EXPLORE/PLAN/ACT English
To enhance their skills in each English-related strand, students who score in the 24–27 score range may benefit from activities that encourage them to do the following:
| Score Range 24–27 |
| Topic Development in Terms of Purpose and Focus |
- develop awareness of ways that form and content can be changed as the audience for the writing changes
- learn how meaning can be expressed through connotation
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| Organization, Unity, and Coherence |
- experiment with more subtle organizational structures
- revise writing by refining
introductions, conclusions,
and transitions in complex
paragraphs
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| Word Choice in Terms of Style, Tone, Clarity, and Economy |
- select and manipulate words, phrases, and clauses to convey shades of meaning and tone
- avoid clutter and use vivid verbs and specific nouns
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| Sentence Structure and Formation |
- use sentence-combining techniques to create more sophisticated sentences; check to avoid fragments, comma splices, and run-ons
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| Conventions of Usage |
- recognize the difference between its and it's, your and you're, who and whom
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| Conventions of Punctuation |
- use commas to set off nonessential appositives or clauses
- use semicolons to indicate relationships between independent clauses
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