McGraw-Hill Education ACT 2017 Cross-Platform Prep Course by Steven W. Dulan

Author:Steven W. Dulan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
Published: 2016-08-12T16:00:00+00:00

Improving Paragraphs

Some parts of the paragraphs below need to be rewritten in order to improve the paragraphs. Place an “X” next to the choice that best improves the structure, development, and organization of the paragraphs. (You will not be asked about all the errors contained within the paragraphs.)

(1)Robert Frost is perhaps one of America’s best poets. (2)Maybe the most beloved poet of all time. (3)While Frost is clearly known as a New Englander, he lived his first 11 years in California. (4)Born in 1874, Frost moved east after the death of his father. (5)He attended high school in Massachusetts where he became an avid writer. (6)Though he continued to write during his college years, he never earned a college degree nor did he find much success with publishing his poetry.

(7)At the age of 38, Frost moved to England where he quickly joined the literary circles of English writers. (8)A year later, Frost’s first book of poetry, A Boy’s Will, was successfully published and sold. (9)This started the beginning of Frost’s acceptance as a literary giant. (10)Prior to this, Frost had been working at mills and grammar schools; he also ran a farm. (11)Shortly after the publication of Frost’s second anthology, North of Boston, he and his family reestablished their home in the states.

(12)Frost’s literary talent met with great success back in the United States. (13)While Frost maintained the family’s New Hampshire farm, he also wrote and published prolifically. (14)In 1923, Frost earned the first of his four Pulitzer Prizes for his work and was the first poet to read at a presidential inauguration in 1961. (15)Probably one of Robert Frost’s best known and most often quoted poems is “The Road Not Taken,” particularly the last lines: “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I —, I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.”

1. Of the following, which is the best way to revise and combine Sentences 1 and 2?

___ Perhaps Robert Frost is one of America’s most beloved poets for all time.

___ Robert Frost is perhaps one of America’s best and most beloved poets.

___ One of America’s best and most beloved poets is perhaps Robert Frost.

___ Robert Frost, one of America’s best poets, is perhaps the most beloved.

___ The beloved American poet Robert Frost is perhaps the best of all times.

2. Of the following, which is the best way to phrase sentence 6?

___ NO CHANGE.

___ He continued to write during college while he never earned a degree and didn’t publish his poetry.

___ While he wrote during his college years, he wasn’t published and received no degree.

___ Going to college did not earn him a degree nor did he get his writings published.

___ Although he continued to attend college and write, he did not earn a degree and his works were not published.

3. A strategy the writer uses within the third paragraph is to

___ write a poem about the essay’s subject.

___ use poetic vocabulary to enhance the essay.

___ quote directly from the work being discussed.

___ contrast the works of two American authors.

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