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What is the purpose of expository writing?

• to explain or inform
• to tell a story
• to persuade
• all of the above

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What is verbal/linguistic?

• Enjoys sports, dancing, or other physical activity
• Enjoys working with numbers, likes to solve problems
• enjoys spending time alone, needs quiet time to think over ideas
• Enjoys reading, doing crossword puzzles, and writing stories

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Which sentence is the formal way of saying, “He asked for more cash.”

• He wants more money.
• Better give him more dough.
• I need some extra bucks.
• He requested more money.

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He was learning how to solve equations. He found a trick that would make it easier.
 
What is the most effective way to combine the 2 sentences? 

• While learning how to solve equations, he found a trick that would make it easier.
• He was learning how to solve equations because he found a trick that would make it easier.
• While learning how to solve equations, a trick that he figured out made it easier.
• He was learning to solves the equations, then, he found a trick that would make it easier. 

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You should always use a professional language while writing a cover letter

• False

• True

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The following can help a paragraph flow and become more high level

• slang words

• improperly used transition words and phrases

• inventive and informal spelling

• properly used transition words and phrases

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Anika has not used the most effective transition in sentence 8. Which of the following should replace After all in this sentence?

• Soon

• Instead

• Finally

• Otherwise

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The title of your paper should be both centered and in bold...

• True

• False

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The following transitional phrases/words are used to....

This means

This shows

This proves

This illustrates

• To sum it up

• To introduce a counterclaim

• To extend with a connection

• Explain a quote or information you have paraphrased.

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Transition before a cite

• Thus

• For instance

• As well as

• On the other hand

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