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2. Make good use of your time.

Here’s how to make the best use of your time:

• Carefully read or listen to all directions.
• Find out how much time you have for the test.
• Think about the prompt before you begin writing.
• Find the key word and think carefully about it.
• Make a simple plan or list for your writing.
• Once you begin, keep writing! (See pages 42 and 117.)

3. Focus on the key word.

The two answers below are completely different, even though they cover the same topic. The first answer explains; the second one describes.

Explain what happens in a tsunami. 🟪 The answer tells how a tsunami happens.