Part 1 Quiz

Which statements below are true about the process of complete, polished, well-formed pieces of writing? The process of writing itself

involves launching a poor first draft that the writer nevertheless adds to, cuts into, revises, rewords, sharpens and smoothes out into a successfully argued and naturally flowing essay.

To avoid becoming a slave to the order in the literature one writes about, with what can the student writer start? With

the conclusion or the middle of the literary work

The slang term originally applied to a female rock star's followers who tried to imitate her. Like them, Wangero Leeewanika Kemanjo attempts to emulate members of a different group.

wannabe

Which verb, if inserted in the blanks in the next sentence, is correct for discussing events in the author's life? Guy de Maupassant's short story, ''The Necklace,'' _____ a hit as soon as it ____ published in the Paris newspaper Le Gaulois on February 17, 1884.

was

The sharpened, focused expression of thought and study

writing

How many readers are in the primary audience for the essays written in this class?

1 - the person whom the writer targets and respects, an intelligent person who takes an active interest in a wide variety of topics and whose respect the writer wants to earn

Which statement is true about the three stages of writing?

A writer may go back to a previous stage when a new idea occurs or something different is needed.

What type of reading garners general agreement about its value, according to the textbook editors?

All of the options included here Interesting The reading that includes all types of books Assimilative and inclusive Systematic and extensive

Why do many writers compose the introduction last? Because

As a writer works, s/he may learn s/he has been wrong, and change the thesis and content totally from what s/he thought it would be when s/he started out

Assume that each sentence below is the first time an author is mentioned in a student essay. Which sentence uses the author's name correctly?

Charles Dickens' 1850 novel, David Copperfield, lays out many of the consequences that follow for those who do and do not follow "the first mistaken impulse of an undisciplined heart."

What does a reader who has read the work expect the student writer to do in the essay?

Demonstrate thinking

Assume that each sentence below is the second time an author is mentioned in a student essay. Which sentence uses the author's name correctly?

Dickens' David Copperfield, lays out many of the consequences that ensue for those who do and do not follow "the first mistaken impulse of an undisciplined heart."

The stages of the writing task include

Discovering ideas, creating an early rough draft, and preparing a finished, final draft

Which sentence offers an idea, not a fact, about the story?

Maupassant's surprise ending symbolizes the need for always being truthful.

Which sentence below is the best example of a specific, analytical central idea, one that combines a topic with an outcome? Remember, in all multiple choice questions, choose the BEST answer.

In "The Necklace," Mathilde Loisel's strengths and weaknesses are connected to the real and imaginary places in the story.

Which words or phrases below, used to stress the relationship of the examples to the topic of the paragraph, fit in any essay regardless of topic?

In keeping with the idea...

The editors maintain that printing out and revising from several marked-up drafts permits a student writer to do what?

Make improvements

Which sentence is more exact?

Mathilde Loisel's dreams of luxury prevent her from appreciating her own possessions, so she borrows a necklace to dress well for the party.

Which verb tense should a student writer use when writing about characters and/or events literature?

Present

In analytical writing, what gives shape to the details?

Showing how they lead to a dominating thought

The primary principle to remember when assembling materials and beginning to write is that

The writer should make the uncertainties in the writing process work for him or her, not against.

How do main ideas support the conclusions?

They show that the bulk of material leads to the conclusion.

When a writer exercises the right to develop a counterintuitive view, one that departs from the one to which the author of a literary text seems to want a reader to go, s/he is cultivating the habit of

Thinking for him- or herself

Which sentence below uses the verb tense that is correct for discussing events in a work of literature?

When she meets her friend on the street, they talk about former times.

The process of following a work, responding to the words, capturing the details, ideas, implications, and assumptions behind what is happening, verifying the accuracy and truth in it, then articulating an emotional response

active reading

The characteristic of correct and coherent writing that develops when the interaction of facts develops a convincing, illuminating, logically sound idea through the accurate reading of a literary text

argumentative edge

The kind of observations which come from minimal first responses and do little more than record details about the action

assimilative

Which verb, if inserted in the blank in the next sentence, is correct for discussing events in a work of literature? Mathilde ____ a diamond necklace for the ball.

borrows

Identify a major mistake writers make when writing about literature. They

do no more than retell the story or reword an idea

An organized, connected, and fully developed set of paragraphs that expand on a central idea or argument

essay

Written or oral compositions that tell stories, dramatize situations, express emotions, and analyze and advocate ideas

literature

Imaginative short stories and novels that focus on one or a few characters who undergo a change or development as they interact with other characters

prose fiction

According to the textbook editors, good sentences in serious writing should be

so strong, forceful, exact, and comprehensive that a reader needing to make a decision based on what the writer says has as much of the information as the author can provide in a good faith effort.

For what is growth a metaphor?

the disclosure of ideas that were not at first noticeable the expression of original interpretations

With what should a student writer never be satisfied?

to leave the idea exactly where s/he found it

An assertion about how a paragraph supports the thesis

topic sentence

An organizing sentence that plans or forecasts the major topics treated in an essay

topic sentence