The Empowered Writer, Practice Quiz: Chapter 02

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. The first stage of the writing process is ________.

a) organization correct incorrect

b) pre-writing correct incorrect

c) research correct incorrect

d) developing a thesis statement correct incorrect

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. The ________ of an essay is the broadest category.

a) subject correct incorrect

b) thesis statement correct incorrect

c) topic correct incorrect

d) both A and B correct incorrect

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. ________ is NOT a strategy for prewriting.

a) Brainstorming correct incorrect

b) Freewriting correct incorrect

c) Questioning correct incorrect

d) Revising correct incorrect

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. Your primary audience is ________.

a) the people you are composing for correct incorrect

b) all potential readers correct incorrect

c) your employer correct incorrect

d) yourself correct incorrect

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. ________ involves circling words and phrases and connecting them to other words.

a) Organizing correct incorrect

b) Clustering correct incorrect

c) Freewriting correct incorrect

d) Outlining correct incorrect

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. A thesis statement has two parts: the topic and the ________.

a) opinion correct incorrect

b) explanation correct incorrect

c) comment correct incorrect

d) argument correct incorrect

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. Whether you work on paper or on computer, it is important to ________ your previous drafts.

a) recycle correct incorrect

b) keep copies of correct incorrect

c) annotate correct incorrect

d) overwrite over correct incorrect

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. Underscoring ideas means ________.

a) supporting your points correct incorrect

b) circling main ideas correct incorrect

c) identifying the audience correct incorrect

d) citing your sources correct incorrect

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. When creating an outline, a writer should ensure that he or she has ________ main point(s) per paragraph.

a) one correct incorrect

b) two correct incorrect

c) three correct incorrect

d) four correct incorrect

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. The strategy of asking the journalistic questions--Who? What? Why? When? Where? How?--is known as ________.

a) fine tuning correct incorrect

b) freewriting correct incorrect

c) looping correct incorrect

d) questioning correct incorrect

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. ________ writing is geared toward the audience the essay was designed for.

a) Reader-based correct incorrect

b) Writer-based correct incorrect

c) Editor-based correct incorrect

d) All of the above correct incorrect

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. An essay that begins with the weakest point and proceeds to the strongest point is known as the ________ order.

a) dramatic correct incorrect

b) logical correct incorrect

c) inverted correct incorrect

d) climax correct incorrect

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. Pre-writing helps a writer determine the essay's thesis and ________.

a) tone correct incorrect

b) diction correct incorrect

c) main points correct incorrect

d) abstract correct incorrect

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. Writers may find it beneficial to follow freewriting with a ________ exercise.

a) looping correct incorrect

b) research correct incorrect

c) brainstorming correct incorrect

d) clustering correct incorrect

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. ________ is a kind of graphic technique that allows a writer to develop main points and essay structure through connecting words and ideas.

a) Graphing correct incorrect

b) Clustering correct incorrect

c) Laddering correct incorrect

d) Pro/con listing correct incorrect