ENGL 421 End of Semester Review

ENGL 421 Learning Outcome Review: "Apply _________ and ________ research methods and strategies to produce technical documents."

• Google Scholar and database

• primary and secondary

• formal and informal

• archival and digital

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

ENGL 421 Learning Outcome Review: "Adapt written genre conventions and expectations to both _________ and ________ audiences with changing organizational needs."

• new and returning

• old and young

• technical and non-technical

• in-person and remote

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CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

ENGL 421 Learning Outcome Review: "Communicate ____________ technical information, processes, and procedures via a variety of media, genres, technologies, and presentations to a range of audiences and stakeholders."

• complex

• generic

• technological

• modern

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CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

In her eBook, Suzan Last describes technical writing as "Highly _________; short paragraphs; clear transitions and structural cues (headings and sub-headings) to move the reader directly and logically through the document."

• researched

• consumable

• opinionated

• structured

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

True or False?

"The Purdue Airport is the 2nd largest airport in the state of Indiana."

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

True or False?

"One popular myth about Purdue is that if you walk under the Bell Tower, you will fail Calculus."

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

True or False?

"One popular myth about Purdue is that if you walk under the Bell Tower, you won't graduate in 4 years."

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

In her eBook, Suzan Last notes that technical writing is "Typically objective and neutral; ideas are evidence-based and data-driven; descriptors are ________ and _________ whenever possible.

• informal and biased

• precise and quantitative

• overly complicated and obscure

• streamlined and complex

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

In his chapter, "Testing," Bradley Dilger writes,

"For many technical communicators and designers, testing is the most advanced step in the design thinking process, following research, __________, and development (Pope-Ruark et al., 2019)."

• publishing

• distributing

• selling

• prototyping

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Practicing Technical Language:

What's a better word than "mix" in a recipe that calls for adding blueberries to the batter?

• incorporate

• put

• place

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CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5