Planning, Revising, and Editing Practice Test

Riley is revising a personal narrative about moving to a new town. A peer reviewer says, “I got confused about who ‘they’ are in paragraph two.” Riley changes “they helped me” to “my neighbors helped me.” Did Riley’s change strengthen the writing? Why or why not?

Read about Keisha’s writing. While editing her draft, Keisha finds “Their going to the museum” and her peer says, “That should be ‘They’re’ for ‘they are.’” Keisha changes it to “They’re going to the museum.” Which change would MOST strengthen Keisha’s writing?