Effective Writing Quiz

How do you control the tone of your writing?

• Be precise and concrete

• Choose the right topic

• Choose the right theme

• Choose the right author

In writing that has _____, every part works toward the goal of communicating meaning clearly and quickly.

• continuity

• clarity

• completeness

• jargon

The _____ captures your audience’s attention and states your purpose

• paragraph

• introduction

• body

• conclusion

The _____ is a sequence of ideas that flows logically in a series of paragraphs

• paragraph

• introduction

• body

• conclusion

The ____ summarizes the main points in the body and brings the writing to a smooth close.

• paragraph

• introduction

• body

• conclusion

_____ are the tools that you use to develop ideas in your writing

• Topics

• Sentences

• Paragraphs

• Books

What is the purpose of a paragraph?

• To group related ideas into single units of thought.

• To separate one unit of thought from another unit.

• To alert your readers that you’re shifting to another phase of your subject.

• The quality of clearness that lets your reader understand your

  meaning quickly.

_____ are words, phrases, or sentences that bridge gaps and help move the reader from one idea to another.

• Paragraph

• Topics

• Subjects

• Transitions

The choice of a laptop is difficult there are many good ones on the market. This is an example of _____?

• A sentence fragment

• A run on sentence

• A paragraph

• tone

(T/F) The sentence "The flagpole was broken by the wind" is using active voice?

• True

• False