“Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else’s.”

1. “Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else’s.” Diagnostic Multiple Choice Writing Test Reviewing your answers

2. Diagnostic Multiple Choice Writing Test “Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else’s.” Directions for correcting your practice test. On your worksheets: Highlight the correct answer. Write an explanation for why this choice is the best answer. If your answer was incorrect, write the explanation for why your incorrectchoice is not the best answer. Write On!

3. Diagnostic Multiple Choice Writing Test “Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else’s.” Look at Joey’s writing plan on page 1. Now, let’s review questions 1 – 3. On page 1, read question #1 and all of the possible answer choices. Which is the best answer? The correct answer is D. Details about bats, balls, gloves, cleats, etc. should be added under the subtopic “Equipment Used.” • Details about how the game began should be placed under the subtopic “History of the Game.” • Details about players who made an impact on the game should be placed under the subtopic “Famous Players.” • Details about how to play the game should be placed under the subtopic “Rules.” Write On!

4. Diagnostic Multiple Choice Writing Test “Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else’s.” Look at Joey’s writing plan on page 1. Now, lets review questions 1 – 3. On page 2, read question #2 and all of the possible answer choices. Which is the best answer? The correct answer is G. The detail “Three strikes retires the batter.” indicates a regulation and supports the subtopic “Rules”. • The detail about Babe Ruth supports the subtopic “Famous Players”. • The detail about how equipment has changed supports the subtopic “Equipment Used”. • The detail about the father of baseball supports the subtopic “History of the Game”. Write On!

5. Diagnostic Multiple Choice Writing Test “Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else’s.” Look at Joey’s writing plan on page 1. Now, lets review questions 1 – 3. On page 2, read question #3 and all of the possible answer choices. Which is the best answer? The correct answer is C. The writing plan indicates that the writer is gathering informational details to explain different aspects of baseball. • Since the writing plan includes only one topic, the writer is not planning to write a paper comparing famous baseball players from the past and present. • Since the writing plan does not indicate that the writer will explain the steps involved in playing the game of baseball, the writer is not planning to write an instructional paper. • D. Since the writing plan does not include details about baseball as a hobby, the writer is not trying to persuade the reader to play baseball as a hobby.

6. Diagnostic Multiple Choice Writing Test “Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else’s.” 4. In which sentence below is all the punctuation correct? F. I don’t often go swimming I prefer to play tennis. G. I don’t often go swimming, I prefer to play tennis. H. I don’t often go swimming; I prefer to play tennis. The correct answer is H. The answer shows the correct use of a semicolon to connect two sentences. F. The semicolon needed to connect the two sentences is missing. G. A comma is placed where a semicolon should be. Write On!

7. Diagnostic Multiple Choice Writing Test “Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else’s.” 5. In which sentence below is all the capitalization correct? A. The school is located on main street next to the new McDonalds. B. The school is located on Main Street next to the new McDonalds. C. The School is located on Main street next to the new McDonalds. The correct answer is B. This sentence contains proper nouns that are capitalized (“Main Street,” “McDonalds”). • The proper noun “Main Street” is not capitalized. • C. Both parts of the proper noun “Main Street” must be capitalized. Write On!

8. Diagnostic Multiple Choice Writing Test “Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else’s.” Read the first draft of Jake’s article on page 3. Now, review questions 6 – 14. On page 4, read question #6 and all of the possible answer choices. Which is the best answer? The correct answer is F. The sentence “Turtles are also very cute and fun to watch” contains information not necessary to the purpose of the article. G. Information about the baby turtles survival is necessary. H. Details about why sea turtles are on the verge of extinction further supports the main idea of the article. I. This sentence provides a proper conclusion to the article. Write On!

9. Diagnostic Multiple Choice Writing Test “Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else’s.” Read the first draft of Jake’s article on page 3. Now, review questions 6 – 14. On page 4, read question #7 and all of the possible answer choices. Which is the best answer? The correct answer is C. This sentence uses proper punctuation and word choice. • This sentence has incorrect punctuation. • This sentence has incorrect word choice. The word “consequently” is not used correctly. • D. This sentence has incorrect punctuation. Write On!

10. Diagnostic Multiple Choice Writing Test “Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else’s.” Read the first draft of Jake’s article on page 3. Now, review questions 6 – 14. On page 4, read question #8 and all of the possible answer choices. Which is the best answer? The correct answer is H. This sentence concludes the article with the appropriate tone and information. • The article does not focus on turtles as pets. • This sentence does not sum up all the information presented in the article. • I. The article does not focus on turtles as dinosaurs. Write On!

11. Diagnostic Multiple Choice Writing Test “Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else’s.” Read the first draft of Jake’s article on page 3. Now, review questions 6 – 14. On page 5, read question #9 and all of the possible answer choices. Which is the best answer? The correct answer is B. The focus of the article is to explain how the sea turtle is endangered. • The article does not discuss different types of sea turtles. • The article does not present any argument. • The article does not discuss the turtle’s life cycle. Write On!

