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Summative Test - Review (COMM 1016)
Summative Test - Review (COMM 1016)
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The dramatic approach to an essay's opening may begin with ________________.
All of the above
An interesting quotation
A thought-provoking question
A personal experience
2
Expository research essays require effective presentation of _______________.
Interest
Opinion
Information
Policy
3
Commas can separate ________ in a sentence.
Items in a series
All of the above
Parenthetical information
Independent clauses
4
"The family went to the beach." The underlined word in the previous sentence is an example of a ________.
Compound subject
Collective noun
Personal pronoun
Subject complement
5
A writer does
not
need to cite ____________.
A direct quote
A paraphrase
A fact that is general knowledge
An idea
6
APA in- text citations include the author's ______________.
First name
Credentials
Middle name
Last name
7
Expository writing aims to _____________________.
Inform the reader
Change the reader's view
Change the reader's opinion
Force the reader to draw his or her own conclusion.
8
"For now, the patient's kidneys are functioning at a normal level." The last four words are an example of a __________.
Dangling modifier
Phony phrase
Euphemism
Cliché
9
___________ emphasizes careful reading of sentences and other small blocks of text.
Focused reading
Reading for gist
Scanning
Selective reading
10
An expanded bibliography, which summarizes similar works in a writer's field, is called a(n) ________________.
Annotated bibliography
Concise bibliography
Abstract
References page
11
A claim that makes a call to action or works to fix a problem or even improve a situation is a(n) _____________.
Tentative claim
Empirical claim
Policy claim
Reasoning claim
12
A
,
an
, and
the
are all examples of ________.
Clauses
Articles
Determiners
Adjectives
13
A ________ pattern of development traces the topic's development over time.
Chronological
Narration
Process
Description
14
A writer may characterize an audience according to the audience's ________.
Orientation
Interest level
Knowledge
All of the above
15
Topic sentences are best placed ________ of a paragraph.
At the beginning
Within the thesis
At the end
In the middle
16
The ____________ order of arguments lists points from least important to most important.
Inverted
Mixed
Simplified
Climax