{"id":22802,"date":"2022-12-16T14:49:05","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T14:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/blog\/prep\/?p=22802"},"modified":"2022-12-16T22:20:15","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T22:20:15","slug":"praxis-writing-practice-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/praxis\/praxis-writing-practice-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Praxis Writing Practice Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now that you&#8217;ve learned all about the <a title=\"praxis writing\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/study\/praxis\/whats-tested-on-the-praxis-writing-test\/\">Praxis writing test<\/a>, try your hand at some practice questions.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><div  class='avia-builder-widget-area clearfix  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_promobox  avia-builder-el-first '><div id=\"custom_html-43\" class=\"widget_text widget clearfix widget_custom_html\"><div class=\"textwidget custom-html-widget\"><div><div class='op-interactive' id='639ce92c00021864c0842e86' data-title='Praxis Writing Quiz' data-url='https:\/\/kaplannorthamerica.outgrow.us\/639ce92c00021864c0842e86?vHeight=1' data-width='100%'><\/div><script src='\/\/dyv6f9ner1ir9.cloudfront.net\/assets\/js\/nloader.js'><\/script><script>initIframe('639ce92c00021864c0842e86');<\/script><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><br \/>\n\t<div   class='av_promobox  avia-button-no   avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_sidebar  el_before_av_toggle_container '>\t\t<div class='avia-promocontent'><p>\n<b>Question 1<\/b><br \/>\nFind the error in the following sentence. If there is no error, mark &#8216;No error.&#8217;<br \/>\nGalileo begged Rome\u2019s indulgence for his (A)\u00a0<i>support of<\/i>\u00a0a Copernican system (B)\u00a0<i>in which<\/i>\u00a0earth circled the sun (C)\u00a0<i>instead of\u00a0<\/i>(D)\u00a0<i>occupied<\/i>\u00a0a central position in the universe. (E)\u00a0<i>No error<\/i><br \/>\nA. support of<br \/>\nB. in which<br \/>\nC. instead of<br \/>\nD. occupied<br \/>\nE. No error<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<div  class=\"togglecontainer   toggle_close_all  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_promobox  el_before_av_promobox \" >\n<section class=\"av_toggle_section\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\"  >    <div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  >        <p data-fake-id=\"#toggle-id-1\" class=\"toggler \"  itemprop=\"headline\"    role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"toggle-id-1\">Answer 1<span class=\"toggle_icon\" >        <span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>        <div id=\"toggle-id-1\" class=\"toggle_wrap \"  >            <div class=\"toggle_content invers-color \"  itemprop=\"text\"   ><p><b>D:\u00a0<\/b>\u201cInstead of\u201d takes a participle: \u201coccupied\u201d should be corrected to occupying.<\/p>\n            <\/div>        <\/div>    <\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><br \/>\n\t<div   class='av_promobox  avia-button-no   avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_toggle_container  el_before_av_toggle_container '>\t\t<div class='avia-promocontent'><p>\n<strong>Question 2<\/strong><br \/>\nFind the error in the following sentence. If there is no error, mark &#8216;No error.&#8217;<br \/>\nThe new office complex is beautiful, but (A)\u00a0<i>nearly<\/i>\u00a0two hundred longtime residents (B)\u00a0<i>were forced<\/i>\u00a0to move when (C)\u00a0<i>they<\/i>\u00a0(D)\u00a0<i>tore down<\/i>\u00a0the old apartment buildings. (E)\u00a0<i>No error<\/i><br \/>\nA. nearly<br \/>\nB. were forced<br \/>\nC. they<br \/>\nD. tore down<br \/>\nE. No error<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<div  class=\"togglecontainer   toggle_close_all  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_promobox  el_before_av_promobox \" >\n<section class=\"av_toggle_section\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\"  >    <div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  >        <p data-fake-id=\"#toggle-id-2\" class=\"toggler \"  itemprop=\"headline\"    role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"toggle-id-2\">Answer 2<span class=\"toggle_icon\" >        <span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>        <div id=\"toggle-id-2\" class=\"toggle_wrap \"  >            <div class=\"toggle_content invers-color \"  itemprop=\"text\"   ><p><b>C:\u00a0<\/b>Who tore down the old buildings? Surely not the \u201clongtime residents.\u201d The antecedent\u2014some group such as landlords or developers\u2014is missing.<\/p>\n            <\/div>        <\/div>    <\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><br \/>\n\t<div   class='av_promobox  avia-button-no   avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_toggle_container  el_before_av_toggle_container '>\t\t<div class='avia-promocontent'><p>\n<strong>Question 3<\/strong><br \/>\nWhat type of citation is shown below?<br \/>\nGaitskill, Mary. Interview with Charles Bock.\u00a0<i>Mississippi Review<\/i>, vol. 27, no. 3, 1999, pp. 129\u2013150.<br \/>\nA. Interview<br \/>\nB. Magazine article<br \/>\nC. Encyclopedia<br \/>\nD. Book<br \/>\nE. Published interview<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<div  class=\"togglecontainer   toggle_close_all  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_promobox  el_before_av_promobox \" >\n<section class=\"av_toggle_section\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\"  >    <div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  >        <p data-fake-id=\"#toggle-id-3\" class=\"toggler \"  itemprop=\"headline\"    role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"toggle-id-3\">Answer 3<span class=\"toggle_icon\" >        <span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>        <div id=\"toggle-id-3\" class=\"toggle_wrap \"  >            <div class=\"toggle_content invers-color \"  itemprop=\"text\"   ><p><b>E:\u00a0<\/b>This is a published interview. This is evidenced not only by the fact that the citation contains \u201cInterview with Charles Bock,\u201d but also by the inclusion of the year of publication and the pages of the magazine in which the interview was published.<\/p>\n            <\/div>        <\/div>    <\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><br \/>\n\t<div   class='av_promobox  avia-button-no   avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_toggle_container  el_before_av_toggle_container '>\t\t<div class='avia-promocontent'><p>\n<strong>Question 4<\/strong><br \/>\nA student is writing a paper on the stock market. Which of the following would NOT be a primary source for this paper?<br \/>\nA.\u00a0An official daily report issued by a stock exchange<br \/>\nB.\u00a0A biography of George Soros, a securities trading strategist<br \/>\nC.\u00a0Emails between two investment bankers discussing the market<br \/>\nD.\u00a0A letter written from one stock exchange floor trader to another after the \u201cBlack Tuesday\u201d stock market crash of 1929<br \/>\nE.\u00a0A photograph from a Wall Street stock exchange trading floor from last year<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<div  class=\"togglecontainer   toggle_close_all  avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_promobox  el_before_av_promobox \" >\n<section class=\"av_toggle_section\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\"  >    <div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  >        <p data-fake-id=\"#toggle-id-4\" class=\"toggler \"  itemprop=\"headline\"    role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"toggle-id-4\">Answer 4<span class=\"toggle_icon\" >        <span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>        <div id=\"toggle-id-4\" class=\"toggle_wrap \"  >            <div class=\"toggle_content invers-color \"  itemprop=\"text\"   ><p><b>B:\u00a0<\/b>Choice (B) is correct, as a biography is a secondary source. The other sources listed are produced by people who were present during the event or activity being documented and are thus primary sources. (E) might have been tempting, but an artifact, recording, or other source of information, such as a photograph, from the time of an event can be a primary source.<\/p>\n            <\/div>        <\/div>    <\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><br \/>\n\t<div   class='av_promobox  avia-button-yes   avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_toggle_container  el_before_av_one_fourth '>\t\t<div class='avia-promocontent'><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Looking for\u00a0more prep? 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