ENG 112
Ch 15: Which of the following is a key feature of annotated bibliographies?
consistent presentation
Ch 15: Which of the following is a key feature of reviews of scholarly literature?
. careful, thorough research
Ch 35: Which of the following statements accurately describes what the beginning of a text should accomplish?
A beginning should grab the attention of readers and make them want to keep reading.
Ch 9: The term "multimedia" MOST CLOSELY refers to which of the following?
A combination of media used to achieve a particular purpose
Ch 20: Which of the following is a key feature of proposals?
A response to anticipated questions
Ch 4: If you disagree with someone else's ideas, it's best to immediately state your own opinion and forgo any further discussion.
False
Ch 60: When budgeting your time for a presentation, you should allow about one-half of the total time for your introduction and conclusion.
False
Ch 8: You should choose your tone without regard for other elements of your rhetorical situation.
False
Ch 9: In college courses, your assignments will always specify a particular medium and design.
False
Ch 33: Which of the following tasks should you perform during the proofreading stage of your writing process?
Slow down your reading so that you can see every word and punctuation mark.
Ch 29: Which of the following activities is MOST useful when you want to look at your topic in new ways?
Cubing
Ch 31: Which of the following questions can BEST help you evaluate the organization of your written work?
Do you need more transitions to help readers move from idea to idea?
Ch 32: When revising a draft, it's best to address smaller, more particular issues before addressing any global issues.
False
Ch 12: What type of research might you consider including when writing a report?
All of these types of research may be included in a report: library database sources, field research, like interviews or surveys, and internet sources.
Ch 6: The MOST difficult audience to write for is which of the following?
An unknown audience
Ch 5: Which of the following is the BEST question to ask yourself to help you identify your primary purpose for writing?
Are you writing mostly to entertain, inform, or persuade?
Ch 15: The main difference between a review of literature and an annotated bibliography is which of the following?
A review of literature shows how the sources within a body of literature relate to one another.
Ch 60: When thinking about whether you will need to provide background information in your presentation, which element of your rhetorical situation are you MOST DIRECTLY considering?
Audience
Ch 33: Your computer's grammar checker and spelling checker are not very reliable methods for proofreading your draft.
True
Ch 5: Most writing has several purposes at the same time.
True
Ch 6: In a college writing course, you will be expected to submit writing with few, if any, errors.
True
Ch 7: To achieve a particular purpose or connect with an audience in a particular way, writers may tweak the features or combine elements of different genres.
True
Ch 4: Which of the following is a useful tip for persisting in college?
All of these are useful tips for persisting in college: Approach a large project in stages, Visit the tutoring center on campus for assistance, and reread a chapter multiple times until you understand it.
Ch 5: Which of the following characteristics of your writing will be affected or determined by your purpose for writing?
All of these characteristics will be affected by your purpose for writing: how to design what you write, who your audience will be, and what genre you will choose.
Ch 20: No matter how you decide to organize your proposal, you should always do which of the following?
Begin by establishing that there is a problem
Ch 33: Which of the following guidelines is MOST IMPORTANT to follow when editing at the sentence level?
Check for parallelism.
Ch 33: Which of the following tasks should you perform during the editing stage of your writing process?
Check your use of the passive voice.
Ch 29: Which of the following activities is MOST useful when you need help developing subtopics or want to see how various ideas within your topic relate to each other?
Clustering
Ch 12: When revising a draft of your report, which of the following questions will BEST help you and others study your draft with a critical eye?
Does the introduction explain why this information is being presented?
Ch 31: In general, punctuation is not something to worry about when you are checking the clarity of your written work.
False
Ch 9: Which of the following examples illustrates a medium of communication?
Each of these examples illustrates a medium of communication: body language, radio talk show, and magazine advertisement
Ch 15: The main difference between evaluative and descriptive annotations is which of the following?
Evaluative annotations include relevant commentary on each source.
Ch 20: When choosing a topic for a proposal, it's best to choose a large, complex problem.
False
Ch 29: Which of the following activities is MOST useful when you want to explore what you already know about a subject in an informal way?
Freewriting
Ch 35: Seth ends his research essay on plastic straws by including a few simple steps that readers can take to cut back on or eliminate their use of straws. Which of the following statements BEST describes how Seth is ending his essay?
He is proposing some action.
Ch 60: When delivering a presentation, which of the following guidelines should you follow?
Match your pace to the needs of your audience.
Ch 32: Which of the following strategies would BEST help you revise your draft to sharpen its focus?
Outlining your draft to help you ensure that each paragraph contributes to your main point
Ch 35: Which of the following strategies would BEST be used as a way to end an essay?
Propose some action
Ch 60: Which of the following is a key feature of a spoken presentation?
Repetition and parallel structure
Ch 32: Which of the following strategies would BEST help you revise your draft for clarity?
Rewriting what you're trying to express as if you were talking to a young child
Ch 32: Why might it be useful to rewrite your draft in a different way or from a different perspective?
Rewriting your draft can help you understand where your original draft may be lacking.
Ch 36: A topic sentence usually comes at the beginning of a paragraph.
True
Ch 3: When is it important to introduce a statement with a signal phrase?
When the statement summarizes something that the author says in the text
Ch 4: Which of the following actions is an example of metacognitive thinking?
When you finish an assignment, you make some notes on what you did well, what problems you had, and how you solved them (or not).
Ch 7: Which of the following factors should not influence your choice of genre?
Whether readers will agree with your position
Ch 20: When generating ideas and text for a proposal, which of the following questions can you think about to BEST help you articulate why your solution is the best one?
