Chapter 13
Test-Taking Strategies for Core Writing
IN THIS CHAPTER
Surveying the four types of selected-response questions
Figuring out what’s wrong and how to fix it
Acing essay writing
Do you have the writing skills you need for a successful career in education? The Praxis Core writing test is meant to determine exactly that. Whether you feel pretty confident about your writing skills or you’re just starting to gear up for the Praxis, this chapter gives you the strategies you need to tackle the writing section.
Knowing the Types of Selected-Response Writing Questions
The selected-response portion of the Praxis writing test contains 40 questions with a 40-minute time limit. Some of the questions consist of a sentence or two followed by choices. Other questions involve reading a longer passage and selecting such choices as the best revision, best conclusion, or best version.
These questions address usage, research skills, sentence correction, and revision in context:
- Usage: The usage questions require you to recognize a variety of errors regarding mechanics, structure, grammatical relationships, and word choice. The questions test your ability to find errors in using adjectives ...
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