ENG 101 Chapters 5 & 7

Recommendations for a formal peer review exercise

- Be prepared and, if possible, bring a mostly completed draft with you - Read the paper aloud as your peer or group follows along - Read over your feedback and ask questions about comments that are confusing

Important things to do when reviewing the rough drafts of your peers

- Locating a thesis statement that makes a point - Making note of at least two things the author did well - Making note of at least two things the author could improve

When revising simple sentences to make them more complex and sophisticated, you might try ___

- adding a second complete thought (coordination) - adding a dependent thought (subordination) - beginning with a special opening phrase

Which of the following is NOT recommended for a formal peer review exercise

Bring an informal sketch of ideas with you to brainstorm with your peers

The three most common purposes of writing are to inform, to persuade, and to sell products

False

Which of the following is NOT of primary importance when reviewing the rough drafts of your peers

Providing extra attention to grammar and punctuation

If you are open to giving and receiving constructive criticism, you can reasonably expect your work to develop

True

In general, active verbs are more effective than passive verbs

True

Without information gained through experience or research, you may not be able to create a fully developed essay

True

Words in a pair or series should have parallel structure in order to aid clarity

True

___ is an example of a first-person plural pronoun

We

When the subject of a sentence performs the action of the verb, the verb is in the ___

active voice

In ___ , a writer attempts to support a debatable point or position

argument

When you add a dependent thought to a simple sentence, the result is a ___

complex sentence

When you add a second complete thought to a simple sentence, the result is a ___

compound sentence

When writers paint verbal pictures of people, places, or things, they are employing ___

description

In ___ , the writer provides background information and an explanation of his or her subject

exposition

The ___ is most common as a means of expressing personal experience or observation

first-person approach

When a writer tells the story of something that happened, he or she is employing ___

narration

When the subject of a sentence receives the action of a verb, the verb is in the ___

passive voice

To maintain consistency, a paper that begins in the past tense should continue in the ___ tense

past

The ___ is useful for giving readers direct instructions and explanations

second-person approach

Any indefinite pronoun (one, anyone, someone) is a ___ word

third-person

The most common point of view in academic writing is the ___

third-person approach

The word ___ is, generally speaking, inappropriate for academic writing

you