Doing a search on the Internet for Civil War military units
Section I
Section II
Section III
Section IV
Lu rereads her draft and discovers that she needs a transition sentence between paragraphs 2 and 3. Which of the following is the best transition sentence for her to add before sentence 11?
The Kansas Pacific Railroad was organized as early as September 1863.
Building a railroad like the Kansas Pacific takes a great deal of time, money, and people.
The Buffalo Soldiers likewise provided important assistance in the construction of the Kansas Pacific Railroad.
The Union Pacific Railroad line had many branches, including the Kansas Pacific Railroad.
Lu discovers a sentence that is not in the correct place. Which sentence in paragraph 3 should she move?
Sentence 11
Sentence 12
Sentence 13
Sentence 14
As Lu rereads her draft, she notices a sentence in paragraph 3 that does not fit the tone of her report. Which sentence should she revise?
The Buffalo Soldiers assisted with the engineering phase of the railway planning by providing scouts and guides to escort engineers along the proposed path of the railway.
They also assisted with the actual building of the railway
In fact, the soldiers became so adept at construction that they actually designed and assembled their own home, Fort Sill.
Weren’t they awesome?
In sentence 22, how is settlers’ correctly written?
settler’s
settlers’s
settlers
As it is
In sentence 23, how is comitted correctly written?
committeed
committed
comited
As it is
In sentence 24, how is pushing the Sooners back into Kansas and to keep them out correctly written?
to push the Sooners back into Kansas and to keep them out
pushing the Sooners back into Kansas and keeping them out
to push the Sooners back into Kansas and keeping them out
As it is
In sentence 31, how is engineers, construction correctly written?
engineers construction
engineers; construction
engineers construction,
As it is
In sentence 32, how is affectively correctly written?
affective
effectively
effective
As it is
In sentence 32, how is West of the Mississippi correctly written?
west of the Mississippi
West of the mississippi
west of the mississippi
As it is
To be sure his writing is focused, what should Joaquin do first?
Narrow the topic
Develop an ending
Consult a handbook
Write a rough draft
In paragraph 2 of Draft A, how can Joaquin best combine these sentences without changing their meaning: It mixed action and special effects. It captured the imaginations of viewers everywhere.?
By mixing action and special effects, it captured the imaginations of viewers everywhere.
It mixed action, it mixed special effects, and it captured the imaginations of viewers everywhere.
Mixing actions and special effects and capturing the imaginations of viewers everywhere were what the film was doing.
It mixed and captured action and special effects and the imaginations of viewers everywhere.
Joaquin wants to help readers better understand this sentence from Draft A: Lucas indicated that the script he wrote for the movie studio was partly inspired by the old movies he loved as a child. To add more specific information, he should —
tell Lucas’s exact age
give a definition of “movie”
repeat Lucas’s first name
include examples of movies
In which sentence from Draft B does Joaquin needlessly repeat information already given in the sentence?
The first of its kind, the film broke box-office records and earned seven Academy Awards.
To say that it was successful is a gross understatement of its success and does not even begin to describe the success of the film.
Some film critics even go so far as to say that the current Hollywood trend of producing big blockbusters originated with Star Wars.
These images stayed with him as he embarked on his filmmaking career.
Joaquin finds an incomplete sentence in Draft B. Which sentence should be revised because it is not a complete sentence?
He was captivated by their swashbuckling heroes, evil villains, and damsels in distress.
In 1972, Lucas, a graduate of the University of Southern California’s film school, directed American Graffiti.
His second feature film and his first box-office success.
They offered him $15,000 to develop a script.
Joaquin wants to add a sentence to the end of paragraph 3 in Draft B. Which sentence would fit best?
Lucas’s family purchased a television set in 1954.
Eventually that script became Star Wars.
The studio wanted to cast Lucas’s movie with big-name stars.
Lucas had always seen Star Wars as a nine-part saga.
How is young man, Luke Skywalker correctly written?
young, man Luke Skywalker
young man Luke Skywalker
young man, Luke Skywalker,
As it is
How is would be going to be correctly written?
is being
was being
was to be
As it is
How is freezing cold at night, insufferably hot during the day, and often prone to sandstorms correctly written?
freezing cold at night, insufferably hot, during the day, and often prone to sandstorms
freezing cold at night, insufferably hot during the day, and often, prone to sandstorms
freezing cold, at night, insufferably hot during the day, and often prone to sandstorms
As it is
How is most big and exciting correctly written?
most big and excitingest
biggest and most exciting
biggest and most excitingest
As it is
Based on Keisha’s list, which organizational pattern will she most likely use in her paper?
Cause/effect
Spatial order
Chronological order
Comparison/contrast
Keisha discovers that one sentence in paragraph 2 of Draft A does not relate to the topic. Which of the following sentences does not belong?
Banks’s work won the respect of other scientists; soon after his return to England, he was invited to join a group of scholars called the Royal Society.
The Royal Society was founded in 1660, almost 350 years ago.
The long sea voyage took Banks around the world.
One of his most exciting plant discoveries was the breadfruit tree of Tahiti.
Keisha adds information to paragraph 1 of Draft B that she did not include in Draft A in order to —
give the paragraph a more persuasive tone
provide insight into the time in which Banks lived
ensure that the paragraph has plenty of sentence variety
provide specific details about the methods botanists use
Keisha wants to rewrite this sentence from paragraph 2 of Draft B: One of the plants that Joseph Banks saw on his voyage was the breadfruit tree that impressed him. How can Keisha best rewrite this sentence to make it clearer without changing the meaning?
Joseph Banks saw on his voyage one of the plants that impressed him, it was the breadfruit tree.
On his voyage, Joseph Banks saw the breadfruit tree that impressed him—a plant.
Seen by Joseph Banks on his voyage and impressing him was one of the plants he saw, the breadfruit tree.
Joseph Banks was impressed with the breadfruit tree, one of the plants he saw on his voyage.
In Draft B Keisha wants to add this sentence describing a breadfruit tree: A nutritious two- to five-pound melon with starchy yellow flesh, breadfruit ripens to about the consistency of an unsweet mango. Where would it best fit?
