English week 1

Anna decided to locate her writing space in the room farthest from the television and away from street noises. What is Anna trying to do? Multiple choice question.

minimize distractions

The mood or feeling that a writer tries to create in a piece is known as Multiple choice question.

tone.

Which of the following should you consider as you create an inviting atmosphere for writing? Select all that apply.

type of seating type of lighting amount of noise

Which of the following should you generally consider about your audience as you decide what to write about your subject? Select all that apply.

what the audience already knows about the subject which details to include that are appropriate for your audience

The best time of day to write is

whatever time of day your brain functions the best.

Which topic would be best for a paper whose purpose is to persuade?

why student loans should have lower interest rates

True or false: All writers need to have both pen and paper and a computer on hand when they get ready to brainstorm a writing project.

FALSE, Writers should have on hand for brainstorming the materials they feel comfortable with—some prefer paper; others prefer a computer.

Which of the following topics is most appropriate for a paper whose purpose is to express feelings?

How Becoming a Parent Affected Me

Which of the following pieces of writing is most likely to have entertaining readers as its primary purpose?

How I Survived a Disastrous Blind Date

Which of the following decisions is an example of how audience and purpose influence subject?

Serena decides most readers won't know much about acupuncture, so she will inform them about the basics.

For her English class, Olivia, a physics major, wrote a paper to explain the uncertainty principle, a difficult topic her readers were not likely to know about. To get their interest, she began it with a funny story about a physicist. Which of the following best describes what Olivia did?

She included material whose purpose was to entertain in a paper mainly to inform.

In planning his paper, Ahmed is asking the following questions. Which of them concern design? Select all that apply.

Should I try to include some charts and diagrams? What length paper will let me cover my topic, and should I double-space it? What guidelines does my instructor have for formatting this assignment?

True or false: You need to safeguard against losing your work whether you are working on a computer or writing on paper. True false question.

TRUE, Whether you are writing on paper or on a computer, you need to establish a method for saving your work.

Luis is writing a paper for the members of his surfing club. Which of the following are assumptions that Luis should be able to make about his audience when he plans his paper? Select all that apply.

The audience will be interested in basic information about surfing. The audience will be familiar with specialized vocabulary related to surfing. The audience will be interested in advanced information about surfing. The audience already knows a lot about surfing.

Which of the following is the best example of jargon?

Two knitters discuss gauge, tension, and techniques for casting on.

Julie chose travel as her broad subject. The rhetorical situation calls for a short paper. Which of the following would be an appropriate topic for a short paper? Select all that apply.

a Caribbean cruise, Great smoky mountains

The ideal writing place is

a place without distractions.

Mateo is writing an article to persuade students at his college who do not participate in the student-run electronics-recycling program to start participating. He thought about his primary and secondary audiences. Which of the following belongs to his secondary audience rather than to his primary audience? Select all that apply.

administrators at his college who oversee the recycling program the students at his college who participate in the program and might want to know more people in the larger community interested in recycling electronics

A secondary audience is a group of people who

are not a writer's main intended readers but still might read the work.

Rita writes a letter to go with a job application. In the first paragraph, she describes her education and experience. In the second paragraph, she states the case for how she can benefit the organization if she is hired. What is the purpose of the letter?

both to inform and to persuade

When deciding how to design a document, the writer should

consider the design expectations of the audience.

A writer whose goal is to persuade primarily wants to

convince readers to believe or do something.

A writer whose goal is to inform wants to

educate or teach readers in some way.

A writer whose primary goal is to entertain wants to

emotionally move or amuse readers in some way.

Gemma is writing a paper about an activity—yoga—to be shared with a general audience that may or may not know anything about her subject. Which of the following should she remember to include in the paper? Select all that apply.

explanations of specialized yoga terms the basic benefits of doing yoga

A writer whose main goal is to express feelings wants to

explore the emotions connected to something.

Match the design element on the left with the correct description on the right

genre a type or category of document format the structure of your writing and documentation based on specified guidelines length the required word count or page count for a document appearance the spacing, margins, indents, fonts, and organizational elements visual aids any images, charts, graphs, maps, or diagrams

A writer whose goal is to interpret wants to

help readers better understand a concept.

Keeping in mind the subject point of the rhetorical star, which of the following topics is the most appropriate for a 5-page paper in a government course?

how a parliamentary system works

The purpose of creating an ideal writing environment is to

increase your chances of success as a writer.

If you have not had as much success with writing as you would like, which of the following are actions that will help you improve? Select all that apply.

learning to break writing projects into small tasks, creating an ideal writing environment, visualizing yourself writing a strong paper

Anna decided to locate her writing space in the room farthest from the television and away from street noises. What is Anna trying to do?

minimize distractions

Frank is writing an article arguing for changes in U.S. tax policy. Which of the following would be the most helpful audience characteristic for him to consider? Multiple choice questions.

political views

Which of the following are examples of writing for a discourse community? Select all that apply.

procedures written for medical staff in a hospital a web page written for professional translators an article written for members of a theater club

A writer's purpose is his or her

reason for writing

Which of the following types of writing should be formal rather than informal? Select all that apply. Multiple select questions.

research paper business letter

Which of the following are effective ways to make a backup copy of an assignment saved on your computer in case of a hard drive crash? Select all that apply.

saving a copy of the document to a flash drive or an external hard drive e-mailing the document to yourself saving a copy of the document to online storage

A discourse community is a group of people who

share common interests, knowledge, and values related to a particular subject.

Jargon is defined as

specialized vocabulary and speech used by a particular group.

Narrating, describing, and explaining a process are examples of the major ______ a writer can use. Multiple choice question.

strategies

Which point of the rhetorical star is concerned with choosing the writing approach that best serves your purpose and audience?

strategy

What does good design help writers do? Select all that apply.

structure a document logically make a document visually appealing

When a writer uses the rhetorical star to analyze a writing situation, what five things does he or she consider? Select all that apply.

subject, strategy, ourose, design, audience

According to the rhetorical star, the broad, general concept that a person chooses to write about is known as the

subject.

The term rhetoric refers to

the art of communicating effectively through writing or speaking.

Which of the following topics is appropriate for a paper whose purpose is to inform?

the harmful consequences of acid rain

Considering the subject point of the rhetorical star, which of the following topics could be covered most successfully in a 5-page paper for a health course? Multiple choice question.

the latest tool for detecting breast cancer

Which of the following is an appropriate topic for a paper whose purpose is to interpret? Multiple choice question.

the true meaning of patriotism

Camilla writes in the areas of art and music, psychology, and business. She's been asked to write a short article for a magazine that she is not familiar with. Before she writes the article, she needs to find out about the audience. Which of the following will be the most important for her to find out about?

their interests

When you begin writing, which of the following should you have available? Select all that apply.

thesaurus, dictionary

Which of the following are main purposes for writing? Select all that apply.

to persuade to interpret to express feelings to inform to entertain