Identify the sentence that strikes the right balance between specificity and concision.

Val scored in the 90th percentile on the SAT.

Verbosity can best be defined as

using more words than necessary

Select the sentence fragment.

Though Alex played soccer and football, and although he excelled at both.

All of the following are strategies for making your writing more concise except

adding words like which, who, and that

Which of the following is an example of a comma splice?

John ordered the omelette, he should have ordered the pancakes instead.

All of the following are ways to correct a run-on sentence except

inserting a dash between independent clauses

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AP English Language and Composition: Writing – Writing Specifically, Correctly, and Concisely

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1
Which of these is not an example of trimming a wordy phrase?
changing in the final analysis to finally
changing each and every one to each
changing ten in number to ten
changing a fact to a true fact
2
Identify the “bare bones” of this sentence that create a complete thought: After dinner, Anna cleaned the dishes.
after Anna cleaned
Anna cleaned
after dinner cleaned
cleaned the dishes
3
Identify the sentence that strikes the right balance between specificity and concision.
Val scored well on the SAT.
Val scored in the 90th percentile on the SAT.
Val scored in the 90th percentile.
Val, always a perfectionist, scored off the charts on the SAT.
4
Verbosity can best be defined as
the most common verb tense used
adding as many verbs as possible
writing fewer words than necessary
using more words than necessary
5
Select the sentence fragment.
Alex drove to practice.
Though Alex played soccer and football, and although he excelled at both.
When he arrived, he greeted his coach.
Alex enjoyed soccer more than football.
6
All of the following are strategies for making your writing more concise except
identifying and deleting repetition
eliminating phrases that add words but no meaning
searching for redundancies
adding words like which, who, and that
7
Which of the following is an example of a comma splice?
John ordered the omelette, he should have ordered the pancakes instead.
John also asked for home fries, toast, and coffee.
On his day off, John ate breakfast at the local diner.
The waiter asked, “Would you like milk in your coffee?”
8
Writers should always _____ in a piece of writing.
include at least four paragraphs
aim for concision
use at least two adjectives
remain objective
9
Which of the following sentences lacks specificity?
I plan to cut off and donate 10 inches of my hair.
Please trim my hair a quarter of an inch.
I would like to dye all of my hair blonde.
I’d like you to cut my hair.
10
All of the following are ways to correct a run-on sentence except
rewriting it as two separate sentences
using a semicolon between independent clauses
adding a comma and a coordinating conjunction between independent clauses
inserting a dash between independent clauses

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AP English Language and Composition: Writing – Writing Specifically, Correctly, and Concisely

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Questions 10

Answers

1
Which of these is not an example of trimming a wordy phrase?
changing in the final analysis to finally
changing each and every one to each
changing ten in number to ten
changing a fact to a true fact
2
Identify the “bare bones” of this sentence that create a complete thought: After dinner, Anna cleaned the dishes.
after Anna cleaned
Anna cleaned
after dinner cleaned
cleaned the dishes
3
Identify the sentence that strikes the right balance between specificity and concision.
Val scored well on the SAT.
Val scored in the 90th percentile on the SAT.
Val scored in the 90th percentile.
Val, always a perfectionist, scored off the charts on the SAT.
4
Verbosity can best be defined as
the most common verb tense used
adding as many verbs as possible
writing fewer words than necessary
using more words than necessary
5
Select the sentence fragment.
Alex drove to practice.
Though Alex played soccer and football, and although he excelled at both.
When he arrived, he greeted his coach.
Alex enjoyed soccer more than football.
6
All of the following are strategies for making your writing more concise except
identifying and deleting repetition
eliminating phrases that add words but no meaning
searching for redundancies
adding words like which, who, and that
7
Which of the following is an example of a comma splice?
John ordered the omelette, he should have ordered the pancakes instead.
John also asked for home fries, toast, and coffee.
On his day off, John ate breakfast at the local diner.
The waiter asked, “Would you like milk in your coffee?”
8
Writers should always _____ in a piece of writing.
include at least four paragraphs
aim for concision
use at least two adjectives
remain objective
9
Which of the following sentences lacks specificity?
I plan to cut off and donate 10 inches of my hair.
Please trim my hair a quarter of an inch.
I would like to dye all of my hair blonde.
I’d like you to cut my hair.
10
All of the following are ways to correct a run-on sentence except
rewriting it as two separate sentences
using a semicolon between independent clauses
adding a comma and a coordinating conjunction between independent clauses
inserting a dash between independent clauses