1st topic
This refers to a person's reason for writing, such as to inform, entertain, explain, or persuade.
A. Reader’s goal B. Writer’s purpose
C. Organization D. Specific language
B
It is an element in approaching a piece of writing which is conveyed thru diction, point of view, syntax, and level of formality.
Writer’s tone
Organization
Specific language
Discipline-specific features
Specific language
In this pattern of paragraph development, the writer describes an issue and states his position in the issue. The writer’s primary goal is to convince the readers to agree with the argument or claim being raised, based from a particular topic.
Persuasion
Problem-Solution
Compare and Contrast
Cause and Effect
persuasion
Comparing is to similarity while contrasting is to ______________.
Characteristics
Values
Difference
Likeness
Difference
Coherence: unity : Cohesion:_______
Relationship
Oneness
Remembrance
Contraction
Relationship
It is one of the elements to consider in approaching a piece of writing. It concerns on how ideas are presented and written in paragraphs and sentences.
A. Organization B. Reader’s goal
C. Specific language D. Discipline-specific feature
A
Which of the following is NOT a part of business writing?
Love letter
Memos
Project proposal
Thank You letter
love letter
________ divides and organizes ideas or concepts in classes, groups or categories based on criteria and relationships between the items.
Exemplification
Classification
Narration
Description
Classification
This technique is the oldest, most overlooked, but probably the most elegant method of creating cohesion.
Antonym
Synonym
Repetition
Parallelism
Parallelism
t refers to the style or register, denotative and connotative language, figures of speech, and idiomatic expression.
Mechanics
Language use
Grammar
Parts of speech
Language use
Which is NOT a writer’s purpose in History?
Tells what happened.
Puts focus on research.
Explains why an event happened.
Uses the facts of history to make a logical argument that X, Y, and Z happened.
Puts focus on research.
It is the discipline specific feature used in science.
Charts
Tables
Graphs
All of these
all
Pattern of development that uses examples to illustrate and further explain an idea.
Exemplification
Classification
Narration
Description
Exemplification
A single generalization that serves as the focus of attention in a paragraph.
Topic sentence
Body sentence
Cohesive chains
Coherence
Topic sentence
Which is NOT a principle in language use?
Use redundancies, clichés, and highfalutin words
Use precise vocabulary
Use appropriate level of formality
Use clear and concise sentences
Use redundancies, clichés, and highfalutin words
The goal of this academic writing is to explain or understand human experience.
Writing in Business
Writing in the Sciences
Writing in mathematics
Writing in the Humanities
Writing in the Humanities
This is the key to a well-written business document since its structure needs to allow the reader to quickly find particular sections and a contact person who can answer further questions.
Diction
Format
Business logo
Grammar
Format
A type of definition that defines concepts in the most factual way.
Subjective definition
Objective description
Scientific definition
Scientist definition
Scientific definition
Connection of ideas at the sentence level is called ________________.
Organization
Coherence
Cohesion
Mechanics
Cohesion
It is used to create compound words like dog-friendly and well-known.
Hyphen
Slash
emdash
endash
Hyphen
Which discipline uses first and second person pronoun?
Science
History
Pop Culture
Pop Culture
It is where most of the language of science is derived.
Philippines
Korea
Latin
USA
latin
This pattern of paragraph development focusses in narrating or telling a story.
Problem-solution
Cause and effect
Persuasion
Narration
Narration
Igorot, (Tagalog: “Mountaineer”) any of various ethnic groups in the mountains of northern Luzon, Philippines, all of whom keep, or have kept until recently, their traditional religion and way of life. Some live in the tropical forests of the foothills, but most live in rugged grassland and pine forest zones higher up. The Igorot numbered about 1.5 million in the early 21st century. Their languages belong to the northern Luzon subgroup of the Philippine languages, which belong to the Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) family. (source: Kuiper, K.(n.d.) Igorot. Retrieved from https://www.britannica.com/topic/Igorot)
What pattern of paragraph development was used in the paragraph?
description
What’s the meaning of the idiom, “ Up for grabs”?
A weirdo
Available for anyone
Someone who is funny
Looking in the wrong place
Available for anyone