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Revising and Editing

5 dot points across 5 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

How do you find and fix the grammar and usage errors planted in a draft, and choose the correction that fixes the error without adding a new one?

Editing for grammar and usage: identifying and correcting errors in a draft passage, including subject-verb agreement, pronoun agreement and reference, verb tense, and modifier placement, and selecting the revision that fixes the error without introducing a new one, on a TNReady English I or II editing item.
How to edit a draft for grammar and usage on a TNReady English I or II item: finding and fixing subject-verb agreement, pronoun agreement and reference, verb tense, and modifier errors, and choosing the correction that does not introduce a new error. Editing fixes correctness.
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How are revising and editing questions presented on the EOC, and how do you read a draft passage and the question stems to answer them efficiently?

Revising and editing item types: how revising and editing questions are presented on the EOC (a draft passage with numbered or highlighted parts, asked through multiple-choice and technology-enhanced items), how to tell a revising question from an editing one, and how to read the stem and the draft efficiently, on a TNReady English I or II assessment.
How revising and editing questions are presented on the TNReady English I or II EOC: a draft passage with numbered or highlighted parts, asked through multiple-choice and technology-enhanced items. How to tell a revising question from an editing one and read efficiently.
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How do you improve a draft's clarity and organization, choosing the best transition, the most logical order, or the sentence that belongs, on a revising item?

Revising for clarity and organization: improving a draft passage by choosing the best transition, sequencing ideas logically, adding or deleting a sentence for unity and coherence, and sharpening a vague sentence, on a TNReady English I or II revising item, where the focus is the writing's effectiveness rather than its correctness.
How to revise a draft for clarity and organization on a TNReady English I or II item: choosing the best transition, sequencing ideas logically, adding or deleting a sentence for unity, and sharpening vague writing. Revising improves effectiveness, distinct from editing for correctness.
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How do you fix fragments, run-ons, and comma splices, and combine choppy sentences into smoother, more varied ones on an editing item?

Sentence boundaries and combining: recognizing and correcting fragments, run-ons, and comma splices, and combining short, choppy sentences into clearer, more varied ones using coordination, subordination, and appositives, on a TNReady English I or II revising and editing item, and in the essay.
How to fix sentence boundaries and combine sentences on a TNReady English I or II item: correcting fragments, run-ons, and comma splices, and combining choppy sentences with coordination, subordination, and appositives for clarity and variety. These choices also score the writing rubric.
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How do you choose the most precise and appropriate word for a draft, fixing vague, wordy, or wrongly-toned language on a revising item?

Word choice and precision: revising a draft to choose precise, appropriate words, replacing vague or general wording with specific terms, cutting wordiness and redundancy, matching word choice to a formal academic tone, and fixing commonly confused words, on a TNReady English I or II revising item, and in the essay.
How to revise word choice on a TNReady English I or II item: replacing vague wording with precise terms, cutting wordiness and redundancy, matching a formal academic tone, and fixing confused words. Precise word choice supports the writing rubric's Conventions and Clarity dimension.
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