Chapter 2 (102)

Choose the sentence that accurately describes writing.

• Writing can be easy if you find the magic formula.

• Writing is a linear, step-by-step procedure.

• Writing is a process that is frequently messy and requires multitasking.

The act of writing helps you not only to display what you know but to ___ what you know.

• discover

• repeat

• conceal

• display

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which activities are steps in the writing process?

• procrastinating, avoiding, and plagiarizing

• planning, drafting, and revising

• imitating, rejecting, and assuming

When should you lock yourself into the point of your paper?

• When you get the assignment.

• When you begin a second draft.

• When you are ready to turn your paper over to another person.

• You can never really lock yourself into a point.

What is the benefit of using a double-entry journal?

• You can use the second column as your appointment calendar, shopping list, and so on.

• You can record twice as much of the lecture in class.

• You can record what you've learned as well as your response to what you've learned.

• There is no benefit.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What sequence goes from broadest to narrowest?

• subject, topic, key question, main idea (or thesis)

• key question, topic, main idea (or thesis), subject

• main idea (or thesis), topic, key question, subject

• subject, topic, key question, title, main idea (or thesis)

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

If you can't find enough information on your topic, what might your problem be?

• Your topic is too narrow.

• Your topic is too broad.

• You selected the wrong topic.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Once you decide on a thesis, you should_____

• be open to modifying it as you write.

• also decide on an antithesis.

• stick to it exactly as you write your essay.

You can make a scene seem real to the reader if you

• provide statistics

• use more than one topic sentence

• include sensory details

• include imaginary people

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

An essay organized chronologically

• gives the meaning of important terms.

• gives events in the order in which they occurred.

• sorts people or things into groups.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5