{"id":2600,"date":"2016-11-08T06:00:04","date_gmt":"2016-11-08T11:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grockit.com\/blog\/collegeprep\/?p=2600"},"modified":"2020-09-11T20:42:35","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T20:42:35","slug":"act-editing-sentences-and-paragraphs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/act\/act-editing-sentences-and-paragraphs\/","title":{"rendered":"ACT English: Editing Sentences and Paragraphs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Being able to edit sentences and paragraphs will be important for the ACT English section. You may be required to correct an error in a sentence. Or you may have to clarify a sentence.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<div  class='avia-icon-list-container   avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_heading  avia-builder-el-first '><ul class='avia-icon-list avia-icon-list-left av-iconlist-big avia_animate_when_almost_visible avia-iconlist-animate'>\n<li><div  class='iconlist_icon  avia-font-entypo-fontello'><span class='iconlist-char ' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue816' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/span><\/div><article class=\"article-icon-entry \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='iconlist_content_wrap'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h4 class='av_iconlist_title iconlist_title   '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >It\u2019s all about context.<\/h4><\/header><div class='iconlist_content  '  itemprop=\"text\"  ><p>It\u2019ll be important to understand the context of the questioned word, phrase or sentence. For this reason, it\u2019s very important to read the entire passage. Just looking at a single sentence\u2014or even the sentences before and after the questioned word, phrase or sentence\u2014is a recipe for getting the wrong answer.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><\/article><div class='iconlist-timeline'><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div  class='iconlist_icon  avia-font-entypo-fontello'><span class='iconlist-char ' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue816' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/span><\/div><article class=\"article-icon-entry \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='iconlist_content_wrap'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h4 class='av_iconlist_title iconlist_title   '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Think about clarity.<\/h4><\/header><div class='iconlist_content  '  itemprop=\"text\"  ><p>Your goal is to pick the most concise, clear sentence. If an answer choice has too many words, it\u2019s likely a wrong answer choice. Your answer choice has to be descriptive, but always reexamine any answer choice that has fewer words.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><\/article><div class='iconlist-timeline'><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div  class='iconlist_icon  avia-font-entypo-fontello'><span class='iconlist-char ' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue816' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/span><\/div><article class=\"article-icon-entry \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='iconlist_content_wrap'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h4 class='av_iconlist_title iconlist_title   '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Read every answer choice.<\/h4><\/header><div class='iconlist_content  '  itemprop=\"text\"  ><p>Reading every answer choice is so important for editing sentence and paragraph questions. Sometimes there will be a few good answers. Your task, however, is to find the\u00a0<strong>BEST<\/strong>\u00a0answer choice. So make sure you read every answer choice, fighting the urge to choose the first answer choice that seems good.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><\/article><div class='iconlist-timeline'><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><br \/>\n<div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h3    avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_iconlist  el_before_av_heading  '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Editing Sentence Practice Problem<\/h3><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<em>In 2004, a local coffee shop in Montgomery, Alabama, instituted a policy that barred employees from having <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">tattoos<\/span>. The coffee shop\u2019s new owners felt that tattooed employees created a negative image for the coffee shop and made employees appear undesirable toward customers <\/em><br \/>\n<em>and, furthermore, that a more clean-cut appearance would attract better customers. When longtime employee Jeb Liddle refused to wear a turtleneck work shirt to cover up the tribal tattoo on the back of his neck, he was told he could no longer work at the coffee shop.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>What change would you make to the underlined word (tattoos)?<\/em><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><em>NO CHANGE<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>tattoos that can be seen by customers.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>visible tattoos.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>tattoos that might not be able to be covered up.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h4  blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_sidebar  '><h4 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Explanation<\/h4><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\nWe know from the last sentence that the owner of the coffee shop is fine with his employees having tattoos. What he\u2019s not fine with is his employees having tattoos that show. For this reason, we know that A, \u201cNO CHANGE,\u201d cannot be the correct choice. B, \u201ctattoos that can be seen by customers,\u201d is a viable choice, but it seems a little \u201cwordy.\u201d Let\u2019s keep it for now and check the other answer choices. The next choice, \u201cvisible tattoos,\u201d is a much better way to express the same idea in choice B. As a result, we should keep C and eliminate choice B. Although C seems like a perfect answer, we must eliminate the last answer choice. When we look at D, \u201ctattoos that might not be able to be covered up,\u201d we see that answer choice is also \u201cwordy.\u201d Now we know choice C is the correct answer.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being able to edit sentences and paragraphs will be important for the ACT English section. 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