RWP REVIEW PRACTICE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Structural - CORRECT ANSWER What type of evaluation are you doing when deciding whether the
sentences you have constructed are grammatically correct?
Revision - CORRECT ANSWER You have written, drafted, and created your proposal argument essay.
What MOST likely comes next?
A procrastinator - CORRECT ANSWER How is a person characterized who always leaves things undone
until the last minute?
Understanding your unique scenario and timeline - CORRECT ANSWER You are preparing to revise your
latest research paper. What is MOST likely your first step in determining the revision strategy?
The assignment sheet and rubric - CORRECT ANSWER You are working on revising your term paper and
trying to examine the work based on the whole argument that you present. Where is the BEST place you
can look to find the measurements by which your argument will be judged?
Rubric - CORRECT ANSWER Mrs. Ristine gives her RWP student a guide listing her specific criteria for
grading or scoring papers, projects, or tests. What term BEST describes this guide?
You will schedule the two stages of revision. - CORRECT ANSWER You have completed the first step in
developing your revision strategy by understanding your unique scenario and timeline and planning
accordingly to give yourself some space and distance between yourself and your writing. What is the
next step that you will MOST likely take?
They should use the evidence as examples rather than using it as the bulk of their essay. - CORRECT
ANSWER What is the BEST action an author can take to revise their paper so that they, the writer,
retains more credibility than the source?
, Re-order and move paragraphs around. - CORRECT ANSWER What is the BEST way to approach global
revisions on an essay when paragraphs do not build on each other in a way that makes the most sense?
The sentence level details of the paper - CORRECT ANSWER Once you have gone through and made
sure the structure of your argument is supported and your point has been made, what is MOST likely the
next place in your paper to review and revise?
Word choice - CORRECT ANSWER What BEST describes revision of the small details in your essay where
describing a lack of activity can be "still," "relaxed," or "unmoving"?
Listen to your essay being read out loud by a friend or computer program. - CORRECT ANSWER What is
one method besides spell-check that is MOST likely to help you find grammatical errors without a
computer?
Reading your own words in a different order will trick the brain into thinking the writing is brand new,
making it easier to spot any problems. - CORRECT ANSWER Why is it helpful to read an essay from the
bottom up as you revise for grammatical errors?
We are so familiar with our own writing that we may unintentionally skip over an error. - CORRECT
ANSWER What is the greatest problem with proofreading your own work and trying to spot your own
grammatical issues?
Transitional words or phrases - CORRECT ANSWER What is the best thing you can use to clearly show
how the paragraphs in your paper are connected to each other and ease your readers from one
paragraph to the next?
Deadline - CORRECT ANSWER The latest time or date by which something should be completed
It is not a narrow enough topic for a three page essay. - CORRECT ANSWER When submitting an idea for
a three page proposal argument essay, what is MOST likely the problem with submitting the term,
"poverty"?
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Structural - CORRECT ANSWER What type of evaluation are you doing when deciding whether the
sentences you have constructed are grammatically correct?
Revision - CORRECT ANSWER You have written, drafted, and created your proposal argument essay.
What MOST likely comes next?
A procrastinator - CORRECT ANSWER How is a person characterized who always leaves things undone
until the last minute?
Understanding your unique scenario and timeline - CORRECT ANSWER You are preparing to revise your
latest research paper. What is MOST likely your first step in determining the revision strategy?
The assignment sheet and rubric - CORRECT ANSWER You are working on revising your term paper and
trying to examine the work based on the whole argument that you present. Where is the BEST place you
can look to find the measurements by which your argument will be judged?
Rubric - CORRECT ANSWER Mrs. Ristine gives her RWP student a guide listing her specific criteria for
grading or scoring papers, projects, or tests. What term BEST describes this guide?
You will schedule the two stages of revision. - CORRECT ANSWER You have completed the first step in
developing your revision strategy by understanding your unique scenario and timeline and planning
accordingly to give yourself some space and distance between yourself and your writing. What is the
next step that you will MOST likely take?
They should use the evidence as examples rather than using it as the bulk of their essay. - CORRECT
ANSWER What is the BEST action an author can take to revise their paper so that they, the writer,
retains more credibility than the source?
, Re-order and move paragraphs around. - CORRECT ANSWER What is the BEST way to approach global
revisions on an essay when paragraphs do not build on each other in a way that makes the most sense?
The sentence level details of the paper - CORRECT ANSWER Once you have gone through and made
sure the structure of your argument is supported and your point has been made, what is MOST likely the
next place in your paper to review and revise?
Word choice - CORRECT ANSWER What BEST describes revision of the small details in your essay where
describing a lack of activity can be "still," "relaxed," or "unmoving"?
Listen to your essay being read out loud by a friend or computer program. - CORRECT ANSWER What is
one method besides spell-check that is MOST likely to help you find grammatical errors without a
computer?
Reading your own words in a different order will trick the brain into thinking the writing is brand new,
making it easier to spot any problems. - CORRECT ANSWER Why is it helpful to read an essay from the
bottom up as you revise for grammatical errors?
We are so familiar with our own writing that we may unintentionally skip over an error. - CORRECT
ANSWER What is the greatest problem with proofreading your own work and trying to spot your own
grammatical issues?
Transitional words or phrases - CORRECT ANSWER What is the best thing you can use to clearly show
how the paragraphs in your paper are connected to each other and ease your readers from one
paragraph to the next?
Deadline - CORRECT ANSWER The latest time or date by which something should be completed
It is not a narrow enough topic for a three page essay. - CORRECT ANSWER When submitting an idea for
a three page proposal argument essay, what is MOST likely the problem with submitting the term,
"poverty"?
