Elements Style Quiz 5

What is the correct way to spell alright?

Which word is correct when asking permission: can or may?

True or false: the following statement is dramatically correct: I cannot cope.

Emphasis in a sentence can be most effective in the beginning, middle, or end.

• True

• False

• Not given

Contractions are acceptable in formal writing.

• True

• False

Why is there a comma in "Enjoy your Thanksgiving, turkey."

• To separate items in a series
• To combine independent clauses to make a compound sentence
• To separate an introductory element
• To separate a noun of direct address

Which is the correct way to cite a journal source?

• (Carlson, The End of Spring, 1967, p. 27)

• (Carlson, 1967, p. 27)

• (Carlson, The End of Spring)

• (Carlson, 1967)

Which revision would make it clear that hunters are not hunting pedestrians and eliminate a run-on?

• NO CHANGE
• HUNTING, PEDESTRIANS
• HUNTING. PEDESTRIANS
• HUNTING--PEDESTRIANS

Which verb means to influence something: affect or effect?

• Effect

• Affect

Which comma rule has this animal rights activist broken?

• Use comma to separate an introductory element
• Use a comma to separate a noun of direct address
• Use a comma to separate parenthetical elements
• Use a comma to separate coordinating adjectives