Wrighting 2
1. Which one of the following sentences or phrases is most likely to be considered a cliché?
A. Look before you leap.
B. How dead is a dead doornail?
C. When in doubt, pout.
D. Are you a man or a moose?
2. Which of the following would be an appropriate way to add variety to your sentences?
A. Use questions and answers together.
B. Use more close-up words.
C. Add personal anecdotes.
D. Make your sentences read like a spoken conversation.
3. Nelson 's hobby is tinkering with small appliances.
Tinkering with implies that Nelson is unskilled at his hobby. You want to change the flavor of this sentence to show that Nelson is, in fact, quite skilled at his hobby. Which of the following should you choose to replace tinkering with so that the reader gets the right idea?
A. Fiddling with
B. Selling
C. Repairing
D. Messing with
4. Anna is an exceptional young girl. _______ Anna does any job that needs to be done.
To vary the sentence structure, which one of the following sentences should you insert in the blank?
A. Have you noticed how hard she works?
B. Anna is always working hard at home.
C. Anna is a hardworking and versatile person.
D. Anna works hard every day of her life.
5. When writing, you can most effectively use a dash
A. in place of an exclamation point.
B. to get the reader 's attention.
C. to add a formal touch to a sentence.
D. in place of a semicolon.
6. A thesaurus is a book that 's useful for finding
A. definitions.
B. famous persons.
C. synonyms.
D. frequently misspelled words.
7. Which of the following words is the best close-up word?
A. Vegetable
B. Food
C. Zucchini
D. Plant
8. When using direct quotations in your writing, which of the following should be placed outside the set of quotation marks?
A. Question mark
B. Period
C. Comma
D. Semicolon
9. Which of the following direct quotations is punctuated properly?
A. "Way to go, Sean", the coach shouted. "That was a great run"!
B. "Way to go, Sean," the coach
A. Look before you leap.
B. How dead is a dead doornail?
C. When in doubt, pout.
D. Are you a man or a moose?
2. Which of the following would be an appropriate way to add variety to your sentences?
A. Use questions and answers together.
B. Use more close-up words.
C. Add personal anecdotes.
D. Make your sentences read like a spoken conversation.
3. Nelson 's hobby is tinkering with small appliances.
Tinkering with implies that Nelson is unskilled at his hobby. You want to change the flavor of this sentence to show that Nelson is, in fact, quite skilled at his hobby. Which of the following should you choose to replace tinkering with so that the reader gets the right idea?
A. Fiddling with
B. Selling
C. Repairing
D. Messing with
4. Anna is an exceptional young girl. _______ Anna does any job that needs to be done.
To vary the sentence structure, which one of the following sentences should you insert in the blank?
A. Have you noticed how hard she works?
B. Anna is always working hard at home.
C. Anna is a hardworking and versatile person.
D. Anna works hard every day of her life.
5. When writing, you can most effectively use a dash
A. in place of an exclamation point.
B. to get the reader 's attention.
C. to add a formal touch to a sentence.
D. in place of a semicolon.
6. A thesaurus is a book that 's useful for finding
A. definitions.
B. famous persons.
C. synonyms.
D. frequently misspelled words.
7. Which of the following words is the best close-up word?
A. Vegetable
B. Food
C. Zucchini
D. Plant
8. When using direct quotations in your writing, which of the following should be placed outside the set of quotation marks?
A. Question mark
B. Period
C. Comma
D. Semicolon
9. Which of the following direct quotations is punctuated properly?
A. "Way to go, Sean", the coach shouted. "That was a great run"!
B. "Way to go, Sean," the coach