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** '''concise''' and '''precise''' word choice and sentence construction | ** '''concise''' and '''precise''' word choice and sentence construction | ||
*** i.e. avoiding redundancy, wordiness and passive voice | *** i.e. avoiding redundancy, wordiness and passive voice | ||
== Question Attack == | |||
A core test-taking skill is to read instructions and answer questions within the constraints of the question | |||
* read instructions first! | |||
* identify information in the question | |||
* identify what the question is measuring | |||
* identify any question parts or steps | |||
** if the question has two parts, the correct answer must answer both of them | |||
** (frequently, wrong answers will answer correctly only one part of the question, or answer one part correctly and the other part incorrectly) | |||
= Elimination = | = Elimination = | ||
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* As transition words are "conjunctive adverbs," they combine the predicates, or "ideas" of two or more sentences or sentence parts | * As transition words are "conjunctive adverbs," they combine the predicates, or "ideas" of two or more sentences or sentence parts | ||
* look for the word "but", especially | * look for the word "but", especially | ||
=== Identify "dependent clauses" and participle phrases === | |||
* dependent clauses are modifiers | |||
* they do not form the core of a sentence, but they add to or limit the sentence meaning | |||
* pay special attention to [[subordinating conjunctions]] which can change the meaning of a clause | |||
** ''Since, while, until, when, unless'', etc. | |||
** these words qualify the meaning of a sentence | |||
=== Identify Pronoun References === | === Identify Pronoun References === | ||