Why will your solution work better than other solutions?
Ch 3: Which of the following statements about ways to respond to a text is true?
You may focus on how your personal beliefs influenced the way you understood the text.
Ch 8: Which statement BEST describes the relationship between stance and audience?
Your stance should suit your relationship to your audience and the way in which you wish your audience to perceive you.
Ch 12: Which of the following is a key feature of reports?
a tightly focused topic
Ch 9: Which of the following characteristics of one's writing would be considered a design element?
headings
Ch 11: When analyzing a written text, it may be helpful to follow which of the following sequences of tasks?
read, respond, summarize, analyze, and draw conclusions from your analysis
Ch 32: Imagine that you are tasked with responding to a peer's draft. Which of the following ways of responding BEST illustrates the guidelines given in this chapter?
reading your peer review partner's draft twice and writing comments and suggestions on a separate sheet of paper
Ch 60: When writing and designing presentation slides, which of the following design guidelines should you follow?
Use a list of brief points to reinforce your spoken words.
Ch 8: Which statement BEST reflects how your tone communicates your stance in writing?
Your tone expresses an attitude toward your subject through the words you choose.
Ch 11: Which of the following items is a key feature of textual analyses?
a clear interpretation or judgment
Ch 11: Regardless of whether you choose to organize your analysis thematically, part by part, or spatially, the beginning of the essay should include a summary or description of the text, any necessary context, and a thesis.
True
Ch 29: Regardless of whether it is formal or informal, an outline can be helpful in establishing the hierarchy of your ideas.
True
Ch 35: Tatianna begins her essay on drug abuse by telling a brief story about her older brother's struggles with heroin addiction. Which of the following statements BEST describes how Tatianna is beginning her essay?
She is starting with an anecdote to bring the topic to life.
Ch 5: After you've defined what your purpose is, which of the following is the BEST question to ask when thinking about how to achieve that purpose?
Should you write in a certain genre?
Ch 3: Why is it important to read a text carefully before you summarize it?
So you can capture the writer's intended meaning as clearly and evenhandedly as possible in your summary
Ch 12: When generating ideas and text for your report, what is the MOST IMPORTANT reason to draft a tentative thesis?
A tentative thesis will help narrow and focus any research you do.
Ch 36: Which of the following statements is true about thesis statements?
A thesis statement takes a stand or makes a claim.
Ch 7: Which example illustrates a genre of writing?
All of these examples illustrate types of genres: "Daddy," a poem by Sylvia Plath, The Quran, the central religious text of Islam, a Mazda CX-3 owner's manual.
Ch 6: Which of the following questions can you ask yourself to help you shape your writing to suit your audience?
All of these questions would help you shape your writing in light of your audience: What does your audience care about? What motivates them?, What attitudes may affect the way your audience reads your piece?, What does your audience already know about your topic?
Ch 33: Which of the following strategies is a good method for proofreading a draft?
All of these strategies are good methods for proofreading a draft: placing a ruler or piece of paper under each line as you read to keep your eyes from jumping ahead, reading the text one sentence at a time, beginning with the last sentence and working backward, and having someone read your text aloud to you while you follow along on the screen or page.
Ch 36: You can use transition words like "although," "but," and "however" in your writing to signal
Changes in direction.
Ch 31: In general, why is it important to be able to step back and assess your own written work?
Each of these is an important reason why it's important to be able to step back and assess your own written work: Your growth as a writer depends on your ability to understand what you do when you write, Only when you think about the process of writing can you improve it and build on good habits, You will rarely get to explain to readers why you wrote what you did and what it means, so you need to make your writing as clear as you can.
Ch 11: Which of the following assignments is MOST DIRECTLY asking the student to write a textual analysis?
Examine a political candidate's speech for its effectiveness at reaching a target audience
Ch 12: In general, one of the goals of report writing is to inform readers about something while bringing in the writer's own opinions of it.
False
Ch 15: When deciding what sources to include in an annotated bibliography written for a college course, it's best to include every source you find or look at.
False
Ch 3: When writing a summary, you should use quotations from the text frequently to illustrate your understanding of the author's main ideas.
False
Ch 20: In general, why do instructors ask students to write topic proposals?
Instructors want to ensure that students' topics are appropriate or manageable for the assignment.
Ch 11: When revising a draft of your analysis, which of the following questions is MOST IMPORTANT to ask to help you and others study your draft with a critical eye?
Is there adequate evidence to support your interpretation?
Ch 31: Which of the following questions can BEST help you assess whether your written work has met the needs of your particular rhetorical situation?
Is your attitude toward your topic and your audience clear?
Ch 31: Which of the following questions can BEST help you evaluate whether your draft is adequately focused?
Is your thesis narrow or broad enough to suit the needs of your audience?
Ch 4: Which of the following strategies can help you stay focused and engaged during lectures?
Taking notes and identifying the main ideas during lectures
Ch 4: Treating school as you would a job is a tip offered to help you develop which of the following academic habits of mind?
Taking responsibility for your own actions
Ch 6: In any piece of writing, how much background information should you give your audience about your topic?
The amount of background information you give your audience should vary depending on what your audience already knows about your topic.
Ch 3: Which of the following aspects of the original text should you always include in a summary?
The text's main ideas
Ch 8: Say you write an email to your boss that begins, "Hey lady, I don't know who you think you are cutting my hours without talking to me first." This opening MOST CLOSELY conveys which of the following stances?
irreverent