ACT Prep Writing

What of the following is false to tone?

• Tone is when you combine different passages together. It also means that the text is great.

• A written piece might have a positive or uplifting tone, or the tone might feel sad or tense

• Tone also refers to the complexity of the writing, along with the formality of the words used

• The tone used in writing refers to the feeling the words invoke in the reader

Answer explanation

You can utilize other English tools like the denotation or connotation to figure the tone of the passage.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

When is it not correct to use Transition words?

• To Contrast

• Cause and Effect

• Reinforce

• when you are sleeping

Answer explanation

Transitions words can be used in between paragraphs, for ideas and for clauses.

Does style and diction go together in English?

• YES

• NO

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is the definition of style in English?

• the literary element that describes the ways that the author uses words

• Style is the act of wearing new things each day and creating new trends.

• Style is the kind of outfits that you tend to wear.

Answer explanation

The author's word choice, sentence structure, figurative language, and sentence arrangement all work together to establish mood, images, and meaning in the tex

What are the 3 reporting categories of the English ACT Test?

• Conventions of Standard English, Productions of Writing, and Knowledge of Language

• Punctuation, grammar, common knowledge

• Production of writing, punctuation, and grammar

• Knowledge of language, punctuation, grammar

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

Conventions of common knowledge measure what skills?

• none

• Correction of sentence placement

• proper use of semicolons

• correcting errors in grammar to recognize the proper use of punctuation.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Conventions of Standard English Test what skills?

• Determine when to use punctuation

• Determine when to use subordinating and coordinating conjunctions to join clauses or revise fused sentences or sentence fragments

• Using logical verb tenses and recognize and correct disturbances in sentence structure.

• ALL THE ABOVE

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

Production of Writing questions relate to logical transitions and _____________________________.

• evidence for arguments

• punctuation usage

• grammar

• subject verb tenses

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

True or False: You must pay attention not only to the underlined portion being tested but to the entire sentence.

• TRUE

• FALSE

What is the primary purpose of the ACT Writing Test?

• To assess mathematical skills

• To evaluate writing and rhetorical skills

• To test scientific knowledge

• To measure reading comprehension