ENC1101 reading quize

When is it important to introduce a statement with a signal phrase?

when the statement summarizes something that the author says in the text

Academic writing is generally expected to be about as subjective and biased as other types of writing.

False

Most writing has several purposes at the same time.

True

Why is it important to read a text carefully before you summarize it?

so you can capture the writer's intended meaning as clearly and evenhandedly as possible in your summary

Which of the following characteristics of your writing will be affected or determined by your purpose for writing?

All of these characteristics will be affected by your purpose for writing.

Which of the following is the BEST question to ask yourself to help you identify your primary purpose for writing?

Are you writing mostly to entertain, inform, or persuade?

When writing a summary, you should use quotations from the text frequently to illustrate your understanding of the author's main ideas.

False

Paul Krugman's primary purpose in the excerpt from "Money and Morals" is which of the following?

He is persuading readers to see economic trends in a new way.

For a first-year writing course, which of the following outcomes, as defined by the National Council of Writing Program Administrators (WPA), relates to a knowledge of rhetoric?

Read and write texts in a number of different genres, and understand how your purpose may influence your writing.

After you've defined what your purpose is, which of the following is the BEST question to ask when thinking about how to achieve that purpose?

Should you write in a certain genre?

Which of the following statements about ways to respond to a text is true?

You may focus on how your personal beliefs influenced the way you understood the text.

Which of the following statements BEST describes how you should use the ideas of others in your academic writing?

You should present the ideas of others in conversation with your own ideas, quoting, paraphrasing, or summarizing what others have said and then agreeing, disagreeing, or both.

Which of the following strategies could you use in your writing to demonstrate that you've considered your subject thoughtfully, which is an expectation of academic writing?

citing authoritative sources

Which of the following aspects of the original text should you always include in a summary?

the text's main ideas

Which of the following strategies could you use in your writing to convey confidence and establish your authority to write about your subject?

using active verbs and straightforward prose