TECH WRITING
PUBLIC SPEAKING
WRITING
123 INTRO
AT LARGE
100

T/F IN THE CLOSING PARAGRAPH OF A TECH DOCUMENT, YOU GIVE YOUR PHONE AND EMAIL

FALSE

100

T/F:  YOUR BODY CREATES NERVOUS PHYSICAL ENERGY

TRUE

100

THREE RASONS TO START A NEW PARAGRAPH

TOO LONG, AFTER INTRO, BEFORE CONCLUSION, DIALOGUE, MULTIPLE EXAMPLES, CHANGE IDEAS, INTRO A QUOTE, INTRO CHART/FIGURE

100

THE GENERAL RULE FOR HOW TO DRESS IN AN INTERVIEW

ONE STEP UP FROM HOW YOU WOULD DRESS FOR THE JOB

100

ACC LUMBERJACK IS WORLD FAMOUS FOR BEING MADE 100% FROM WHAT?

AUTO PARTS

200

IN TECH WRITING, A GOOD SENTENCE IS CLOSER TO 10, 25 OR 35 WORDS

10

200

T/F: THE GOAL OF PUBLIC SPEAKING IS TO BE ERROR FREE

FALSE

200

THE ONLY RULE FOR USING SEMICOLONS

COMBINES TWO SENTENCES/REPLACES A PERIOD

200

FIVE JOB SPECIFIC SKILLS FOR YOUR MAJOR

SPECIFIC SKILLS FOR YOUR FIELD

200

SEXTON HAS A SIDE GIG AS A BOUNCER, YOGA INSTRUCTOR, BASSIST

YOGA INSTRUCTOR

300

THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN A LETTERHEAD

NAME, ADDRESS, PHONE, EMAIL

300

DEFINE FILLERS

WORDS USED TO FILL SILENCE. TYPICALLY UM/UH/YOU KNOW/AND/LIKE

300

WHAT ARE THE SEVEN SMALL CONNECTING WORDS (COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS)

COMMA + BOYSFAN - BUT, OR, YET, SO, FOR, AND, NOR

300

FIVE TRANSFERABLE SKILLS

SKILLS THAT TRANSFER FROM ONE JOB TO THE NEXT

300

NAME TEN PEOPLE IN CLASS OUTSIDE OF YOUR GROUP

400

THE INTITIALS FOR THESE FOUR FUNCTIONS REPLACE THE INSIDE ADDRESS MEMO FORMAT

TO, FROM, DATE, RE OR SUB

400

TWO THINGS YOU SHOULD DO AND TWO THINGS YOU SHOULD AVOID WHILE SPEAKING PUBLICALLY

400

WRITE A SENTENCE USING "BECAUSE" AND ANOTHER SENTENCE USING "SINCE"

BECAUSE IT STARTS THE SENTENCE, YOU NEED TO USE A COMMA.

YOU DO NOT NEED A COMMA SINCE IT IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SENTENCE.

400

THE PERCENT OF CANDIDATES WHO DO NOT ANSWER EVERY INTERVIEW QUESTION

85%

400

NAME FIVE OHIO COLLEGES

500

ALL MEMBERS OF THE GROUP SIGN YOUR NAME ON THE BOARD (100-500 POINTS)

500
ALL GROUPS:  CHOOSE ONE MEMBER OF YOUR GROUP TO SPEAK FOR 60 SECONDS ABOUT THEIR HOBBIES AND INTERESTS 
500

EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCES:

AFFECT/EFFECT

CRITERIA/CRITERION

TWO/TO/TOO

"AFFECT" IS INFLUENCE WHILE 'EFFECT' IS RESULT

"CRITERIA" IS PLURAL, "CRITERION" IS SINGULAR

"TWO" IS THE NUMBER, "TOO" IS IN ADDITION/EXCESS, AND "TO" IS EVERYTHING ELSE

500

ALL GROUPS (100-500 points).  Each group member states what their biggest weakness is as an employee.

Admit to a lesser, non-job related weakness AND what you are doing to overcome it. Do not try to sell strengths as weaknesses, incriminate yourself or state that you cannot think of any.

500

Name five of ACC's six sports teams.

Men's Basketball, Women's basketball, Volleyball, Softball, Cross Country, EA Sports