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Principles of Advanced English Composition

Provider: Prometric
Format: Multiple-choice questions, each with one correct answer and three incorrect options; some questions are associated with passages.
Exam questions: Total questions: 64.
Time limit: 2 hours
Passing score: Minimum score 400 for the fact sheet's ACE recommendation of 3 upper-level baccalaureate semester hours; institutional credit acceptance remains subject to the receiving institution.
Exam fee: $100 examination fee; administering institutions may charge an additional administration fee. Eligible military funding is separate from civilian eligibility.

Examination outline

Types of Writing (4%)
- Narrative
- Informative
- Argumentative and Persuasive
- Critical response
Elements of Effective Writing (32%)
- Audience and purpose analysis
- Pre-Writing strategies
- Content generation / Drafting
- Revising and Editing
Reading and Writing Arguments (31%)
- Identifying elements of Arguments
- Argument Analysis
Using Secondary Sources (33%)
- Finding sources
- Evaluating sources
- Using sources
- Citing and documenting

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