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The Empowered Writer, Practice Final: Part 01
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Peer-reviewed journals are ________.
a) less-credible than non-peer-reviewed journals
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b) more credible than non-peer-reviewed journals
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c) informal publications
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d) marketed to the general population
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Plagiarism may result in ________.
a) a failing grade for the paper
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b) a failing grade for the course
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c) expulsion from the institution
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d) all of the above
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A ________ should be used for a direct quotation that is four or more consecutive lines.
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b) paraphrase
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c) block quotation
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d) mixed quotation
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Slanted language can show a lack of ________.
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b) objectivity
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c) connotation
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d) opinion
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A(n) ________ is an expanded bibliography.
a) annotated bibliography
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b) extended reference
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c) summary
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d) abstract
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________ is often used to falsely reassure through indirect naming.
a) Conciseness
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b) Active voice
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c) Passive voice
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d) Euphemism
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Description provides an essay with ________.
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b) concrete detail
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c) opinion
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d) ambiguity
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Expository writing uses a(n) ________-based thesis.
a) value
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b) fact
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c) ethical
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d) policy
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A claim of value appeals to ________.
a) ethics
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b) morals
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c) values
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d) all of the above
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Periodicals can be published ________.
a) monthly
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b) yearly
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c) daily
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d) all of the above
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A climax order begins with the ________.
a) least important point
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b) most important point
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c) weakest point
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d) least factual point
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Composing is part of ________ draft stage in essay writing.
a) the first
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b) the second
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c) the final
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d) any
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Writers in literature, philosophy, and religion generally use ________ citation style.
a) MLA
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b) APA
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c) Chicago
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d) CSE
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________ is NOT an organizational method for a comparison and contrast essay.
a) block method
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b) point-by-point method
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c) imperative
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d) All of the above are methods for comparison and contrast essays.
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To indicate that a part of a direct quotation has been omitted, the writer can use ________.
a) a dash
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b) parentheses
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c) ellipses
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d) an asterisk
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A(n) ________ is a shorter way of rephrasing someone's ideas.
a) annotation
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b) abstract
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c) summary
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d) quotation
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The acronym "FOCUS" is applied in the ________ stage of essay writing.
a) research
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b) pre-writing
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c) revising
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d) submitting
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Paragraph wraps are especially useful in ________.
a) long paragraphs
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b) short paragraphs
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c) thesis statements
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d) bullet points
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The purpose of citations is to ________.
a) establish the writer's credibility
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b) allow the reader to trace sources
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c) allow the writer to find a reference again
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d) all the above
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Collective nouns refer to ________.
a) groups
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b) non-specific individuals
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c) pronouns
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d) any subject
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A(n) ________, a type of evidence, refers to the way that a particular situation was dealt with in the past.
a) analogy
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b) case study
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c) precedent
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d) illustration
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After all evidence has been weighed, the best inference is ________.
a) the least probable
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b) the most surprising
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c) the most probable
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d) still unknown
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A writer can characterize an audience according to ________.
a) knowledge
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b) interest level
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c) orientation
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d) all of the above
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The use of ASAP and STAT in everyday speech are examples of ________.
a) jargon
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b) metaphor
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c) gist
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d) plagiarism
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Primary sources are ________.
a) original compositions
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b) criticisms of sources
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c) reviews of sources
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d) commentaries
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A writer should introduce a sentence fragment with ________.
a) a semicolon
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b) a period
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c) another fragment
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d) none of the above
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Writers in the social sciences generally use ________ citation style.
a) MLA
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b) APA
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c) Chicago
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d) CSE
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Reading ________ is the method of reading a paper aloud but more slowly and carefully than would normally be done.
a) forward
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b) audibly
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c) syllabically
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d) backward
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An apostrophe is ________.
a) a mark of spelling
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b) a mark of punctuation
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c) a mark that pluralizes a subject
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d) a proofreading mark
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Failing to use a ________ to connect two ideas can make a paragraph's development difficult.
a) modifier
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b) transition
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c) concluding wrap
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d) adjective
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