12. Diagnostic Multiple Choice Writing Test “Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else’s.” Read the first draft of Jake’s article on page 3. Now, review questions 6 – 14. On page 5, read question #10 and all of the possible answer choices. Which is the best answer? The correct answer is G. This sentence uses word choice and sentence structure that matches the tone of the article. • F. The word choice in this sentence does not match the tone of the article. • The sentence structure and word choice does not match the tone of the article. • The word choice in this sentence does not match the tone of the article. Write On!

13. Diagnostic Multiple Choice Writing Test “Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else’s.” Read the first draft of Jake’s article on page 3. Now, review questions 6 – 14. On page 5, read question #11 and all of the possible answer choices. Which is the best answer? The correct answer is A. This sentence adds detail to the paragraph about why sea turtles are endangered due to building on beaches. • The sentence does not belong in the paragraph about the different species of endangered sea turtles. • The sentence does not belong in the paragraph about how pollution has endangered sea turtles. • The sentence does not belong in the paragraph about how pollution has endangered sea turtles. Write On!

14. Diagnostic Multiple Choice Writing Test “Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else’s.” Read the first draft of Kelsey’s announcement on page 6.Now, review questions 12 – 16. On page 7, read question #12 and all of the possible answer choices. Which is the best answer? The correct answer is F. This sentence repeats information given in sentences 1 and 2. • This sentence includes new information and should not be deleted. • This sentence includes new information and should not be deleted. • This sentence includes new information and should not be deleted. Write On!

15. Diagnostic Multiple Choice Writing Test “Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else’s.” Read the first draft of Kelsey’s announcement on page 6. Now, review questions 12 – 16. On page 7, read question #13 and all of the possible answer choices. Which is the best answer? The correct answer is C. “Next” is an appropriate time- order transition coming in between “First” and “Last.” • This introductory transition is not appropriate for the middle of the announcement. • This concluding transition is not appropriate for the middle of the announcement. • D. This transition for adding information is not the best choice. Write On!

16. Diagnostic Multiple Choice Writing Test “Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else’s.” Read the first draft of Kelsey’s announcement on page 6. Now, review questions 12 – 16. On page 7, read question #14 and all of the possible answer choices. Which is the best answer? The correct answer is F. This sentence best supports sentence 11 by giving the reader more information about the interview. • This sentence discusses references not the interview. • This sentence discusses who should apply not the interview. • This sentence discusses states an opinion about the club. Write On!

17. Diagnostic Multiple Choice Writing Test “Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else’s.” Read the first draft of Kelsey’s announcement on page 6. Now, review questions 12 – 16. On page 7, read question #15 and all of the possible answer choices. Which is the best answer? The correct answer is C. The word choice and grammar make the sentence stronger and grammatically correct. • The word choice in this phrase does not make the sentence stronger and grammatically correct. • The word choice in this phrase does not make the sentence stronger and grammatically correct. • The word choice in this phrase does not make the sentence stronger and grammatically correct. Write On!

18. Diagnostic Multiple Choice Writing Test “Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else’s.” Read the first draft of Kelsey’s announcement on page 6. Now, review questions 12 – 16. On page 8, read question #16 and all of the possible answer choices. Which is the best answer? The correct answer is H. The sentence contains information already presented in sentence 7. • The sentence provides a good introduction to the announcement. • The sentence provides information about how students will be chosen. • I. The sentence provides information which helps to conclude the announcement. Write On!

19. Diagnostic Multiple Choice Writing Test “Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else’s.” Read the article “Mars” on page 8. Now, review questions 17-20. On page 9, read question #17 and all of the possible answer choices. Which is the best answer? The correct answer is C. The verb phrase “is believed” agrees with the subject singular “Mars.” • The verb phrase “are believed” needs a plural subject. • The verb “believed” needs a helping verb in this sentence. Write On!

20. Diagnostic Multiple Choice Writing Test “Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else’s.” Read the article “Mars” on page 8.Now, review questions 17-20. On page 8, read question #18 and all of the possible answer choices. Which is the best answer? The correct answer is F. “Hour” meaning a length of time is the correct form of the word for the sentence. • The possessive pronoun “our” does not belong in the sentence. • “Ower” is an incorrect spelling. Write On!

21. Diagnostic Multiple Choice Writing Test “Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else’s.” Read the article “Mars” on page 8. Now, review questions 17-20. On page 8, read question #19 and all of the possible answer choices. Which is the best answer? The correct answer is B. The word “bear” can be a verb meaning to handle. This appropriately completes the sentence. • The word “baer” is spelled incorrectly. • C. The word “bare” is an adjective meaning without covering. Write On!

22. Diagnostic Multiple Choice Writing Test “Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else’s.” Read the article “Mars” on page 8. Now, review questions 17-20. On page 8, read question #20 and all of the possible answer choices. Which is the best answer? The correct answer is F. The word “there” meaning in or at that place completes the sentence. • The possessive pronoun “their” does not correctly complete the sentence. • The contraction “they’re” meaning they are does not correctly complete the sentence. Write On!