Identify the crimes of verbosity

Identify the crimes of verbosity

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Identify the crimes of verbosity

Identify the crimes of verbosity

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English

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6 questions

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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