Midterm

Question 1

Which example is not likely to be a type of technical writing?

Answer 1

“Breaking-news” article in a national newspaper

Question 2

Which characteristic can best be used to describe technical writing?

Answer 2

Informative

Question 3

What is true about the tools technical writers use?

Answer 3

Graphic editing software is used by technical writers, as well as illustrators and designers

Question 4

The definition of the term rhetorical situation is _____.

Answer 4

The relationship among writer, audience, message, and context

Question 5

Which describes the communicator’s role in the rhetorical triangle?

Answer 5

To ensure each element of the triangle is fully developed

Question 6

One way the technical writer can accommodate a particular audience’s knowledge level is to _____.

Answer 6

Present complex information in visual form

Question 7

Which consideration, or standard, is not shared by business emails, memos, and letters?

Answer 7

A short and succinct subject line

Question 8

The best description of process writing is _____.

Answer 8

Formal writing of instructions, directions, or steps

Question 9

A periodic report is different than a progress report in that the periodic report _____.

Answer 9

May cover progress of one, several, or all current projects

Question 10

In technical writing, the function of every proposal is to _____.

Answer 10

Persuade readers to take action, to agree, or to move forward

Question 11

Which writing sample conforms to the principle of appropriateness for an audience of non-native speakers?

Answer 11

None of these

Question 12

Focus begins with a paragraph’s one main point. It’s called a topic sentence, the purpose of which is to _____.

Answer 12

Define that one main point and move the thesis forward

Question 13

In technical writing, simpler is better. So which sentence structure - or combination of structures - should be avoided in technical writing?

Answer 13

Compound/complex sentences

Question 14

An effective sentence structure is one in which there is noun-verb agreement. Which example shows such agreement?

Answer 14

The media have not covered the news from Canada

Question 15

What statement is true of the writing process?

Answer 15

It breaks down even complex assignments into manageable stages

Question 16

An advantage of the writing process is that its stages ______.

Answer 16

Allow writers to carefully “build” an end product in manageable, incremental steps

Question 17

Which is not a part of Stage 1 of the writing process?

Answer 17

Distinguish between major and minor ideas

Question 18

For Stage 2 of the writing process, the purpose of creating an outline is to _____.

Answer 18

Build coherence and provide structure

Question 19

In Stage 3 of the writing process, which is composing a draft, the writer _____.

Answer 19

Develops the ideas in the outline

Question 20

Which error should be corrected in Stage 5 of the writing process, editing?

Answer 20

During the coarse of the project, insight will come to you.

Going from front to back and then onto the right and the left sides.

In the USA the fahrenheit scale is used for temperature, not celsius.