EPQ -Structuring your project

Question 1

Which of these sentences is punctuated correctly?

Accepted Answer

I bought fat, juicy grapes; five ripe kiwis; a tiny coconut., The cat sat still; the bird watched it intently.

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT a discourse marker?

Accepted Answer

The

Question 3

Which of these words should you avoid using?

Accepted Answer

Mankind, Chairman, Actress

Question 4

How should every paragraph end?

Accepted Answer

With a full stop, With a link back to the overall question

Question 5

A discourse marker is

Accepted Answer

one mark of good planning, A link to your next point, A signpost about what direction you are going to take next

Question 6

Which of the following is NOT correct?

Accepted Answer

would of, could of

Question 7

Which of these uses the passive voice to sound authoritative and distant?

Accepted Answer

Tests have been conducted by experts., It is thought to have started a billion years ago.

Question 8

Which of these are acronyms to help structure your paragraphs?

Accepted Answer

PEEL, PETER, PEE, PEA

Question 9

The introduction should ...

Accepted Answer

Be focussed, State what you are writing about, Indicate the structure of your essay

Question 10

Which of these are attitudinal adverbs?

Accepted Answer

Interestingly, Arguably, Surprisingly

Question 11

Which of these sentences uses commas wrongly?

Accepted Answer

The cat sat still, the bird sat and watched it nervously., I wanted to stroke the cat, however it bit me instead.

Question 12

Which of the following words / phrases should you NOT use?

Accepted Answer

I'm, gotten, I think

Question 13

Make yourself distant and authoritative by

Accepted Answer

using modal verbs (could, should, may, might), using qualifying adverbs (some, many, several), avoiding use of personal pronouns (I, you, we)

Question 14

How should every paragraph start?

Accepted Answer

With a topic sentence

Question 15

Comma splicing is

Accepted Answer

the overuse of commas to join separate ideas.

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