Victory for the ACT Student Text 15e

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5. A. NO CHANGE B. every C. all D. each one a 5. (C) English/Conventions of Standard English/Grammar and Usage/Pronoun Usage The referent of “each” is “characters,” but “each” is singular, while “characters” is plural. (B) and (D) are also incorrect for this reason. (C) corrects the problem by using a plural pronoun. 6. F. NO CHANGE G. acting and speaking H. acted and spoke J. acted and spoken 6. (F) English/Conventions of Standard English/No Change The original sentence is correct. (G) reduces the sentence to a sentence fragment by eliminating the only conjugated verbs. (H) and (J) both create …‘ϐŽ‹…–• ‘ˆ ˜‡”„ –‡•‡• „‡–™‡‡ –Š‹• sentence and the other sentences of the paragraph, which use present tense verbs. 7. A. NO CHANGE B. whoever they may be C. whomever they may be, D. OMIT the underlined portion. 7. (D) English/Knowledge of Language/Style/ Conciseness The underlined material is needlessly repetitious and should be deleted. 8. F. NO CHANGE G. the one of Shakespeare H. those of Shakespeare’s J. those of Shakespeare 8. (J) English/Conventions of Standard English/Grammar and Usage/Pronoun Usage The original sentence is incorrect because the pronoun “that” does not agree with its plural antecedent “writings.” (G) fails for the same reason. (H) uses the correct pronoun, but the use of “Shakespeare’s” is incorrect. Possession is already indicated by “of.” (J) is correct because the pronoun EXPLANATIONS

are each genuine representations of common 5

humanity. Hamlet and Othello act and speak according to the general passions and 6

principles that affect all of us. In the writings of other poets, whoever they may be, 7

a character is too often an individual; in that of Shakespeare, it is commonly a species. Other dramatists can gain attention only by using exaggerated characters. Shakespeare 8 8