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What is your motivation for writing something? |
| | A) | Your assignment |
| | B) | Your question |
| | C) | Your purpose |
| | D) | Your audience |
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Two of the keys to effective writing are: |
| | A) | Knowing your purpose and audience |
| | B) | Meeting your objectives and using Standard English |
| | C) | Telling the reader what to expect and why they should expect it |
| | D) | Getting a second opinion and talking out your issues |
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Those for whom your work is intended are your: |
| | A) | Objective |
| | B) | Reviewers |
| | C) | Assessors |
| | D) | Audience |
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A formal tone should be: |
| | A) | Brief and deferential |
| | B) | Professional and respectful |
| | C) | Academic and specialized |
| | D) | Authoritative and impertinent |
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What kind of tone is akin to what you use while speaking on the phone with friends? |
| | A) | Informal |
| | B) | Medium |
| | C) | Formal |
| | D) | Standard |
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What tone of writing is most likely used in the latest issue of Newsweek? |
| | A) | Formal |
| | B) | Business |
| | C) | Informal |
| | D) | Medium |
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When is it most important for you to use Standard English? |
| | A) | Always |
| | B) | While writing as a professional |
| | C) | While texting your friends |
| | D) | While speaking to small children |
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What are the five steps of the writing process? |
| | A) | Spell-checking, drafting, research and investigation, editing, and writing |
| | B) | Planning, outlining, fact-checking, revising, and spell-checking |
| | C) | Drafting, revising and editing, pre-writing, research and investigation, and outlining |
| | D) | Writing, drafting, revising and editing, fact-checking, and spell-checking |
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Pre-writing involves: |
| | A) | Establishing the audience and intention for your assignment |
| | B) | Getting your name, the instructor's name, and class name in the proper places on the page |
| | C) | Deciding on a title for your document |
| | D) | Reading and rereading the assignment parameters |
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What is plagiarism? |
| | A) | Recording movies on your phone |
| | B) | Illegally copying software |
| | C) | Using and not correctly acknowledging or distinguishing the work of others |
| | D) | Downloading music from a peer-to-peer network |
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When should you cite your sources? |
| | A) | If summarizing or quoting, but not for paraphrasing |
| | B) | If quoting or paraphrasing, but not if you are just summarizing |
| | C) | Only if you are using a direct quote |
| | D) | If paraphrasing, summarizing, or quoting another's work |
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Maintaining proper, professional e-mail etiquette is easiest if you: |
| | A) | Remove all of the previous message information |
| | B) | Use emoticons to indicate when you are being humorous or sarcastic |
| | C) | Reread and think before you send |
| | D) | Format using bullet points |
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