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						| Objectives | Questions Answered Correctly | Questions Answered Incorrectly | Number of Questions Answered Correctly/Number of Questions Addressing Subarea |  
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								0001 Understand Purpose, Audience, Organization, and Development in Writing
							 
								Recognize writing that is effective for a given purpose, audience, and occasion.
 
Recognize methods of organizing paragraphs and passages.
 
Recognize effective thesis statements, topic sentences, and supporting details.
 
Select revisions that improve the unity and focus of a piece of writing or that improve cohesion and the effective sequence of ideas.
 
Recognize shifts in point of view (e.g., from first to third person).
 
Recognize details that distract from the development of the main idea of a paragraph or passage.
 
Select appropriate transitional words or phrases to convey text structure and to help readers understand the sequence of a writer's ideas. | 3 4
 29
 30
 33
 
 | 26
 28
 31
 
 | 63% 
 5/8
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								0002 Understand Problems in Sentence Formation
							 
								Identify sentence fragments and run-on sentences.
 
Identify errors in subject-verb agreement.
 
Replace imprecise and inappropriate words and phrases.
 
Recognize wordiness, redundant expression of ideas, ineffective repetition of words or phrases, and other errors in sentence formation (e.g., incorrect placement of modifiers, lack of parallel structure, double negatives). | 2 7
 12
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 19
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 27
 32
 
 | 17
 18
 
 | 80% 
 8/10
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								0003 Understand Conventions of Standard Written English Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics
							 
								Identify and edit errors in the standard use of verb forms.
 
Identify and edit errors in the standard use of pronouns.
 
Identify and edit errors in the standard formation and use of adverbs and adjectives.
 
Identify and edit errors in the standard use of comparatives, superlatives, and possessives.
 
Identify and edit errors in standard punctuation.
 
Identify and edit errors in standard American spelling and capitalization. | 1 6
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 22
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 10
 16
 20
 24
 25
 
 | 60% 
 9/15
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