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Chapter Exercises



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Question 1.
What does it mean to persuade?


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Question 2.




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To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

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Question 3.
What does it mean to work in a peer-response group?


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Question 4.
Which of the following purposes of writing might be used to relate the results of a physics lab?


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Question 5.
Which of the following purposes of writing can be used to satisfy your own urges to reflect upon the world?


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Question 6.
Which of the following purposes of writing involves explaining or supporting debatable and controversial claims or positions?


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Question 7.
Which of the following purposes of writing tries not so much to persuade others, as to speculate?


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Question 8.
This statement helps writers answer the question, "Which of the following statements best defines 'writing' defined?"


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Question 9.
This statement helps writers answer the question, "What does 'audience' mean for writing?"


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Question 10.
What do most essays focus on?


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Question 11.
What is your job when writing an essay?


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Question 12.
What two things are important to keep in mind when writing an essay?


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Question 13.
Your reason for writing an essay is called your ________.


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Question 14.
What is the purpose of arguing?


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Question 15.
What type of tone or "voice" should you use in an argumentative essay?


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Question 16.
When writers take several outside sources and weave the information into their arguments, they are ________.


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Question 17.
Your sources should be ________.


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Question 18.
Which method of making use of the information from your research sources involves using unacknowledged borrowings without quotation marks or documentation?


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Question 19.
"Plagiarism" is defined as ________.


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Question 20.
Which statement describes a type of plagiarism?


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