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LUOA English 11 Midterm Exam Questions
With Correct Answers
What sort of style should you use when you submit a writing assignment or communicate with
your teacher? - answer✔academic
Which of the following are not considered a part of strong academic writing style. Check all that
apply. - answer✔a pretentious word you've never seen before from a thesaurus
1st and 2nd person pronouns
textese
long rambling sentences
How often should you use forms of "to be" verbs in your writing? - answer✔When they are vital
If you just avoid grammatical errors, your writing will be strong. - answer✔False
As often as you can, you should use long, complicated sentences, with multiple dependent
clauses and extra adjectives and adverbs, instead of short, direct, and precise sentences. -
answer✔False
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Which of the following sentences more strongly conveys a student's responsibility to meet
deadlines? - answer✔I missed the deadline because I ran out of time.
Which of the following sentences more strongly conveys an agent, or who did it. - answer✔I ran
the stoplight when it was dark and foggy.
In both of the preceding sentences, which voice made a stronger sentence: active or passive? -
answer✔active
When is the passive voice appropriate in academic writing? Check all that apply. -
answer✔When you want to avoid needless repetition of a subject's name
When the recipient of an action is more important than the actor
When multiple sentences focus on one subject
In order to maintain a strong style, you'll want to avoid choppy sentences. Which of the
following contribute to choppy writing? Check all that apply. - answer✔A string of short
sentences without variety.
When the same sentence form is used over and over.
When all thoughts--major and minor--seem equally as important
Which style guide will we use in this course? - answer✔MLA (Modern Language Association
Which of the following require an in-text citation? Select all that apply. - answer✔Paraphrases
12/3/2024 11:27AM
LUOA English 11 Midterm Exam Questions
With Correct Answers
What sort of style should you use when you submit a writing assignment or communicate with
your teacher? - answer✔academic
Which of the following are not considered a part of strong academic writing style. Check all that
apply. - answer✔a pretentious word you've never seen before from a thesaurus
1st and 2nd person pronouns
textese
long rambling sentences
How often should you use forms of "to be" verbs in your writing? - answer✔When they are vital
If you just avoid grammatical errors, your writing will be strong. - answer✔False
As often as you can, you should use long, complicated sentences, with multiple dependent
clauses and extra adjectives and adverbs, instead of short, direct, and precise sentences. -
answer✔False
, ©SIRJOEL EXAM SOLUTIONS
12/3/2024 11:27AM
Which of the following sentences more strongly conveys a student's responsibility to meet
deadlines? - answer✔I missed the deadline because I ran out of time.
Which of the following sentences more strongly conveys an agent, or who did it. - answer✔I ran
the stoplight when it was dark and foggy.
In both of the preceding sentences, which voice made a stronger sentence: active or passive? -
answer✔active
When is the passive voice appropriate in academic writing? Check all that apply. -
answer✔When you want to avoid needless repetition of a subject's name
When the recipient of an action is more important than the actor
When multiple sentences focus on one subject
In order to maintain a strong style, you'll want to avoid choppy sentences. Which of the
following contribute to choppy writing? Check all that apply. - answer✔A string of short
sentences without variety.
When the same sentence form is used over and over.
When all thoughts--major and minor--seem equally as important
Which style guide will we use in this course? - answer✔MLA (Modern Language Association
Which of the following require an in-text citation? Select all that apply. - answer✔Paraphrases
