The Empowered Writer, Practice Quiz: Chapter 07

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. Consider using a ________ to organize your thoughts into paragraphs.

a) template correct incorrect

b) inverted pyramid correct incorrect

c) conclusion correct incorrect

d) quotation correct incorrect

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. Almost everything you read begins with a(n) ________ of what follows.

a) summary correct incorrect

b) outline correct incorrect

c) preview correct incorrect

d) assumption correct incorrect

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. The dramatic approach to an essay introduction can begin with ________.

a) a quotation correct incorrect

b) a question correct incorrect

c) a personal experience correct incorrect

d) all of the above correct incorrect

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. A writer should announce his or her topic and main points in the ________.

a) conclusion correct incorrect

b) thesis correct incorrect

c) opening sentence correct incorrect

d) first body paragraph correct incorrect

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. An essay that begins with a general statement before dramatically arguing the opposite is an example of a ________ approach.

a) dramatic correct incorrect

b) logical correct incorrect

c) dramatic-logical correct incorrect

d) logical-dramatic correct incorrect

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. A simple thesis statement has ________ necessary parts.

a) two correct incorrect

b) three correct incorrect

c) four correct incorrect

d) five correct incorrect

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. The introduction serves all of the following functions EXCEPT ________.

a) announce your topic and main points correct incorrect

b) introduce your proof and evidence correct incorrect

c) introduce the writer correct incorrect

d) indicates how the writer plans to develop the main points correct incorrect

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. ________ is NOT a type of essay conclusion.

a) Circular correct incorrect

b) Spiral correct incorrect

c) Square correct incorrect

d) Neither A nor B correct incorrect

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. A circular conclusion ________ the thesis.

a) restates correct incorrect

b) questions correct incorrect

c) challenges correct incorrect

d) discusses correct incorrect

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. "Everyone these days has used a computer at one time or another." This opening sentence is an example of an ________ opening sentence.

a) abrupt correct incorrect

b) irrelevant correct incorrect

c) overstated correct incorrect

d) obvious correct incorrect

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. In the conclusion, a writer should ________.

a) emphasize the importance of the thesis correct incorrect

b) use the exact wording of the thesis correct incorrect

c) provide an example to support the thesis correct incorrect

d) write much more than the introduction correct incorrect

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. To make sure your opening sentence is effective, check to make sure that it ________.

a) broadly introduces the topic correct incorrect

b) abruptly introduces the thesis correct incorrect

c) makes an obvious observation correct incorrect

d) carefully builds to the thesis correct incorrect

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. In general, an introduction should be no more than ________ of the essay's length.

a) 30 per cent correct incorrect

b) 5 per cent correct incorrect

c) 40 per cent correct incorrect

d) 15 per cent correct incorrect

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. Writers should ________ "everyone" claims.

a) be wary of correct incorrect

b) always make correct incorrect

c) never use correct incorrect

d) usually begin with correct incorrect

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. In an expanded thesis statement, express your main points ________.

a) in the first sentence correct incorrect

b) in parallel structure correct incorrect

c) in reverse chronological order correct incorrect

d) before the central claim correct incorrect