Question 1 of 20
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Early in the prewriting phase, writers should give some
serious thought to all of the following except their
A. subject.
B. audience.
C. purpose.
D. spelling.
Question 2 of 20
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One kind of verb, called a/an _______ verb, expresses the
action that the subject is performing.
A. linking
B. helping
C. action
D. prepositional
Question 3 of 20
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Two or more words that mean nearly the same thing are
A. synonyms.
B. opposites.
C. pronouns.
D. homonyms.
Question 4 of 20
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In the writing process, after you’ve narrowed down your
topic, you can use the _______ technique to view a topic from different
perspectives.
A. questioning
B. matching
C. persistence
D. linking
Question 5 of 20
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According to your online text, the most important key to
writing a good first draft is
A. thinking out
loud.
B. engaging your
readers’ intellect.
C. thinking out of
the box.
D. engaging your
readers’ emotions.
Question 6 of 20
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A group of related sentences that develops one main idea is
a/an
A. letter.
B. paragraph.
C. draft.
D. topic sentence.
Question 7 of 20
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When clustering or _______, writers write an idea or a
topic, usually one word, in the center of a piece of paper, then make
associations and write them, branching out from the center.
A. freewriting
B. focused freewriting
C. mapping
D. brainstorming
Question 8 of 20
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_______ is a part of the revision process that focuses on
grammar and spelling.
A. Prewriting
B. Fact-checking
C. Proofreading
D. Brainstorming
Question 9 of 20
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Most paragraphs contain one main idea to which all sentences
relate. The _______ states this main idea.
A. body of the
paragraph
B. implied position
C. general topic
D. topic sentence
Question 10 of 20
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Rethinking and rewriting your first draft and then making
whatever changes, additions, or corrections are necessary to improve the
paragraph is called
A. reiterating.
B. responding.
C. revising.
D. reconstituting.
Question 11 of 20
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Every sentence must contain a subject and a
A. phrase.
B. verb.
C. noun.
D. preposition.
Question 12 of 20
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A topic sentence must be
A. topical.
B. some kind of
idea.
C. a complete
sentence.
D. the first or last
sentence of a paragraph.
Question 13 of 20
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Regarding learning style, _______ learners are happy to work
with others.
A. aural
B. visual
C. social
D. logical
Question 14 of 20
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The essence of freewriting is
A. benefiting from
peer feedback.
B. brainstorming.
C. patience.
D. free association.
Question 15 of 20
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A topic sentence should have two parts—a topic and a
A. controlling idea.
B. body.
C. main thought.
D. phrase.
Question 16 of 20
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Writing is a
A. magical ability
that only a few are born with.
B. talent you either
have or don’t.
C. process
consisting of a number of steps.
D. skill that isn’t
necessary for success.
Question 17 of 20
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Most writers prewrite, write, and
A. plan the paper.
B. revise.
C. write the first
draft.
D. jot down ideas.
Question 18 of 20
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A method that many writers use to warm up and generate ideas
is called
A. freewriting.
B. speedwriting.
C. inner-critic
writing.
D. power writing.
Question 19 of 20
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When you write in second person, you’re acting the part of
a/an
A. critic.
B. observer.
C. participant.
D. advocate.
Question 20 of 20
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Ordering sentences in a paragraph through time is putting
them in
A. space order.
B. order of
importance.
C. time or
chronological order.
D. recognizable
order.
