Praxis 5724 Communication and Literacy: Writing Courses

* Understand the structure, timing, question formats, and expectations of the Praxis 5724 Writing examination.

* Apply standard written English conventions involving grammar, usage, punctuation, capitalization, mechanics, and word choice.

* Identify and correct fragments, run-on sentences, agreement errors, faulty comparisons, misplaced modifiers, and parallelism problems.

* Select sentence revisions that improve clarity, concision, structure, grammar, and effectiveness.

* Revise passages for development, organization, transitions, tone, style, sentence structure, and logical flow.

* Evaluate research strategies, source credibility, relevance, accuracy, currency, evidence, and possible bias.

* Recognize citation elements and select appropriate information for specific research assignments.

* Plan and write a focused argumentative essay supported by logical reasons and specific examples.

* Analyze and synthesize information from two sources in an organized informative/explanatory essay.

* Manage the 40-minute selected-response section and two 30-minute essay sections using effective pacing, revision, and proofreading strategies.

* Understand the structure, timing, question formats, and expectations of the Praxis 5724 Writing examination.

* Apply standard written English conventions involving grammar, usage, punctuation, capitalization, mechanics, and word choice.

* Identify and correct fragments, run-on sentences, agreement errors, faulty comparisons, misplaced modifiers, and parallelism problems.

* Select sentence revisions that improve clarity, concision, structure, grammar, and effectiveness.

* Revise passages for development, organization, transitions, tone, style, sentence structure, and logical flow.

* Evaluate research strategies, source credibility, relevance, accuracy, currency, evidence, and possible bias.

* Recognize citation elements and select appropriate information for specific research assignments.

* Plan and write a focused argumentative essay supported by logical reasons and specific examples.

* Analyze and synthesize information from two sources in an organized informative/explanatory essay.

* Manage the 40-minute selected-response section and two 30-minute essay sections using effective pacing, revision, and proofreading strategies.