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Revising with Style

Revising with Style. Combining Sentences I. 1. The story “Names/Nombres” is by Julia Alvarez. It tells of her experiences after immigrating to the United States. Remove the verb “is” and the pronoun “it” to make a simple sentence.

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Revising with Style

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  1. Revising with Style Combining Sentences I

  2. 1.The story “Names/Nombres” is by Julia Alvarez. It tells of her experiences after immigrating to the United States.

  3. Remove the verb “is” and the pronoun “it” to make a simple sentence. The story “Names/Nombres” by Julia Alvarez tells of her experiences after immigrating to the United States. OR

  4. Change “by Julia Alvarez” to the possessive noun “Julia Alvarez’s” and place it at the beginning of the new sentence. Delete the period and “It.” Julia Alvarez’s story “Names/Nombres” tells of her experiences after immigrating to the United States. OR

  5. Change the period to a comma, and add the coordinating conjunction “and” to make a compound sentence. The story “Names/Nombres” is by Julia Alvarez, and it tells of her experiences after immigrating to the United States. OR

  6. Move “story” so that it becomes part of an appositive for the title, and then delete “The,” “It,” and the period. “Names/Nombres,” a story by Julia Alvarez, tells of her experiences after immigrating to the United States.

  7. The story “Names/Nombres” by Julia Alvarez tells of her experiences after immigrating to the United States. • Julia Alvarez’s story “Names/Nombres” tells of her experiences after immigrating to the United States. • The story “Names/Nombres” is by Julia Alvarez, and it tells of her experiences after immigrating to the United States. • “Names/Nombres,” a story by Julia Alvarez, tells of her experiences after immigrating to the United States.

  8. All the new sentences are correct and keep the original meaning, but if this were the TAKS Writing test, and you had to choose only one, which would it be? A B C D

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