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  2. Achievement Test in English Composition - Wikipedia

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    The Achievement Test in English Composition, later SAT II: Writing, was a one-hour standardized test given on English composition by the College Entrance Examination Board as part of college admissions in the United States. A student chose whether to take the test depending upon the entrance requirements for the schools in which the student was ...

  3. Writing assessment - Wikipedia

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    Direct writing assessments, like Writeplacer ESL (part of Accuplacer) or a timed essay test, require at least one sample of student writing and are viewed by many writing assessment scholars as more valid than indirect tests because they are assessing actual samples of writing. [5]

  4. English grammar - Wikipedia

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    Professor Whitney in his Essentials of English Grammar recommends the German original stating "there is an English version, but it is hardly to be used." (p. vi) Meyer-Myklestad, J. (1967). An Advanced English Grammar for Students and Teachers. Universitetsforlaget-Oslo. p. 627. Morenberg, Max (2002). Doing Grammar, 3rd edition. New York ...

  5. Spite (sentiment) - Wikipedia

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    Spite can be broadly defined to include any vindictive or mean-spirited actions. Alternatively, a narrower definition includes the requirement that spiteful acts involve some degree of self-harm ." [ 1 ] One possible definition of spite is to intentionally annoy , hurt , or upset even when there might be no (apparent) gain, and even when those ...

  6. Handwriting exemplar - Wikipedia

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    Request writings are obtained from an individual specifically for the purposes of conducting a handwriting comparison whereas collected writings are samples the individual produced for some other, unrelated reason generally in the course of their day-to-day activities. The two types of exemplars are complementary to one another.

  7. Holistic grading - Wikipedia

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    In 1980 assessment of school writing was being conducted in at least 24 states, the large majority by writing samples rated holistically. [51] In post-secondary education, more and more colleges and universities were using holistic scoring for advance credit, placement into first-year writing courses, exit from writing courses, and ...

  8. Grammatical gender - Wikipedia

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    the. MASC. SG abuelo grandfather el abuelo the.MASC.SG grandfather "the grandfather" Feminine la the. FEM. SG abuela grandmother la abuela the.FEM.SG grandmother "the grandmother" Example of grammatical gender in Spanish "Grammatical" gender Number Phrase Masculine Singular el the. MASC. SG plato dish el plato the.MASC.SG dish "the dish" Plural los the. MASC. PL platos dishes los platos the ...

  9. Spell checker - Wikipedia

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    English is unusual in that most words used in formal writing have a single spelling that can be found in a typical dictionary, with the exception of some jargon and modified words. In many languages, words are often concatenated into new combinations of words. In German, compound nouns are frequently coined from other existing nouns.