English 101 post-tests
How do you "go easy on a reader's eyes"?
Use plenty of white space and a simple font.
What is another way of describing clustering?
Clustering is a combination of brainstorming and diagramming.
Clustering begins with brainstorming, which is based on free association. What is free association?
Free association is both a way of thinking that lets one word lead to another and letting your thoughts flow without regard to logic or order.
Brainstorming is based on a way of thinking called free association. What is free association?
Free association is letting one word lead to another AND naming whatever comes to mind without regard to logical order.
How is questioning useful as a prewriting strategy?
It helps you both generate ideas and examine a topic from different angles.
Making sure that the purpose of your writing is clear to your audience, that your main ideas are supported with details and examples, and that your organization is logical are the goals of
Revising
To what does the term kairos refer?
The fitting moment to respond to a situation by writing
Which of the following statements about the writing process is false?
The writing process is said to be recursive because it follows a step-by-step order.
When writers get stuck during the drafting or revising phase, what should they do?
Try prewriting strategies to generate new ideas.
Which of the following is not a good question for writers to ask about purpose before beginning to write?
What style and tone should I adopt in my writing
How much time does a clustering exercise usually take?
a few minutes
Which of the following statements is true about genre?
a genre functions like a contract between a writer and a reader
It is helpful for writers to know as much as possible about their audience because that makes it easier for writers to
achieve their purpose.
While visiting websites for possible topics during prewriting, what should writers take notes on?
any questions they have about the material
Which of the following is a component of the rhetorical situation?
audience
Which of the following must be considered in understanding any rhetorical situation?
audience
Why is editing always the final stage of the writing process?
because writers should worry more about their ideas than about surface-level issues until the end of the process
Ethos refers to which of the following?
crediility
Which stage of the writing process involves correcting errors in grammar, punctuation, mechanics, or spelling?
editing
Although the writing process is recursive, the final stage is always
editing.
A letter, report, research paper, and novel are examples of what?
genres of writing
What does clustering show on paper that freewriting and brainstorming do not?
how ideas connect to each other
Prewriting prepares you for drafting by giving you
lots of ideas, observations, and details to work with.
What is the key to responding successfully to a writing assignment?
making sure you understand the assignment
When you use visual cues to orient your readers, you help your readers
navigate
When you freewrite,
neither spelling nor punctuation is important.
Which is the best place for a writer to find a good topic for a paragraph or an essay?
on a website that the writer enjoys visiting
Based on the writing assignment below, what words should a student make note of? Great food often comes from the fusion of two seemingly dissimilar culinary traditions. Prepare a menu for a new fusion restaurant that you are planning. The menu should feature a one-paragraph description of the concept, followed by five menu item descriptions.
prepare a menu for a new fusion restaurant, one paragraph description, five menu item descriptions
Which stage of the writing process refers to all activities that help you explore a subject, generate ideas about it, choose a specific topic, establish a purpose, and analyze the audience for your writing?
prewriting
Rethinking your content and organization so that your writing says exactly what you want it to is called
revising.
When a writer considers the circumstances surround a writing project, he or she is considering
the context
A thesis statement presents
the topic and the writer's stance concerning the topic.
Why do writers break their writing into paragraphs?
to organize ideas and make them more comprehensible for the reader
Which of the following is not a function of a title?
to provide background information
What does the concept of kairos help determine in writing?
when a message will be appropriate to the moment
What is rhetorical analysis?
when a writer breaks a text into parts and then explains how those parts work together to create a certain effect
When are you ready to start drafting?
when you have lots of ideas to work with
Portions of the page that are devoid of text are called
white space
Which of the following is the best definition of drafting?
writing down your thoughts, developing or expanding some ideas, organizing your thoughts to reflect your purpose, and writing a first version
When it is said that the writing process is recursive, it means that
writing is actually a cyclical process, which means that at any point you may loop in and out of other stages.
