TSI Assessment Practice (Writing) with Questions and Answers

TSI Assessment Practice (Writing) with Questions and Answers The idea that lightning never strikes the same place twice is one of the oldest and most well-known weather-related myths; (in fact), lightning strikes the Empire State Building in New York City about 100 times per year. A. in fact B. therefore C. moreover D. in contrast ANSWER Choice (A) is correct. It avoids the illogical phrasing of the other options by providing the phrase "in fact," which is used in this context to introduce evidence validating a previous statement. In this sentence, the information in the second clause ("lightning strikes the Empire State Building . . . about 100 times per year") offers evidence confirming the truth of the statement made in the first clause ("The idea that lightning never strikes the same place twice" is a "well-known" yet false belief). Options (B), (C) and (D), while grammatically correct, result in illogical phrasing because they do not indicate the relationship specified by the information in the sentence. Horror films (that keep viewers in a state of endless fright and which draw) record-breaking crowds. A. that keep viewers in a state of endless fright and which draw B. keep viewers in a state of endless fright and drawing C. that keep viewers in a state of endless fright draw D. that keep viewers in a state of endless fright and they draw ANSWER Choice (C) is correct. It avoids the sentence-fragment error of the original sentence by providing the main verb "draw" to agree with the subject "horror films" and to carry out the action of the sentence. In addition, choice (C) appropriately provides the relative clause "that keep viewers