The Empowered Writer, Practice Midterm: Part 01

. A writer should complete the cycle of ________ as he or she writes an assignment.

. The stage of determining the order of points of an essay is called ________.

. An outline that includes both sub-points and main points is called a ________.

. A ________ is the last sentence of a paragraph that sums up the main point, recalling the topic sentence.

. The ________ pattern determines how an essay or paragraph will be organized.

. Description in an essay provides the reader with ________.

. A(n) ________ is a comparison between one object and a second object that is unlike the first one except for the characteristic being compared.

. In both argumentative and expository writing, the writer's voice should remain ________.

. Introductions function to ________.

. A ________ claim is usually an empirical claim that uses evidence-gathering methods of observation and measurement.

. ________ contribute(s) to a writer's credibility.

. In a ________ method of a comparison and contrast essay, you consider one basis of comparison as it applies to each subject and continue until you have considered all the bases of comparison.

. When presenting an argument, the writer should be sure that the tone does not come across as ________.

. The text recommends using the "________" rule when creating visuals for oral presentations.

. The ________ fallacy asserts a point without supporting evidence on the basis of a firm, perhaps passionate, belief.

. An extended summary should be approximately ________ of the length of the original.

. To research effectively, you need to _______ what others have written

. ________ are used to customize a database search and include terms such as "and," "or," and "not."

. Though it may be a good place to start your research, ________ is one source to avoid citing.

. In MLA, if a direct quotation is longer than four typed sentences, the writer should use ________.

. The main elements of a citation include all of the following EXCEPT _________ .

. Both APA and MLA styles use ________ references for in-text citations.

. "This" and "her" are ________.

. ________ contain neither a complete subject nor a complete predicate

. With two coordinate adjectives, commas are ________.

. Apostrophes indicate the ________ case.

. If a pronoun lacks an apparent noun antecedent, the result is a(n) ________ error.

. Grammatically, dangling modifiers modify the nearest ________, often giving the sentence an unintended meaning.

. To express the importance of concise writing, editors suggest the formula: one + one = ________.

. Informal writing will often allow the use of ________.

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