What is not a question used to determine your general purpose?
A. What would you like to accomplish in your paper?
B. What opinions do your readers hold?
C. How might your writing accomplish your aims?
B. What opinions do your reader hold?
-You use this question to determine your audience
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True or False.
A working thesis is a perfect thesis statement developed at the beginning of the writing process.
False.
A working thesis is a statement that you can refine as you go.
100
What is wrong with this thesis statement?
There are a lot of troubles with chemical wastes.
Too general
100
What type of organization is guided by what happens first, second, and next, continuing to the end?
A. Logical
B. Chronological
C. Spatial
B. Chronological
100
What is it called when you group your ideas into a spider web?
A. Solitaire
B. Linking
C. Clustering
C. Clustering
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What is not a question you would use to determine your audience?
A. What do you assume about your readers?
B. How might you appeal to your readers?
C. How might your writing accomplish your aims?
C. How might your writing accomplish your aims?
-You use this question when determining your purpose
200
What do you want your thesis to be?
A. Specific
B. Vague
C. Broad
A. Specific
200
What is wrong with this thesis statement?
Careless dumping of leftover paint has caused a serious problem in Atlanta, and a new kind of biodegradable paint has been developed, and it offers a promising solution to one chemical waste dilemma.
Too many ideas
200
What type of organization moves from cause to effect or problem to solution?
A. Logical
B. Chronological
C. Spatial
A. Logical
200
What is the grouping technique that uses power point?
A. Solitaire
B. Emphasizing Ideas
C. Slide Show
C. Slide Show
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When shaping your ideas what is most important to consider?
A. Your audience
B. Your purpose
C. All of the above
C. All of the above
- When shaping your ideas you consider what slant would best accomplish your purpose and what points would appeal most strongly to your reader.
300
What is not part of the working thesis equation?
A. Topic
B. Attitude/Point
C. Essay Plan
C. Essay Plan
*Your Topic Idea + Your point about the topic=Working Thesis
*After you create your working thesis you can create an essay plan
300
What is wrong with this thesis statement?
Native American blankets are very beautiful.
Too vague
300
What type of organization moves from left to right or front to back?
A. Logical
B. Chronological
C. Spatial
C. Spatial
300
What grouping technique involves organizing ideas onto note cards?
A. Solitaire
B. Linking
C. Rainbow Connections
A. Solitaire
400
What is a way of grouping your ideas?
A. Linking
B. Rainbow Connections
C. Solitaire
D. All of the Above
D. All of the Above
400
Name one step of planning that comes before the working thesis statement?
-Purpose, Audience, or Shaping Ideas
400
What is wrong with this thesis statement?
Native Americans have adopted to many cultural shifts.
Too broad
400
What type of outline clearly and logically spells out where you are going?
A. Informal Outline
B. Thesis-Guided Outline
C. Formal Outline
C. Formal Outline
400
What grouping technique uses lines to connect related ideas?
A. Linking
B. Rainbow Connections
C. Clustering
A. Linking
500
What are 3 of the 7 planning steps that we explained?
Purpose, Audience, Shaping Ideas, Stating a working thesis, Organizing ideas, Grouping, Outlining
500
What are three things that make a thesis bad?
Too general, too many ideas, difficult to show, too vague, too broad
500
What is wrong with this thesis statement?
For centuries, popular music has announced vital trends in Western society.