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TSI Reading: The Mongoose Is In the Details: Identifying Characterization
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Rikki-tikki's Conflict with Nag and Nagaina
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TSI Reading: Recognizing the Rhetorical Effect of Onomatopoeia
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TSI Writing: Completing a Sentence with a Nonessential Clause 1 Views


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Think about how you would rewrite the following sentences according to the directions given, and then choose the best answer for each. Keep in mind that your revision should not change the meaning of the original sentence.

Barro negro, which comes from Oaxaca, Mexico


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Okay next up Writing Borrow negro is a style of

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black clay pottery that comes from walks in mexico All

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right rewrite this thing running with this bottle nigga which

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comes from walks Hakam mexico What Yeah All right well

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since without a verbs like a motorcycle without a motor

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computer without an operating system or a peanut butter and

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jelly sandwich without the peanut butter there you know the

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rest Here The only option for a verb is is

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so that's our guy The rewritten sentence can't stand on

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its own without this small but powerful word so it

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should say yeah bottle nigga which comes from akasaka mexico

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is a style of black clay pottery That's it it's

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See every other option Leaves are poor defenseless sentence without 00:00:55.873 --> [endTime] a verb so cia guys that's it

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