tailieunhanh - Wirting essential_3

Tham khảo tài liệu 'wirting essential_3', ngoại ngữ, anh ngữ phổ thông phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | THE MULTIPLE-CHOICE SECTION suited to a discussion of literature. The other choices all contain slang or other informal idioms. Strategies for Improving Paragraphs Improving Paragraphs are more difficult than Identifying Sentence Errors and Improving Sentences questions you re dealing with a passage and three different levels of its composition. But these questions aren t impossible. They focus only on one step of the writing process revision. And there are only a few kinds of questions and errors you should expect. The following strategies will help you spend your time on these questions most effectively helping you score the most points in a reasonable amount of time. 1. Do Improving Paragraphs last. This is your most important strategy for the Writing section s multiplechoice questions Improving Paragraphs is the smallest question category on the exam only about 5 questions and these questions take the longest to complete so save them for last. Do Identifying Sentence Errors first and then Improving Sentences to answer the most questions in the least amount of time and earn the greatest number of points. 2. Scan the questions before you read the passage. The draft contains many more errors than you will be asked about. Reading the questions first can help you focus on the mistakes that you will need to revise and not be distracted by the other weaknesses and errors. 3. Read the questions carefully. The questions will tell you the specific lines to revise and the specific writing issue s that need to be addressed. For example if a question asks Which phrase if added to the beginning of sentence 2 would most improve the essay you know you need to determine the relationship between sentences 1 and 2 and then find the best transition. 4. Remember the 3C s. For questions that ask you to revise sentences use the 3C s as your guide. Choose the version that is correct no grammar usage or logic errors clear no ambiguity or confusing sentence structure and concise no .