Read the following paragraph from Alyssa's draft of an argumentative essay.
Team Sports
Playing a team sport helps to support character growth. Being on a team sport holds an individual responsible. Each team member must do their part to help reach a common goal. Being on a team sport can contribute to more physical exercise as well. Learning to work on a team also develops important skills needed in the future. Not only will a team member be expected to learn how to lead, they will also learn to follow directions from others. Team sports also teach participants good sportsmanship.
Which of the following sentences should be removed because it does NOT support the main argument of the essay?
A.
Being on a team sport holds an individual responsible.
B.
Being on a team sport can contribute to more physical exercise as well.
C.
Not only will a team member be expected to learn how to lead, they will also learn to follow directions from others.
D.
Team sports also teach participants good sportsmanship.
B
Use the information in the box below to answer the question.
fault n.
1. something that is not physically or intellectually perfect
2. a mistake
3. a crack in the crust of a planet
4. someone who does something to an excessive degree
Which sentence uses the word fault as it is described in definition 1?
A.
The antique dresser had one fault, a deep scratch near its second drawer.
B.
Her grammar is perfect to a fault.
C.
A fault in Earth's crust is where earthquakes occur.
D.
The woman admitted that the misunderstanding was her fault.
A.
The antique dresser had one fault, a deep scratch near its second drawer.
Which of the following correctly uses a comma between coordinate adjectives?
A.
I love to go to the beach on long, August days.
B.
The icy, winter weather caused a power outage last winter.
C.
The frightening, fierce winds toppled trees and power lines.
D.
Five, large deer stood in the field behind our ranch.
C.
The frightening, fierce winds toppled trees and power lines.
Read the sentence.
The man in the black shirt holds all the keys to the warehouse.
What is the main purpose of the underlined phrase?
A.
to make the writing more colorful
B.
to indicate where the events in the sentence take place
C.
to make the noun "man" more specific
D.
to clarify the meaning of the verb "holds"