Practice Quiz Chapter 06

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. Which of the following is true about a thesis statement?

a) It should announce the topic. correct incorrect

b) It can state a claim. correct incorrect

c) It can include the main points of the essay. correct incorrect

d) All of the above correct incorrect

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. The statement "violence among young girls is increasing in our society" is an example of which of the following?

a) A claim correct incorrect

b) A speculation correct incorrect

c) An untruth correct incorrect

d) None of the above correct incorrect

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. The statement "Marie Curie was the first woman scientist to receive the Nobel Prize for her pioneering work on radium" is an example of which of the following?

a) A factual claim correct incorrect

b) An interpretative claim correct incorrect

c) An untruth correct incorrect

d) None of the above correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is true about a coherent paragraph?

a) It uses logical sentence order. correct incorrect

b) It uses appropriate transitions. correct incorrect

c) It reiterates key words or phrases. correct incorrect

d) All of the above correct incorrect

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. What pattern of development does the following paragraph principally use? "The deployment of law to produce social or cultural homogeneity is evident in the establishment of Upper Canada's public school system in the 1840s; in the progressive denial or erosion of French language education in Manitoba, Ontario and New Brunswick; in the Indian residential school system; in the attempts to force public education on communalist Christians, such as the Strict Mennonites and Hutterites; and in the the coercion of Jehovah's Witness children into religious and patriotic exercises. (John McLaren, 1995, "'New Canadians' or 'Slaves of Satan?': The Law and the Education of Doukhobor Children, 1911-1935")"

a) Analysis correct incorrect

b) Example correct incorrect

c) Narration correct incorrect

d) Description correct incorrect

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. In science writing, which of the following types of evidence carries the most weight?

a) An experiment correct incorrect

b) A literature review correct incorrect

c) A graph correct incorrect

d) An interview correct incorrect

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. Which of the following types of evidence is usually associated with writing in the humanities?

a) Interviews correct incorrect

b) Questionnaires correct incorrect

c) Direct quotations from primary sources correct incorrect

d) Interpersonal observations correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is not a way to convey credibility when writing an essay?

a) By presenting logical reasoning and avoiding logical fallacies correct incorrect

b) By presenting opposing or contrary views correct incorrect

c) By making appeals to emotion as well as reason correct incorrect

d) By citing authoritative sources correct incorrect

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. When does bias occurs in writing?

a) When writers look for common ground correct incorrect

b) When writers do not adopt an objective perspective correct incorrect

c) When writers lie about results correct incorrect

d) When writers use evidence to validate a theory correct incorrect

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. A basic way report writing in the sciences and social sciences differs from humanities writing is that it not only discusses the facts but explains how the facts were compiled.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. The difference between the Results and the Discussion sections of a report is that in the former, the significance of the findings is not mentioned.

a) True correct incorrect

b) False correct incorrect

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. What should conclusions never do?

a) Introduce a completely different argument correct incorrect

b) Refer to possible problems with the results correct incorrect

c) Repeat key points correct incorrect

d) Ask other researchers to conduct further studies correct incorrect

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. A paper has not been carefully revised if it contains which of the following?

a) Grammatical errors correct incorrect

b) Poor word choices correct incorrect

c) Typos correct incorrect

d) All of the above correct incorrect

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. What does the word "revise" mean?

a) To start again correct incorrect

b) To see again correct incorrect

c) To prepare to conclude correct incorrect

d) To visit again correct incorrect