HSA 2006 English Item 46print

HSA 2006 English Item 46

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After reading literature from around the world, students researched their own family backgrounds. One student, Shelli, decided to research her Irish heritage and learned that some Irish sports are popular in the United States. The draft of Shelli's essay, “Irish Sports,” requires revisions and edits. Read the draft. Then answer the following.

Shelli found the information below in a language handbook.

Use a colon

  • to mean “note what follows”
  • before a list of items when the list does not immediately follow a verb

Which sentence in Shelli's draft should be edited using this rule?

  1. Sentence 4
  2. Sentence 6
  3. Sentence 8
  4. Sentence 12

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