FREE THEA Writing Questions and Answers

Question 1

Which of the following statements would be best in line with the writer's goals and target audience if they were inserted between Parts 3 and 4 of the first paragraph?

Accepted Answer

We commuter students don't drive to campus just because it's nice to have a car around in case we want to go shopping or to the movies.

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I am aware that commuter students cannot and should not request special treatment from campus officials.

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Even a cursory survey of the situation should be sufficient to reveal the significant burdens that such a demanding life style must place on the average commuter student.

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One must accept the statistically verifiable fact that, as a group, commuter students take more difficult courses than students who live on campus.

Question 2

Which of the following modifications to the second paragraph is necessary?

Accepted Answer

Part 10: Change "we" to "us."

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Part 7: Change "it's" to "its."

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Part 6: Change "nearest" to "nearer."

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Part 9: Change "our" to "their."

Question 3

Which of the following alterations would help draw attention to the first paragraph's primary idea?

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Delete Part 3

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Delete the phrase "with a minimum of research" from Part 4

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Change Part 7 from the plural to the singular, as in "Plainly, I do not."

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Change Part 6 from an interrogative to a declarative sentence by dropping the word "Do.

Question 4

Which of the following should be substituted for the word in Part 4 of the first paragraph that is highlighted?

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thinks

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should think

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thinking

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will think

Question 5

Which of the following alterations would help the second paragraph's ideas to flow more naturally?

Accepted Answer

Place Part 9 after Part 11.

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Reverse the order of Parts 10 and 11.

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Delete Part 12.

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Reverse the order of Parts 8 and 9.

Question 6

Which of the following sentences in the first paragraph doesn't fit the rules of grammar?

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Part 3

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Part 1

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Part 2

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Part 4

Question 7

Which of the following would be best in line with the writer's goals and target audience if put between Parts 7 and 8 of the second paragraph?

Accepted Answer

You are comforted by the fact that your friend still has all of the same wonderful qualities that captured your affection when you first met.

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I rarely read the same book more than once, though; I think that is a waste of time.

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Within that realm of fictional escapism, you extract solace and intellectual gratification.

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That, of course, is not true of the books that you are forced to read for most college literature courses.