Week 6 Review

Good notes help you review important concepts later.

• True

• False

You can accept that sometimes your work may get a little off-track.

• False

• True

Writing that uses clichés is often indicative of a writer’s lack of originality and insight.

• False

• True

Etymology describes:

• how to pronounce a word

• the history of a word

• the definition of a word

• the meaning of a word

• the function of a word

A ____________ is a descriptive expression that has lost its effectiveness because it is overused.

• buzz word

• cliché

• banality

• jargon

• commonality

Interrupting words can come at the beginning or middle of a sentence.

• True

• False

The titles of the following kinds of publications should be italicized (select all that apply):

• newspaper titles

• magazine titles

• song titles

• album titles

• novel titles

A verb form that identifies the time of action described in a sentence is called:

• a verb action

• a verb state

• a verb situation

• a verb presence

• a verb tense

Pronoun agreement errors occur when the pronoun and the antecedent do not match or agree with each other.

• False

• True

When an author uses the same verb tense throughout a sentence or paragraph, they are using:

• reliable verb tense

• constant verb tense

• steady verb tense

• collective verb tense

• consistent verb tense