ENG 101 Chapters 1 & 2

The traditional college essay is a paper of less than two hundred words

False

There is no right or wrong way of clustering your ideas

True

To communicate effectively, people must constantly adjust their speech to suit their purpose and audience

True

In ___, you collect ideas and details that relate to your subject, paying no attention to their order

brainstorming

Clustering is also known as ___

diagramming or mapping

A short paper of 150 to 200 words is called a ___

paragraph

A topic sentence is a ___

paragraph's opening point

Asking why, when, where, who, what, and how--in order to generate ideas and details about your subject--is called ___

questioning

Evaluating your use of active verbs occurs during ___

revising sentences

In a ___, you think carefully about the point you are making, the supporting items for that point, and the order in which you will arrange those ideas

scratch outline

The central idea developed in any essay is called a(n) ___

thesis statement

Students start to become writers when they realize that the writing process often requires ___ revision(s)

three or more

The thesis statement appears in the introductory paragraph

True

Questions to Help Evaluate an Essay's Organization

- Do I have an interesting introduction, a solid conclusion, and an accurate title - Do I have a clear method of organizing my essay - Do I use transitions and other connecting words

A scratch outline often follows ___

- Freewriting - Questioning - Diagramming

Recommendations for the Revising Process

- Set your first draft aside for a while - Work from typed or printed text - Write down additional thoughts

Recommendations for Freewriting Exercises

- Try writing nonstop for ten minutes or more - Do not worry about proper spelling and punctuation - Feel free to repeat yourself until more words come

To revise the content of your essay, you should ask if it is ___

- Unified - Supported - Organized

Recommendations when Using Technology

- Work in a single spacing so that you can see as much of your writing on the screen at one time as possible - Print hard copies of your work at the end of every session - Keep your work saved in at least two places

Which of these is NOT recommended when using technology

Begin working the night before your essay is due

Which of these is NOT an effective question to help evaluate an essay's organization

Do I use commas in the appropriate places

A fuller treatment of supporting evidence is effectively handled in one paragraph

False

After the editing stage, you are finished and should not double-check by proofreading

False

Which of these is NOT recommended as part of a freewriting exercise

Make sure your work is presentable enough to submit

Which of these is NOT recommended as part of the revising process

Toss out your first draft and begin again from scratch

A traditional essay consists of an introductory paragraph, three or more supporting paragraphs, and a concluding paragraph

True

An essay is usually developed using multiple modes of writing to support its thesis

True

Any idea that you advance in writing must be supported with specific reasons and details

True

Clustering can give you an early sense of how ideas and details relate to one another

True

Eliminating sentence-skill mistakes will improve an average essay

True