Practice Test 8

The writer uses this passage: “I waited by the front door, clutching my library book. Earlier that morning, I had promised Mom I would return it. Now the bus was already honking outside, and I still couldn’t find my shoes.” Which transition signals a shift backward in time (a flashback)?

Which transition would best clarify the comparison in this passage: “Both dolphins and whales are mammals. ____ they breathe air through lungs instead of gills.”