Which sentence best describes webbing?

Writing Skills, Part 1

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Questions 1 to 20: Select the best answer to each question. Note that a question and its answers may be split across a page break, so be sure that you have seen the entire question and all the answers before choosing an answer.

1. Revision involves

A. being consistent with paragraph indentation.

B. clarifying purpose and meaning.

C. checking for repeated words and confused words.

D. checking for correct capitalization.

2. Which of the following wouldn't constitute plagiarism?

A. Paraphrasing an article from a medical journal

B. Borrowing idea structure from an essay on hockey C. Constructing a personal narrative without research D. Copying and pasting from an Internet article on pets

3. How are the ideas in the following two sentences tied together?

The best time I had all summer was the night of Sherry's party. The worst was the next day.

A. No connection

B. A connective

C. Sentences closely connected in meaning

D. Word pointers

4. Which one of the following sentences contains two ideas joined by a connecting word?

A. Frank went fishing on Saturday; he caught many fish.

B. Mike ran after the bus.

C. Tina arrived at work earlier than usual.

D. Sally lives with her parents, although she could afford her own apartment.

5. Which of the following is something to check for during the proofreading process?

A. Confused words

B. Generalities

C. Negative messages

D. Clichés

6. Which of the following is the clearest and most effective sentence?

A. Visiting such a grand building, full of books and ideas, is a hobby that we participate in with excitement.

B. We love going to the library.

C. The library is a place we are greatly enamored with, and we find it most enjoyable.

D. All of us procure great enjoyment from travel to the impressive building.

7. A group of words that's missing a subject, a verb, or a complete thought is called a(n)

A. sentence fragment.

B. run-on sentence.

C. prepositional phrase.

D. independent clause.

8. Plagiarism is

A. a minor academic offense.

B. easily avoided by paraphrasing.

C. limited to scholarly work.

D. borrowing without giving the original author credit.

9. An imperative sentence

A. shows emotion.

B. makes a request.

C. makes a statement.

D. asks a question.

10. An exclamatory sentence always ends in

A. an exclamation point.

B. a period or an exclamation point.

C. a question mark.

D. a period.

11. Which of the following is the clearest and most effective sentence?

A. The party included attractive females of all ages, and one was a sibling of a man known as John.

B. The sister of John was attractive more than others who attended a party.

C. John's sister was the prettiest girl at the party.

D. John is a man with a sister who is attractive, and they both went to a party together.

12. Which of the following is an interrogative sentence?

A. Please don't go.

B. She isn't telling him where she is going. C. They questioned where he was going. D. Where are you going?

13. Which of the following is true regarding audience?

A. If you don't address your intended audience, there is still a good chance that your message will be conveyed successfully.

B. An author should write for himself first; the audience is secondary.

C. Words and examples must be chosen appropriately to address the audience.

D. Consideration of the audience is less important than the message of an essay.

14. Which of the following sentences contains a compound predicate?

A. She washed the shells and dried them in the sun.

B. She raced along the path to beat him to the beach.

C. She placed the shells in a plastic bag while he dried himself off.

D. While he swam, she collected shells.

15. Which of the following is an action taken during the editing process?

A. Varying sentence lengths

B. Adding clichés

C. Checking consistency with paragraph indentation

D. Replacing specific examples with general statements

16. Choose the connective that best completes the sentence.

She left the party early. Afterwards, she went to a movie. she went home.

A. Next

B. Meanwhile

C. First

D. Finally

17. Which of these is a run-on sentence?

A. You and I and the whole team will go.

B. I went home and ate and ate.

C. I thought about what he'd said soon I realized he was right.

D. Before lunch, I played volleyball; after lunch I did again.

18. Which sentence contains a prepositional phrase?

A. They sang it, then sang it again.

B. They tried, although they didn't expect to win.

C. Running all the way, he got there early.

D. With the proper help, they'll complete the project early.

19. Which one of these statements would be considered inappropriate in formal writing?

A. Dr. Thomson arrives promptly each morning.

B. He reviews the reports of his assistants.

C. He hates to be late.

D. Next, he prepares to conduct his experiments.

20. Choose the connective that best completes the following sentence.

Everyone appeared to be having a good time. , my impressions may have been wrong.

