PERT Test Reading and Writing Success Advantage+ Edition: Florida PERT Test Preparation Book (PERT Test Prep Study Guide Series)

PERT Test Reading and Writing Success Advantage+ Edition contains the most comprehensive prep and review materials available for the PERT Reading and Writing Tests. This book contains seven PERT practice tests. The first 137 pages of the study guide contain the same great material as Academic Success Media’s original publication.There are three reading practice tests and three writing practice tests, with answers and in-depth explanations for each question. Plus, there is a new PERT reading test and 40 new writing exercises at the end of the book.The new writing exercises help students practice the most common grammatical and stylistic writing conventions assessed on the PERT writing exam.The explanations to the answers contain exam tips and strategies for each question type on the real exam, so that you can correctly answer even the most difficult questions on the PERT reading and writing tests. While other PERT study guides just give you a general review of reading comprehension and writing skills, our study guide is focused to cover the exact skills assessed on the PERT examination. What is more, all of the problems in our book are of the same level of difficulty and in the exact same format as those on the actual PERT examination. The PERT Test Reading and Writing Success Study Guide has three sections. The reading and writing review section contains:An overview of the format and content of the PERT reading and writing testsReview of the types of questions covered on the PERT reading testReview of the concepts covered on the PERT writing testOur reading practice tests cover:Determining the main ideaEstablishing a thesisSummarizing key points, events, or informationUnderstanding specific pointsStating the meaning of words or phrases in contextAnalyzing organizational structureEvaluating the function or purpose of specific sentencesDetermining the purpose of the authorDeciding which evidence best serves an argumentAscertaining unbiased facts or biased opinionsEvaluating the reasoning and effectiveness of evidenceDrawing conclusions and making inferencesDetermining the relationship between two sentencesUnderstanding characters in fictionAssessing the tone of a selectionAnalyzing and comparing two texts with different stylesOur writing practice tests cover:Establishing and supporting a topic or themeUsing grammar, punctuation, and capitalization correctlySubject-verb agreementVerb usage and tensePronoun-antecedent agreementAvoiding unclear pronoun referenceCorrect modifier placementCoordinationSubordinationParallel structureCapitalization of proper nounsProviding arguments and counterargumentsDetermining the appropriate tone and styleRestating and paraphrasing informationUnderstanding how to cite information correctlyRecognizing commonly-confused words and making the correct word choiceExpressing ideas clearly and conciselyAscertaining the correct order of sentences in a selectionSynthesizing information and combining sentencesUsing transitional and cohesive devices correctlyUnderstanding rhetorical coherenceIdentifying sentences that do not belong in a selectionAdvantage Plus Edition Bonus Material:New PERT reading test with 30 questions and answers. 40 new writing exercises with answers Read more