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TSI Writing: Revising a Sentence to Show Cause and Effect 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.
We turned off the TV
Transcript
- 00:03
Our side writing editing shoppers Another sentence for your head
- 00:07
here The game was over so we turned off the
- 00:09
tv rewrite this thing with we turned off the tv
- 00:14
What there's no commerce and michael in there Okay well
- 00:21
this sentence expresses cause and effect The cause of the
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- 00:24
action is the fact that the game was over and
- 00:27
the effect is that we turned off the tv well
- 00:29
in the original sense the word so conveys the cause
- 00:33
and effect relationship for the rewritten sentence The on ly
- 00:36
answer choice that explains this relationship is because some of
- 00:40
the words that express cause and effect you are therefore
- 00:43
thus hence and well consequently for example diego has been
- 00:48
studying with shmoop consequently he's going to rock the assessment
- 00:52
so hard he'll place out of college That joke joking
- 00:56
there it's a thing but diego's in good shape Okay
- 00:59
so that's it The answer is b because the game
- 01:02
was over we turned off the tv because the game
- 01:04
was over That's it turning the tv off before the
- 01:07
game is overwhelming cause a riot in the living room
- 01:09
You have been there done that It doesn't make sense
- 01:12
to say that you've turned off the tv despite finishing
- 01:14
the game it's logical to do so so get rid 00:01:16.818 --> [endTime] of cnd that's it it's b we're shmoop oh
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