Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. An easy way to correct your writing for unity is to keep the support that does not pertain to the topic sentence.
2. Problems with unity often occur within body paragraphs.
3. Your sentence length should vary in your writing to make it more interesting for your reader.
4. While you are proofreading, you examine the smallest details of your paper to locate errors.
1. False
2. True
3. True
4. True
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After each group of sentences, choose the letter of the general sentence that best includes all of the specific details given. Only thirty-six states require elementary physical education, and only twenty-eight states require that those who teach physical-education classes at the elementary level have a physical-education license (NASPE, 2006). In many schools, students may get only one 30-minute physical- education class per week, far different than the national recommendation for daily physical education. In some schools, the physical-education period is hardly more than an organized recreation period; in fact, in some schools, recess is counted as physical education.
a. Physical education for elementary school children is very important. b. There are many extraordinary elementary school physical-education programs. c. Sports are part of the curriculum for the upper grades. d. Physical education at the elementary level varies among states and individual schools.
If a modifier is not next to the word that it describes, it is called which of the following?
a. A dangling modifier b. A misplaced modifier c. A confusing modifier d. An identified modifier
The examples that Tan cites in her essay are drawn from
a. extensive research in linguistics and sociology b. interviews with a wide range of experts c. her own experiences and observations d. interviews with a large portion of the Chinese community in California e. a thesis she wrote for graduate school
After the baby was stable in the hospital, what happened?
a. She and Kevin grabbed the stretcher and rolled it away from the burning helicopter. b. The cars on the causeway crashed into the helicopter. c. She and Kevin learned the baby was going to be all right and she breathed a sigh of relief d. A truck driver offered them a ride to Bayfront Medical Center and they accepted.