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0012 Improve Ineffective Writing by Analyzing and Revising Sentences Containing Problems Related to Grammar and Usage, Construction, and Mechanics
Short-Answer Section
The Constructed-Response section of the Writing subtest requires you to write three short-answer items. For each item you will be asked to revise text that contains two errors (e.g., in grammar, usage, construction, spelling, capitalization, punctuation).
A good approach is rewrite the text so that the errors are addressed and the original meaning is maintained. In addressing the errors, you may restructure the syntax of the original text, but the essential elements (e.g., names, places, actions) and relationship among those elements (e.g., cause/effect, before/after) must be maintained.
Your rewrite should be a single sentence and should not introduce any new errors in grammar, usage, construction, spelling, punctuation, or capitalization. All proper names of people are correctly spelled within the text.
The next several pages will focus on improving your skills by revising topic and thesis sentences.
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