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0006 Understand the Influence of Purpose and Audience
 
0007 Unity, Focus, and Development
 
0008 Apply Principles of Organization
 
0009 Sentence and Paragraph Construction
 
0010 Apply Correct Usage in Standard English
 
0011 Apply Knowledge of Mechanical Conventions
 
Practice Writing Tests
 
0012 Analyzing and Revising Sentences
 
0013 Produce a Written Summary
Guidelines for Passing
Process and Hints to Summary Writing
 
0014 Prepare an Organized, Developed Composition
 

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0013 Produce a Written Summary of a Given Informational or Persuasive Passage

The Constructed-Response section of the Writing subtest presents a passage for you to summarize in your own words. A summary response of approximately 150-200 words is required.

Your summary should effectively communicate the main idea and essential points of the passage. You are expected to identify the relevant information and communicate it clearly and concisely in your own words.

On the actual VCLA writing subtest, your summary will be evaluated based on the following criteria:

Fidelity: Fidelity is the extent to which the response accurately and clearly represents in your own words the essential meaning, content, and point of view of the original passage.
Conciseness: Conciseness is the extent to which the response is of appropriate length, depth, and specificity to convey the essential meaning, content, and point of view of the original passage.
Organization: Organization is the extent to which your sequencing and paragraphing of ideas convey the essential meaning, logical structure, and point of view of the original passage.
Mechanics, Grammar, and Word Choice: Mechanics, grammar, and word choice are the extent to which words are spelled correctly and your writing follows the conventions of punctuation and capitalization; the effectiveness of the sentence structure and the extent to which the sentences are free of structural errors; and the extent to which your writing shows care and precision in word choice and is free of usage errors.