Week 5

Is it appropriate to use long quotes or place an entire sentence within square brackets?

• Yes

• No

• Only in certain situations

• Always

Answer explanation

Using long quotes or placing entire sentences in square brackets is inappropriate in your language analysis. Instead, 'explode' a quotation, explore alternative meanings and connotations and 'write a lot about very little'. Therefore, the correct answer is 'No'.

What should you use with evaluative verbs to enhance your answer?

• Adjectives

• Adverbs of manner

• Prepositions

• Conjunctions

Answer explanation

Adverbs of manner enhance evaluative verbs and provide clarity and depth to your answer. For example, saying 'the writer effectively conveyed assessed' enhances your analysis.

Words ending in -ly are examples of which type of word?

• Adjectives

• Verbs

• Adverbs

• Nouns

Answer explanation

Words ending in -ly typically modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs, indicating manner, degree, or frequency. Therefore, they are classified as adverbs, making 'adverbs' the correct answer.

What should you use when changing words within a quote?

• Ellipsis

• Exclamation mark

• Quotation marks

• Square brackets

Answer explanation

Square brackets are used to indicate changes or additions made to a quote, helping to clarify the original meaning while maintaining the integrity of the quoted material.

What should you use to indicate omitted words from a quote?

• Ellipsis

• Square brackets

• Semicolon

• Hyphen

Answer explanation

An ellipsis (...) is used to indicate omitted words in a quote, allowing for a concise representation of the original text while maintaining its meaning. Square brackets are used for added words, not omissions.

Which of the following is an example of an embedded quote?

• “The house was falling apart.”

• The author describes the house as “falling apart,” indicating its dilapidated state.

• “Falling apart,” describes the state of the house.

• The house, “falling apart,” was in a state of disrepair.

Answer explanation

The correct choice, "The house, 'falling apart,' was in a state of disrepair," includes an embedded quote within a complete sentence, effectively illustrating the house's condition.

Stand-alone quotes are worth more marks. True or False?

• True

• False

Answer explanation

The statement is False because stand-alone quotes do not carry more marks. Aim for short quotes and 'exploding' a quotation instead.

Which of the following is a stand-alone quote?

• "The house was rotten."

• The writer suggests that “the house was rotten.”

• “The house,” which was “rotten,” had not been maintained.

• The author explains that the “house was rotten.”

Answer explanation

The correct choice, "The house was rotten," is a stand-alone quote as it is presented in quotation marks without any additional context or attribution, making it a complete statement on its own.

Which of the following are evaluative verbs?

• Run, Jump, Play

• Emphasizes, Suggests, Implies

• Eat, Drink, Sleep

• Build, Create, Develop

Answer explanation

Evaluative verbs express judgments or assessments. 'Emphasizes', 'Suggests', and 'Implies' convey evaluation, while 'Run', 'Jump', 'Play', 'Eat', 'Drink', 'Sleep', 'Build', 'Create', and 'Develop' describe actions.

Nonetheless, therefore, firstly, although are examples of:

• Discourse markers

• Nouns

• Technical vocabulary

• Adjectives

Answer explanation

The words 'nonetheless', 'therefore', 'firstly', and 'although' are used to connect ideas and indicate relationships between statements, making them discourse markers. They help guide the flow of conversation or writing.