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State ENC 0021 Skills Chart

Competencies and Skills	%	# items	Question # on test
*1. Conceptual & organizational skills	25%	10
1.1 Topic sentence		2	1, 9
1.2 Supporting details		2	6, 8
1.3 Logical patterns		2	3, 7
1.4 Relevance of details		2	2, 10
1.5 Transitional devices		2	4, 5
*2. Word choice skills	10%	4
2.1 Chooses proper expressions		2	11, 29
2.2 Confused or misused words		2	12. 31
*3. Sentence structure skills	25%	10
3.1 Misplaced modifiers		2	13, 32
3.2 Coordination and subordination		2	15, 33
3.3 Parallel structure		2	14, 34
3.4 Fragments, comma splices, run-ons		4	16, 30, 35, 39
*4. Grammar, spelling, capitalization, and punctuations skills	40%	16
4.1 Standard verb forms		1	17
4.2 Shifts in verb tense		2	18, 36
4.3 Subject-verb agreement		2	19, 37
4.4 Pronoun antecedent agreement		1	20
4.5 Pronoun shifts		2	21, 38
4.6 Clear pronoun reference		1	22
4.7 Pronoun case form		1	23
4.8 Adjectives and adverbs		1	24
4.9 Degrees of adjectives and adverbs		1	25
4.10 Standard spelling		1	26
4.11 Standard punctuation		2	27, 40
4.12 Standard capitalization		1	28
		40

Answers to April 2002 State Practice (detective reading):

You need to get 25 out of 40 correct (62.5%) to pass the objective test.

1. 1 c
2. 2 b
3. 3 b
4. 4 d
5. 5 b
6. 6 e
7. b
8. a
9. e
10. a
11. c
12. c
13. c
14. e
15. c
16. a
17. b
18. b
19. c
20. a
21. b
22. b
23. c
24. b
25. b
26. c
27. b
28. d
29. d
30. e
31. d
32. c
33. d
34. c
35. b
36. c
37. c
38. c
39. a
40. d

Last updated 11/06/2007