are now extinct and scientists are still making discoveries.

• Many of the species that once made their home on Madagascar are now extinct, but there are scientists. Who are still making discoveries.

• Although many of the species that once made their home on Madagascar are now extinct, scientists are still making discoveries.

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 30?

(30) It is a place that deserves protection, a true Oasis of life.

• Change deserves to deserved

• Delete the comma

• Change Oasis to oasis

• No change should be made in sentence 30.

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.4.2C

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 2?

• Change environment to enviroment

• Delete the comma

• Change your to you’re

• No change should be made in this sentence.

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.4.2C

What change should be made in sentence 13?

(13) At my previous school, where I was president of the eighth-grade class I learned a lot about what it means to organize my time effectively.

• Delete where

• Insert a comma after class

• Change a lot to alot

• Change means to had meant

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.4.2C

How should sentence 15 be changed?

• Change experiences to experience’s

• Change will help to helped

• Change acomplished to accomplished

• Sentence 15 should not be changed.

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CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

What change should be made in sentence 22?

• Insert a comma after day after day

• Change that to this

• Change am to was

• No change should be made in sentence 22.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The meaning of sentence 24 is unclear. The clarity of this sentence can be improved by changing They to —

• Some advertisements

• Various women

• Sports companies

• International faces

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

Fatima realizes she has offered a weak thesis in this paper. Which of the following could replace sentences 1 and 2 and provide a more effective thesis statement for Fatima’s paper?

• Mia Hamm is an interesting and fun personality, and I am grateful for this opportunity to research her story. I think that as you read my paper, you will agree that she has added great energy to women’s sports in this country and also to sports around the world.

• Mia Hamm is one of the most celebrated female soccer players of all time and is an inspiration to young women everywhere. Her contributions to women’s soccer have had an unmistakable impact on the sport, both in the United States and internationally.

• There is a soccer player in this country that is clearly more talented than all the rest. Her name is Mia Hamm, and she is an outstanding player and a model athlete who works hard to make sure she is always setting an example for other athletes and for the world at large.

• If you don’t know Mia Hamm, you probably don’t know much. Many people say that she is the greatest soccer player of all time because she is so supremely committed to soccer and also to all that it means to herself and the other people of the world.