Ch15 English

Outline your points

Organization will be a major consideration when you

Editing for mechanics

Sarah has just completed writing a paper. She is now spending time making sure that her subjects and verbs always agree, that she is using active voice instead of passive voice, and that she has good variety in her sentence structure. This is an example of which of the following?

Brainstorming

The process of generating potential topics for writing or generating ideas that you might use in your paper is called what?

Revising/Editing

What part of the writing process includes looking at your essay that you have written in order to check and improve upon the organization, ideas, grammar, and mechanics?

When they refer to a specific person

When should titles such as president, professor and senator be capitalized?

All of the answers are correct

Which of the following makes it easier to catch errors when editing for mechanics?

Consistency and coherence

Which of the following should you look for when editing for content?

can't

All of the following are examples of nonwords EXCEPT _____.

Taking a few minutes to write down every phrase or idea that that might be relevant for your essay

Brainstorming involves which of the following techniques?

ensures you met the objectives for the assignment; ensures you polish your writing by addressing fine details

Editing for content _____, while editing for mechanics _____.

A fragment separated from the clause can lose its clarity or meaning.

How does a sentence fragment create confusion for the reader?

Descriptive

Identify the following writing style used in this poem by Emily Dickinson titled 'Summer Shower'': 'A drop fell on the apple tree, Another on the roof, And made the gables laugh, The breezes brought dejected lutes, And bathed them in the glee; And signed the fete away.'

Persuasive

Identify the style of writing in the following excerpt from the editorial board of The New York Times: 'At every opportunity since they took over the House in 2011, Republicans have made it clear that they have no interest in reaching a compromise with the White House.'

Doing so helps you zero in on the key question to which you're being asked to respond

It's important to carefully read and interpret a writing prompt because

Narrative

The 'Legend of Sleepy Hollow' is an example of which of the following writing styles?

Expository

The goal of this type of _____ writing is to explain an idea or concept while incorporating details for support.

Drafting

The part of the writing process in which you actually write the paper for the first time is known as what?

show how one point would lead you logically to another point.

Using mapping as a prewriting technique allows you to _____.

Editing for content

Vincent is reading over the paper that he has written. He realizes that he went off on a bit of a tangent, and one of his main points does not line up with his thesis statement. This was discovered while Vincent was _____.

When two independent clauses are joined incorrectly

When do you have a run-on sentence?

fine, find

Which of the following is NOT an example of a heterograph?

To be as fresh as possible, edit your paper immediately after you finish writing it.

Which of the following is NOT included in the general rules of self-editing?

additionally, however, conversely

Which of the following list of words are transitional words?

Use subordinate clauses to avoid fragments.

Which of the following statements is NOT a way to improve sentence structure?

The report was finished in early June.

Which of the following statements is an example of writing with a passive voice?

Audience and purpose.

What are the two main factors that play a role in determining writing style?

Grammar or organization

When you are freewriting, you shouldn't worry about

Editing for content involves checking the ideas and main points being made in the essay

Which of the following best defines 'editing for content'?

Let's go there this afternoon.

Which sentence correctly uses their, there, or they're?

I would love some cake, too.

Which sentence correctly uses to, too, or two?

Your test had the best score in the class!

Which sentence correctly uses your, yore, or you're?

I will accept his homework late.

Which sentence uses the word 'accept' correctly?

Edit for spelling, punctuation and capitalization errors

What does it mean to edit for mechanics?

By green grass

Which of the phrases below includes the use of a modifier?

Copy editing is checking for spelling, grammar, punctuation, sentence structure.

What is the copy-editing?

There is a sentence fragment

What is wrong with this sentence: When they got home. They decided to cook pork chops for dinner.

audience

When you consider the age, education level, or experience level of the people that might read your paper, you are trying to define your __________.

Outlining

When you have generated ideas and details for your paper, you must organize them so that you know which order you will write about them in your paper. What is this process known as?

It's important to use a style that doesn't distract from your essay content

Which aspects of style should you watch for in the content editing process?

Fixing capitalization issues

Which of these is NOT an example of editing for content?