Maggie wants to add another detail to help build the ideas in the second paragraph (sentences 8–12). Which of these could follow sentence 10 and add to the main idea of this paragraph?

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(8) People have been interested in rhinoceros horns for centuries. (9) Ancient Persians thought that these horns could detect poisons. (10) In Yemen the horns have been used to make the handle of special daggers that are given to boys when they become men. (11) All over the world people have found uses for the rhino horn. (12) As a result, the rhinoceros has become one of the world’s most endangered animals.

What is the BEST transition to add to the beginning of sentence 15?

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(14) But to get a rhino horn, some people ignore this law. (15) The number of rhinos has dropped drastically. (16) In fact, the rhino population has decreased by about 90 percent in the last 40 years.

The word bigger is not the right word for sentence 20. Which word should replace bigger in this sentence?

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(20) Governments are trying to write bigger laws to protect the rhinos.

Maggie wants a better ending for her paper. Which sentence can be added after sentence 22 to bring this paper to a more effective close?

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(19) However, many people care about these animals and want to stop the illegal trade of rhino horns. (20) Governments are trying to write bigger laws to protect the rhinos. (21) Conservation organizations are working to make people aware of the problem. (22) Several zoos are developing breeding programs to increase the number of these animals.

Which of these could follow sentence 5 and effectively state the central idea of this paper?

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(1) Sometimes a person has to make a slight turn in life. (2) With effort and some luck, an idea can take the person in a wonderful new direction. (3) That’s what happened to Jeff Kinney. (4) He is the creator of the fiction series Diary of a Wimpy Kid. (5) Millions of kids have read Kinney’s books and seen movies based on them.

What is the most effective way to combine sentences 8 and 9?

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(8) He had a favorite book. (9) It was Judy Blume’s Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing.

What is the most effective revision to make in sentence 20?

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(20) All the while it was a regular kid he had been thinking of a story about.

Andrew would like to provide a better sentence to introduce the ideas in the fifth paragraph (sentences 27–31). Which of these could replace sentence 27 and provide a more effective topic sentence for this paragraph?

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(27) Readers ask Kinney stuff. (28) He explains that the stories, told from the point of view of the Wimpy Kid named Greg, are “ordinary.” (29) He says that’s why real-life kids like them. (30) People often think that Kinney might have once been a lot like Greg. (31) He admits that Greg does have some of his traits but says that he has exaggerated them “to make them more funny.”

What change, if any, is needed in sentence 5?

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(5) Today these ancient ruins served as a home for a type of monkey called the toque macaque (pronounced toke ma-KAK).

What change needs to be made in sentence 7?

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(7) Many people come to the temple ruins to see the monkeys and study his habits.