GRE English

Deductive reasoning involves _____ a. beginning with transitional sentences and ending with your thesis. b. starting with specific details and moving to a larger concluding point or generalization. c. presenting only examples and details instead of main ideas. applying your thesis statement directly to your concluding idea. d. starting with a generalization and moving to specific details.

d. starting with a generalization and moving to specific details.

What should an evaluation checklist include? a. Do I have a clear thesis sentence? b. All of these answers are correct. c. Are my body paragraphs organized in a logical way? d, Have I made grammatical errors?

All are correct

Find the domain of f(x) + g(x) if f(x) = 2x and g(x) = sqrt (x+ 5). a. x must be greater than -5 b. x can be -5 or greater c. x must be -10 or greater d. x can be any real number

b. x can be -5 or greater

Assume that you wanted to indicate a shift in time in your writing. Which of the following words or phrases would you want to AVOID using? a. Finally b. For example c. Meanwhile d. Next

For example

Brainstorming involves which of the following techniques? a. Writing in narrative form all possibly relevant ideas as they come to you b. Creating a formal outline c. Sketching out your ideas in a way that shows how those ideas relate to each other d. Taking a few minutes to write down every phrase or idea that that might be relevant for your essay

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

Why do some individuals prefer the CMS style? a. It is the easiest to remember. b. It is easier to read. c. It offers concrete rules with no variability. d. It offers flexibility.

It offers flexibility.

After a long day, a teacher is grading a large number of essays which were written by his students. He is reviewing how his students structured their essays. Tom structured his essay so each paragraph had 3 sentences. Jane used 4 to 5 sentences, Katie used 6 to 7 sentences, while Phil used 9 to 10 sentences for each paragraph. Based on this fact alone, which of the following likely received the highest grade? a. Jane b. Phil c. Katie d. Tom

Katie

Which of the following is a question we should ask ourselves when editing the work of others? a. Is the thesis relevant or should the topic be changed? b. What is the mood of the piece? c. How can we broaden the audience to as many as possible? d. How can I make this author sound more up-to-date?

What is the mood of the piece?

People write for many reasons. Some want to inform, others want to persuade while others aim to teach or train their audience. If you are concerned about what your readers think about you based on your writing, what does this represent? a. A secondary objective of your writing. b. Wanting to earn as much money as possible from writing. c. Understanding your readers' biases. d. A primary objective of your writing.

a. A secondary objective of your writing.

What is a problem with the following sentence? a. Looking for his favorite pair of glasses. It is a regular run-on sentence. b. It has a comma splice. c. It is a sentence fragment. d. It lacks an exclamation point at the end.

c. It is a sentence fragment.

Which of the following should NOT be included in the conclusion paragraph of a 5-paragraph essay? a. Around 5-7 sentences for an essay of this length. b. A sense of closure. c. The importance of the writer's thesis statement in light of the research presented. d. New information.

New information

What should you consider to ensure that you're writing effectively for your audience? a. What you want your reader to take away from what you write. b. Assuming what the reader knows about the subject and writing to that level. c. How many graphic images need to be included to best convey your message. d. The amount of time the reader is likely to have for reviewing the piece.

a. What you want your reader to take away from what you write.

Deciding whether the verb should be singular or plural in 'either/or' and 'neither/nor' sentence structures depends on whether: a. The compound noun is plural or singular. b. The subjects are both plural or both singular. c. A singular or plural subject is closest to the verb. d. The subjects are followed by prepositional phrases.

c. A singular or plural subject is closest to the verb.

When directly quoting a source with three or more authors for the first time, what should the in-text citation include? a. Only the last name of the first author listed on the source b. Every author's last name in alphabetical order c. Every author's last name, in the same order they are presented in on the source, the publication year, and the page or paragraph number being referenced d. The last name of the first author listed on the source and the publication year

c. Every author's last name, in the same order they are presented in on the source, the publication year, and the page or paragraph number being referenced

Which of the following sentences has the best diction for achieving a serious tone? Select one. a. The robots' primary job was primarily to make fun of bad movies. b. The robots' principal work was to critique poor works of cinema. c. Principally, the robots thrived on making fun of bad films. d. The robots' primary job was to make fun of bad movies.

The robots' principal work was to critique poor works of cinema.

From the following options, what suggestion would you make when editing the paragraph below? 'I love to hear the rain falling. It doesn't matter if it is reining hard or soft; I love it. I love what the rain represents - cleansing and nurturing for all of the Earth. The rain is amazing.' a. Take out the first sentence b. Talk about the smell of rain as well as the sound c. Change 'reining' to 'raining' in the second sentence d. Add in content about thunder and clouds

c. Change 'reining' to 'raining' in the second sentence

Select the best revision of the following thesis: 'Setting the legal drinking age at 21 seems unfair because you can serve in the military at 18.' a. Setting the drinking age to 18 makes more sense than it being set at 21. b. At 18, you can fight and die for your country, but you cannot legally have a drink. c. The solution to the gap between the age at which you can die for your country and the age at which you can drink is perhaps not to change the drinking age but to raise the fighting age. d. 18 is the perfect age to start drinking.

c. The solution to the gap between the age at which you can die for your country and the age at which you can drink is perhaps not to change the drinking age but to raise the fighting age.

How can the following mixed structure sentence be corrected? ''From looking at the textbook helped me understand my mistakes.'' a. Adding a comma after 'textbook'. b. Removing 'From' (Don't forget to capitalize 'Looking' as it is now the first word in the sentence.) c. Rephrasing as two sentences: ''From looking at the textbook. I helped understand my mistakes.'' d. Adding a semicolon after 'textbook'.

b. Removing 'From' (Don't forget to capitalize 'Looking' as it is now the first word in the sentence.)