Chapter Exercises


This activity contains 20 questions.

	What does it mean to persuade?   to affect sadness to discuss to offer convincing support for a point of view to interpret

	This chapter discusses the importance of tailoring your writing to a specific audience. How do you determine facts about the audience to whom you will appeal in your essays? What do you know about them: their attitudes and backgrounds? Answers may vary. How do you determine what tone is appropriate to use in your essays? What does tone have to do with purpose? With your topic? With audience? Answers may vary.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	What does it mean to work in a peer-response group?   to refuse or deny to criticize to work with others to achieve something to sabotage

	Which of the following purposes of writing might be used to relate the results of a physics lab?   Write to express yourself. Write to make an argument. Write to convey information. Write to tell a story.

	Which of the following purposes of writing can be used to satisfy your own urges to reflect upon the world?   Write to make an argument. Write to express yourself. Write to convey information. Write to tell a story.

	Which of the following purposes of writing involves explaining or supporting debatable and controversial claims or positions?   Write to express yourself. Write to convey information. Write to tell a story. Write to make an argument.

	Which of the following purposes of writing tries not so much to persuade others, as to speculate?   Write to explore ideas. Write to express yourself. Write to convey information. Write to tell a story.

	This statement helps writers answer the question, "Which of the following statements best defines 'writing' defined?"   Writing is a way of discovering. Some writers wish to express themselves. Writing communicates a message for a purpose to readers. Writers should know the setting of their readers.

	This statement helps writers answer the question, "What does 'audience' mean for writing?"   Writing is a way of owning and sharing knowledge. Some writers wish to create a literary work. The purpose of each writing task strongly influences decisions writers make as they put their ideas into words. Writers should know the interests and hobbies of their readers.

	What do most essays focus on?   a particular audience one specific subject a single purpose all of the above

	What is your job when writing an essay?   Partner with readers to ensure clarity. Convert words and sentences into ideas and thoughts. Put your own thoughts into language that communicates your message to your readers. all of the above

	What two things are important to keep in mind when writing an essay?   the length of the essay the teacher's grading style when the essay is due purpose and audience

	Your reason for writing an essay is called your ________.   purpose audience introduction thesis

	What is the purpose of arguing?   to make sure you get to state your opinion to emphatically make a point or express an opinion to start a fight to persuade your reader of your point or opinion

	What type of tone or "voice" should you use in an argumentative essay?   an emotional one an inflammatory one a calm and reasonable one an angry and hard one

	When writers take several outside sources and weave the information into their arguments, they are ________.   documenting synthesizing plagiarizing note taking

	Your sources should be ________.   recent reliable relevant all of the above

	Which method of making use of the information from your research sources involves using unacknowledged borrowings without quotation marks or documentation?   Plagiarism Quotation Summary Repetition

	"Plagiarism" is defined as ________.   Using material from only one source Using inappropriate research for your topic Using the words or ideas of another without credit Citing an article that is biased

	Which statement describes a type of plagiarism?   You buy a paper from an Internet site. Decide to paraphrase authorities on your subject to support or counter what you write in your paper. Use documentation to acknowledge when you are using ideas or phrasings of others, taken from the sources you've compiled on your topic. Use quotations from authorities on your subject to support or refute what you write in your paper.

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