Essential Feature Of effective Writing

Question 1

Which quantifies are used before plural count nouns only?

Answer 1

-many, quite a few, a number of, a few, few, not many

Question 2

Which quantifies are used before noncount nouns only?

Answer 2

-an amount of, a little, little

Question 3

Which quantifies are used before both count and noncount nouns?

Answer 3

-all (of), a lot of, some (of), any (of), no

Question 4

How should you write a descriptive paragraph ?

Answer 4

-in a way that creates a clear picture in the reader’s mind

Question 5

How do you create a picture in the readers head?

Answer 5

-by describing the subject’s main features with clear details

Question 6

What types of descriptive details exists?

Answer 6

• spatial locations (prepositional phrases(from their houses; in the streets)) ->to clearly imagine the subject
• sensory details ( help the reader see, touch, smell, hear, or taste)
• feelings (create an impression (excited))
• relevant information (often infor. that the reader need to know to understand / include examples and explanations)

Question 7

How do authors describe the location of physical features, and why?

Answer 7

• to help readers to create pictures in their head

- they use prepositional phrases:- at the top, in the center, at the bottom, on the left, in the middle, on the right

Question 8

What is meant with sensory details? Which questions do they answer?

Answer 8

• details that appear to the five senses (sight, sound, smell, taste, touch)
• sight:-What do I see? What does it look like?
• sound:-Can I hear anything? How does it sound?
• smell:-Can I smell anything? How does it smell?
• taste:-What can I taste? How does it taste?
• touch:- What can I touch? How does it fell?

Question 9

Why are feelings important in a descriptive writing? Which adjectives are used? (name some)

Answer 9

• help the reader experience the importance of the event or object
• concerned, excited, glad, grateful, homesick
• hopeful, hopeless, inspired, joyful
• peaceful, proud, sad, shocked
• sorry, surprised, thankful, upset

Question 10

What is meant with relevant information?

Answer 10

-authors may add examples, explanations, and facts to help their reader to understand the text better

Question 11

Vivid language in size?

Answer 11

-average, gigantic, huge, miniature, tiny

Question 12

Vivid language in sound?

Answer 12

-high, low, noisy, peaceful, quiet, silent

Question 13

Vivid language in color?

Answer 13

-bold, bride, clean, dark, dull, faded, light, multi-colored, red

Question 14

Vivid language in Shape?

Answer 14

-curvy, round, short, straight, square, triangular

Question 15

Vivid language in texture?

Answer 15

-fuzzy, rough, sharp, smooth, soft

Question 16

Vivid language in taste?

Answer 16

-delicious, fresh, juicy, salty, sharp, sour, strong, sweet, weak

Question 17

Vivid language in feelings?

Answer 17

-content, enjoyable, entertaining, exciting, heartbroken, sorrowful

Question 18

What is meant with a fragment sentence? How to fix?

Answer 18

• is an incomplete sentence
• is missing a subject and/or verb
• add missing word

Question 19

What is meant with run-one? How do you fix?

Answer 19

• are two sentences (indep.) that are joined without punctuation or a conjunction
• join the indep. clause with a comma and a conjunction such as but or and / or set a period

Question 20

What is meant with comma splices? How to fix?

Answer 20

• two sentences that are joined only with a comma
• > they can’t connect sentences without a conjunction
• add a conjunction/ separate with period