Identify the crimes of verbosity

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Identify the crime of verbosity in this sentence:
I decided to create a real and authentic learning environment because all students in a diverse cohort benefit from inter-cultural communication training (Proctor & Arkoudis, 2017) (V3).
Dummy subject
Over-nominalisation
Thoughtless adjective pairs
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Identify the crime of verbosity in this sentence:
My past experience of the project management course showed me that not all students are able to manage groupwork effectively.
Redundancy
Wordy phrase
Cliche
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Identify the crime of verbosity in this sentence:
In my observation, I have seen they have a tendency to feel overwhelmed during peer feedback sessions (K2).
Redundancy
Wordy phrase
Over-nominalisation.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Identify the crime of verbosity in this sentence:
This has been a challenging learning journey, but I now understand the need to engage students from the outset (V2).
Redundancy
Cliche
Over-nominalisation.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Identify the crime of verbosity in this sentence:
There is a need for scaffolding when introducing students to new tools such as Feedback Fruits (K2).
Wordy phrase
Cliche
Dummy subject
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Identify the crime of verbosity in this sentence:
On reflection, I think the low participation rate may have been due to the fact that the students were off-campus during the practicum (K3, V4).
Wordy phrase
Redundancy
Dummy subject
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