2.04 Quiz: Strategies for Improving Word Choice

In class, a teacher says, "When someone knows the answer, I would like him to raise his hand." In the past, this was the grammatically correct way to phrase it, but it is not consider proper today. Which of the following ways of saying the same thing is now considered appropriate? I. Anyone who knows the answer should raise his hand. II. When someone knows the answer, I would like them to raise their hand. III. Anyone who knows the answer should raise his or her hand. IV. I would like to see a raised hand from anyone who knows the answer.

III and IV

Peter is writing a love letter to Helen, and he has decided that the word thin is not exactly the right word to use at one point. Unable to think of a better word, he goes to a thesaurus, and he finds the following words: slender, svelte, skinny, scrawny, and anorexic. What should he keep in mind when choosing the best word for the letter?

The definition between the word's den oration and connotation.

What criticism would most creative writing instructors make of the following passage? "Why are you late" asked the teacher. "Because of the huge traffic jam on Broadway," said Fred. "What traffic jam was that?" queried the teacher. "The big jam that went from 10th to 35th," stated Fred. "What traffic jam?" the teacher reiterated. "I was on Broadway just a few minutes ago, and it was wide open".

The writer is too worried about repeating words.

what should you keep in mind when using a dictionary or thesaurus?

all of the above

When Sarah sauntered into the room, the men were moved to look up from their reading. Which of the following was the writer considering most when choosing the words in this sentence?

alliteration

Chain of Association, Cluster, and Spider Web are all forms of what?

graphic organizers

When George made the mistake of saying he liked the Broncos before the big game, he started raging war in the cafeteria. The sentence is an example of Which of the following?

overstatement

Let's just say that my mother was just a tad upset when I got home at dawn. This sentence is an example of which of the following?

understatement

Which of the following best describes a vocabulary system called word forms?

Learn how a root word changes when used as a noun, verb, adjective, or adverb to learn multiple related words at the same time.

If you learn words that are all associated with the same main idea, such as learning words associated with weather, what technique are you using?

thematic groupings