Improving Your Answer: Avoiding Repetitive Words and Phrases

This lesson teaches how to polish written responses by avoiding repetitive words and phrases. It outlines steps for writing a constructed response, emphasizing the importance of varied sentence beginnings and word choice. The lesson provides practical examples of how to revise sentences and word choices to enhance writing quality.

What is the first step in writing a constructed response?

• Analyze the prompt

• Find the evidence

• Judge the evidence

• Finalize the case

Why is it important to have varied sentence beginnings?

• To increase the word count

• To make the writing flow smoothly

• To confuse the reader

• To make the writing more complex

Which of the following is a strategy to avoid repetitive sentence beginnings?

• Switch the order of phrases

• Start every sentence with 'And'

• Use the same word repeatedly

• Avoid using conjunctions

What should you consider when choosing words to avoid repetition?

• The clarity and specificity of the word

• The frequency of the word in the text

• The number of syllables in the word

• The length of the word

How can you make your writing stronger according to the lesson?

• By using longer sentences

• By repeating key phrases

• By using more adjectives

• By making your writing more specific

What is a suggested alternative to the word 'sold' in the context of the lesson?

• Purchased

• Given away

• Exchanged

• Traded

What are the two main focuses of polishing a response as discussed in the lesson?

• Use of metaphors and similes

• Varied sentence beginnings and word choice

• Sentence length and structure

• Grammar and punctuation