Contents
GreetingsfromtheAuthoriii
PARTI
TheBasics:GettingAcquaintedwiththeWritingTest
OverviewoftheWritingTest
TheEssay
Multiple-ChoiceQuestions
PARTII
DressRehearsal:ASampleTest
SampleTest
AnswerKey
PerformanceEvaluationChart
ConversionTable
AnswerExplanations
PARTIII
HowtoWriteanEssayin1,500Seconds
StepsforWritingthePerfectEssay
Prewriting:GettingSettoWrite
ReadingandAnalyzingtheTopicCarefully
NarrowingtheTopic
ChoosingaMainIdea
GatheringandArrangingIdeasPurposefully
Composing:PuttingWordsonPaper
WritingaGrippingIntroduction
BuildinganEssaywithParagraphs
ParagraphDevelopment
Transitions
UsingPlainandPreciseLanguage
FreshLanguageandSurprises
VaryingSentenceStructure
SentenceTypes
RepetitionofIdeas
ShortandLongSentences
EndingYourEssay
EditingandProofreading:TheFinalTouches
EditingforClarity
EditingforInterest
CheckingforStandardUsageandMechanics
Review
AnswerKeytoPracticeExercises
PARTIV
YouBetheUmp:EssaysforEvaluation
HowEssaysAreJudgedandGraded
GuidelinesforEvaluation
EssaysforEvaluation
EssayTopicsforPractice
PARTV
TheHeartoftheTest:Multiple-ChoiceQuestions
Introduction
ImprovingSentencesQuestions
SampleSentenceImprovementQuestions
ProblemsinStyleandExpression
ProblemsinSentenceStructure
ProblemsinStandardUsage
Review
IdentifyingSentenceErrors
ErrorsinExpressionandStyle
ErrorsinGrammarandUsage
ImprovingParagraphsQuestions
AnsweringtheQuestions
HowtoAnswerImprovingParagraphsQuestions
Review
AnswerKeytoPracticeExercises
PARTVI
TestsforPractice,Practice,Practice
PracticeTestA
AnswerKey
PerformanceEvaluationChart
ConversionTable
AnswerExplanations
PracticeTestB
AnswerKey
PerformanceEvaluationChart
ConversionTable
AnswerExplanations
PracticeTestC
AnswerKey
PerformanceEvaluationChart
ConversionTable
AnswerExplanations
PracticeTestD
AnswerKey
PerformanceEvaluationChart
ConversionTable
AnswerExplanations
Index
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