PART THE BASICS: GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH THE WRITING TEST
Overview oftheWritingTest
The Essay
Multiple-Choice Questions
PART II DRESS REHEARSAL: A SAMPLE TEST
SampleTest
AnswerKey
Perfornlance Evaluation Chart
Conversion Table
Answer Explanations
PART III HOW TO WRITE AN ESSAY IN TWENTY-FIVE MINUTES
The Essay．Writing Process
Pre-Writing︰Getting Set to Write
Reading and Analyzing the Topic Carefully
Narrowing the Topic Mercilessly
Choosing a Main Idea
Gathering and Arranging Ideas Purposefully
Composing︰Putting Words on Paper
Writing a Gripping Introduction
Building an Essay with Paragraphs
Using Plain and Precise Language
Varving Sentence Structure
Ending Your Essay
Editing and Proofreading︰The Final Touches
Editing for Clarity
Editing for Interest
Checking for Standard Usage and Mechanics
Review
Answer Key to Practice Exercises
PART IV ESSAYS FOR EVALUATION
How Essays Are Judged and Graded
Guidelines for Evaluation
Essays for Evaluation
EssayTopics for Practice
PART V MU.TIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS
Introduction
Improving Sentences Questions
Sample Sentence Improvement Questions
Problems in Style and Expression
Problems in Sentence Structure
Problems in Standard Usage
Identifying Sentence Errors
Errors in Expression and Style
Errors in Grammar and Usage
Improving Paragraphs Questions
Answering the Ouestions
How to Answer Improving Paragraphs Questions
Answer Key to Practice Exercises
PART VI TESTS FOR PRACTICE
PracticeTestA
Answer Kev
Performance Evaluation C’hart
Conversion Table 223
Answer Explanations
PracticeTest B
Answer Kev
Performance Evaluation Chart
Conversion Table
Answer Explanations
Practice Test C
Answer Kev
Performance Evaluation Chart
Conversion Tabl e
Answer Explanations
Practice Test D
Answer Key
Performance Evaluation Chart
Conversion Table
Answer ExDlanatiOns
Index