A. Of course

B. In other words

C. Furthermore

D. In fact

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Writing Skills, Part 2

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Questions 1 to 20: Select the best answer to each question. Note that a question and its answers may be split across a page break, so be sure that you have seen the entire question and all the answers before choosing an answer.

1. Of these four words, which one is most likely to have a negative flavor or connotation?

A. Distract B. Harangue C. Confuse D. Meander

2. Choose the word that best fills-in the blank.

She forcefully her view that something needs to be done to reduce crime in the city in front of city council.

A. murmured

B. snarled

C. commented

D. asserted

3. Choose the word that best fills-in the blank.

He went into a long about the outcome of the last election after it was mentioned on the news.

A. assert B. quibble C. fastidious D. rant

4. A cliché is a expression.

A. creative B. wordy C. new

D. worn-out

5. In order to become a better writer, you must read

A. good writing. B. only nonfiction. C. only novels.

D. anything except magazines.

6. When writing, you can most effectively use a dash to

A. get the reader's attention.

B. replace a semicolon.

C. add a formal touch to a sentence.

D. replace an exclamation point.

7. Antonyms are words that are

A. defined in a thesaurus. B. the same in meaning. C. pronounced the same. D. opposite in meaning.

8. When using direct quotations in your writing, which of the following should be placed outside the set of quotation marks?

A. Question mark

B. Semicolon

C. Comma

D. Period

9. Of the following methods, the best way to increase your reading is by

A. joining a mail-order book club.

B. setting a goal to read five new pages every night.

C. forcing yourself to read subjects you dislike.

D. reading a new book every day.

10. Synonyms are words that are

A. defined in a thesaurus. B. pronounced the same. C. similar in meaning.

D. opposite in meaning.

11. Which of the following sentences is written in the passive voice?

A. I would not provoke that man if I were you.

B. The effects of cyanide are well known.

C. Having left the building, Elvis never returned.

D. They considered their options.

12. Read the word in parentheses; then decide which of these sentences most effectively translates an abstract concept into a mental picture.

A. (Rumors) Whispers of doubt filled the empty halls like the reek of rotten eggs.

B. (Honesty) Jamal told the truth when asked why his cellphone wouldn't work.

C. (Freedom) On her twenty-first birthday, Lola declared herself a woman.

D. (Studious) Lucy lay on her bed reading a back issue of National Geographic.

13. Choose the word that best fills-in the blank.

His time running this half marathon was compared to his past performances.

A. abysmal

B. perturb

C. detrimental

D. repugnant

14. Listing your ideas in order to generate a topic for your writing project is

A. planning.

B. brainstorming.

C. webbing.

D. freewriting.

15. In order for a new word to be maintained in your vocabulary, you must it.

A. use

B. pronounce

C. read

D. define

16. A thesaurus is a book that's useful for finding

A. frequently misspelled words.

B. definitions.

C. synonyms.

D. famous quotes.

17. Which one of the following sentences is written in the active voice?

A. Few people think seriously of doing something about accidents.

B. Accidents are considered by most people as unavoidable.

C. Accidents are witnessed every day.

D. It is said that definite steps can be taken to prevent many accidents.

18. Which sentence best describes webbing?

A. You write down words or ideas in chronological order.

B. You're generating words that suggest possible sentences or paragraphs.

C. You're generating words that suggest possible themes for an essay.

D. You write down words or ideas that occur to you in no particular order.

19. When we speak of the flavor of a word, we're talking about the extra understood meanings that it carries in addition to its main meaning. These extra meanings are called

A. connotations.

B. definitions. C. denotations. D. synonyms.

20. To put abstract ideas into close-up words, use descriptions.

A. general

B. concrete

C. impersonal

D. faraway

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Writing Skills, Part 3

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