Thea writting review 8 ppt

34. Which of the following sentences is a run-on

sentence?

a. Part 4

b. Part 3

c. Part 2

d. Part 1

35. Which of the following sentences contains an

error in punctuation?

a. Part 3

b. Part 4

c. Part 5

d. Part 6

Questions 36 and 37 are based on the following passage.

(1) Adolescents are at high risk for violent crimes.

(2) Although they make up only 14% of the popu￾lation age 12 and over, 30% of all violent crimes—

1.9 million—were committed against them. (3)

Because crimes against adolescents are likely to be

committed by offenders of the same age (as well as

same sex and race), preventing violence among and

against adolescents is a twofold challenge. (4) Ado￾lescents are at risk of being both victims and perpe￾trators of violence. (5) New violence-prevention

programs in urban middle schools help reduce the

crime rate by teaching both victims and perpetrators

of such violence the skills of conflict resolution, how

to apply reason to disputes, as well as by changing

attitudes towards achieving respect through vio￾lence and towards the need to retaliate. (6) These

programs provide a safe place for students to discuss

their conflicts and therefore prove appealing to stu￾dents at risk.

36. Which of the following sentences represents the

best revision of Part 5?

a. New violence-prevention programs in urban

middle schools help reduce the crime rate by

teaching both victims and perpetrators the

skills of conflict resolution, by instructing how

to apply reason to disputes, and by changing

attitudes towards violence and towards the

need to retaliate.

b. New violence-prevention programs in urban

middle schools help reduce the crime rate by

teaching both victims and perpetrators of

such violence the skills of conflict resolution;

how to apply reason to disputes; as well as by

changing attitudes towards achieving respect

through violence and towards the need to

retaliate.

c. New violence-prevention programs in urban

middle schools help reduce the crime rate.

They teach both victims and perpetrators of

such violence the skills of conflict resolution:

how to apply reason to disputes, as well as by

changing attitudes towards achieving respect

through violence and towards the need to

retaliate.

d. New violence-prevention programs in urban

middle schools help reduce the crime rate by

teaching both victims and perpetrators of

such violence the skills of conflict resolution,

how to apply reason to disputes, as well as to

change attitudes towards achieving respect

through violence and towards the need to

retaliate.

37. Which of the following should be used in place

of the underlined word in Part 2 of the passage?

a. will be

b. are

c. is

d. was

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