ENGL147 Week 5 Quiz Latest 2020 JULY

ENGL147 Advanced English Composition

Week 5 Quiz   

Question 1Which of the following is not a viable “checklist” item for making your voice be the driving force of your draft?

  Making sure you are synthesizing source ideas by inserting your own voice to show the logic and relevance of source information as applied to your own point

  Using your own language in each topic sentence to transition, to let the reader know the point of the paragraph, and to offer a preview of the support to come

  Spending adequate space and time after using support to explain the logic behind the support and to connect it to your stance, to show how and why it proves your point

  Using “I” and “me” every time you are expressing your own thoughts and opinions so your reader knows it is you “speaking” 

Question 2Which of the following is an effective final sentence of your entire essay?

  Now that I have told you why we need local clinics, you should also think about why we need to encourage vaccinations in the U.S.

  Do you want to support local clinics, or do you want to be responsible for possibly losing a life, a life that could be the next President or the next Albert Einstein?

  Consider the impact that improving access to local clinics will have on the children who most need it; we can save lives, lives that may go on to improve the world in major ways.

  That’s just my opinion; you can take it or leave it.

Question 3Which of the following is not a good revision approach for your introduction paragraph?

  Spending some time considering the strength of your opening sentence(s) and brainstorming for possible stronger appropriate “hooks” to engage your reader

  Brainstorming for off-color jokes you can open your essay with; readers love off-color jokes, even if they aren’t related to your central argument

  Reviewing the connections between sentences in your introduction paragraph, making sure that the transitions you’ve chosen are as precise and clear as possible, with clarity for your reader in mind

  Checking that your thesis statement still expresses your stance clearly and specifically and that it aligns well with your planned body paragraph points

Question 4When writing a full essay draft, which of the following should be avoided?

  Creating a solid plan that you can work from while drafting, such as an outline or other organizational point of reference

  Writing freely, with no plan, so that all of your ideas get on the page

  Checking, after writing body paragraphs, that they are smooth, driven by your own voice, and fulfill the purpose of your essay by strengthening your stance

  Making sure that each paragraph begins with your voice, provides support, and fully explains the relevance of the support

Question 5Which of the following should you avoid doing when you are asked to write a draft of your essay?

  Compose your full essay, and then re-read and revise it so that all paragraphs and elements of paragraphs are as effective as possible.

  Compose your full essay, perform the best revision you can before submitting, and carefully check that all sources are properly credited to avoid plagiarism.

  Compose your full essay, but don’t worry about making it as good as you’re able at this point.

  Compose and submit your actual essay fully written in full paragraph form from start to finish, with sources used, cited, and referenced.

 Question 6Please choose the list that best represents approaches for making an already “good” paragraph into a “great” paragraph:

  Choosing the most relevant and powerful transitions to guide your reader, inserting additional quotations so that the paragraph is balanced more toward source voices and less toward yours, and looking over individual words to determine if different words would help with subtle connotations to influence your reader

  Choosing the most relevant and powerful transitions to guide your reader, making stronger connections between sources used and between sources and your point, and looking over individual words to determine if different words would help with subtle connotations to influence your reader

  Revising your reactions to opposing viewpoints to make them appear less intelligent and/or evil, making stronger connections between sources used and between sources and your point, and looking over individual words to determine if different words would help with subtle connotations to influence your reader

  Choosing the most relevant and powerful transitions to guide your reader, making stronger connections between sources used and between sources and your point, and using the first-person “I” more so the reader knows you are the speaker

Question 7Imagine that you have written your draft, using all of your sources, and having all paragraphs in place, but you are 2 pages short of the bare minimum. What should you do?

  You should submit your draft anyway; your instructor will tell you how to make it longer.

  You should submit your draft anyway; you already have ideas for making it longer later.

  You should keep working until your draft is longer by adding two more pages that restate your existing arguments and evidence, just with different words.

  You should keep working until your draft is longer by enhancing the strength of the arguments you are making, developing each point in more depth and detail, with more logic and examples and more sentences that appeal to and persuade your reader.

Question 8.Which represents the most effective and reasonable motto for drafting?

  “Relax, brainstorm your ideas, and turn in the first thing you write!”

  “Relax, use your sources as the guiding force of your essay, and cite those sources when you use exact words!”

  “Relax, use the tools you’ve learned, and be open to continual improvement and feedback!”

  “Relax, let your friend rewrite a few of your paragraphs because she’s a good writer, and hope for the best!”

Question 9 Which of the following represents the most effective “going from good to great” revision approach to the following sentences that appear in the middle of a paragraph and that use source material? Original sentences: However, we should consider the source. “Dr. Sorangi is always on talk shows.” (p. 3)

  Revised sentence: However, we should consider the source. Dr. Sorangi’s political beliefs are, frankly, shocking and deplorable; therefore, we cannot give credence to her recommendations during this crisis, despite her decades of experience and success in working with infectious diseases.

  Revised sentence(s): However, Dr. Sorangi has made 102 talk-show appearances; Dr. Killem has made only 89. Therefore, we must weigh Dr. Sorangi’s opinions much more heavily.

  Revised sentence: However, we should consider the source; who in their right mind would consider a male doctor’s experience when talking about ovarian cancer?

  Revised sentence: However, decades of hands-on experience with infectious diseases make Dr. Sorangi’s assertions much more credible.

Question 10 Which of the following represents the most effective “going from good to great” revision approach to the following topic sentence? Original topic sentence: But how can we accept the word of Dr. Kevorkian?

  Revised topic sentence: Indeed, Dr. Kevorkian took heavy criticism and was named by many “Dr. Death,” but I always thought he had the right idea.

  Revised topic sentence: But, many people referred to Dr. Kevorkian as “Dr. Death,” so his word is useless.

  Revised topic sentence: Indeed, Dr. Kevorkian took heavy criticism and was named by many “Dr. Death”; however, his basic philosophy about the right to die contains valuable insights that still apply.

  Revised topic sentence: Indeed, many doctors in the old days had some good insights (Smith, 2020).