Student ID:. 52148226 Exam: 050176RR - Revising and Editing When you have completed your exam and reviewed your answers, click Submit Exam. Answers will not be recorded until you hit Submit Exam. If you need to exit before completing the exam, click Cancel Exam" Questions 1 to 20: Select the best answer to each question. Note that a question and its answers may be split across a page break, so be sure that you have seen the entire question and all the answers before choosing an answer. 1. Which of the following sentences uses concrete language? A. When I saw Susan, she was reading a book. B. Jerry saw that the glass was really dirty. C. Danny's Labrador retriever eagerly chases tennis balls. D. I met Cathy at a store on a sfeet near the bridge. 2. Which of the following sentences contains one or more strong, active verbs? A. Conrad trembled with anxiety and anticipation as he pressed Denise's doorbell. B. The phone directory was hastily searched by Conrad. C. Having been away in London for two years, Conrad was happy to see Denise. D. It was believed by some that Conrad's father had been a war hero. 3. Which of the following is a simple sentence? A. When I realized I was too late, I called David's cell phone and made arrangements to meet them in town. B. I got to the airport late because the traffic was so tenible. C. Karen and David anived at the airport at3:35 P.M. and took a taxi to their hotel. D. I went to the airport, but I was too late to meet them. 4. In which sentence does the italicized word have a negative connotation? A. Jenna's green eyes and dark eyelashes gave her an exotic look. B. Although she had worked hard in high school, Ruth found the college courses challenging. C. Matthew was a scrawnykid, but he grew up strong. D. Jack, who is the most otttspoken member of the group, led the opposition to the new rule. 5. Which of the following correctly uses a transitional word or phrase? A. Sadly, Mark broke his leg during the performance. The director regretted casting him in the part. B. The floodwaters receded. The bridge could be inspected. C. Kara has been happily trying lots of new activities lately. For example, she took up needlepoint on the advice of her counselor. D. First impressions are so important in both personal and professional life. Addison shaved off his beard. 6. Which of the following is a good rule to follow when proofreading an essay? A. Use the computer's spell-check and grammar-check functions to be sure you catch any elrors. B. Ask your best friend to critique your essay. C. Scan the essay twice, once for organization and once for surface errors. D. Read the essay aloud to hear where words are missing or awkward phrasings or grammatical errors occur. 7. Which of the following is an evaluation tool using questions and answers that lead to effective strategies? A. Outline B. Graphic organizer C. Flowcharl D. Thesis 8. Which of the following sentences shows correct usa.

1. Student ID:. 52148226
Exam: 050176RR - Revising and Editing
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Questions 1 to 20: Select the best answer to each question. Note
that a question and its answers may be split across a page
break, so be sure that you have seen the entire question and all
the answers before choosing an answer.
1. Which of the following sentences uses concrete language?
A. When I saw Susan, she was reading a book.
B. Jerry saw that the glass was really dirty.
C. Danny's Labrador retriever eagerly chases tennis balls.
D. I met Cathy at a store on a sfeet near the bridge.
2. Which of the following sentences contains one or more
strong, active verbs?
A. Conrad trembled with anxiety and anticipation as he pressed
Denise's doorbell.
B. The phone directory was hastily searched by Conrad.

2. C. Having been away in London for two years, Conrad was
happy to see Denise.
D. It was believed by some that Conrad's father had been a war
hero.
3. Which of the following is a simple sentence?
A. When I realized I was too late, I called David's cell phone
and made arrangements to meet them in town.
B. I got to the airport late because the traffic was so tenible.
C. Karen and David anived at the airport at3:35 P.M. and took a
taxi to their hotel.
D. I went to the airport, but I was too late to meet them.
4. In which sentence does the italicized word have a negative
connotation?
A. Jenna's green eyes and dark eyelashes gave her an exotic
look.
B. Although she had worked hard in high school, Ruth found the
college courses challenging.
C. Matthew was a scrawnykid, but he grew up strong.
D. Jack, who is the most otttspoken member of the group, led
the opposition to the new rule.
5. Which of the following correctly uses a transitional word or
phrase?

3. A. Sadly, Mark broke his leg during the performance. The
director regretted casting him in the part.
B. The floodwaters receded. The bridge could be inspected.
C. Kara has been happily trying lots of new activities lately. For
example, she took up needlepoint on the advice of her
counselor.
D. First impressions are so important in both personal and
professional life. Addison shaved off his beard.
6. Which of the following is a good rule to follow when
proofreading an essay?
A. Use the computer's spell-check and grammar-check functions
to be sure you catch any elrors.
B. Ask your best friend to critique your essay.
C. Scan the essay twice, once for organization and once for
surface errors.
D. Read the essay aloud to hear where words are missing or
awkward phrasings or grammatical errors occur.
7. Which of the following is an evaluation tool using questions
and answers that lead to effective strategies?
A. Outline
B. Graphic organizer

4. C. Flowcharl
D. Thesis
8. Which of the following sentences shows correct usage of a
comma or commas?
A. Claire's plum pudding was mainly distinctive, for its absence
of plums.
B. William of Orange, anived in England in 1688, to claim the
English throne from James II.
C. After afte attheir home, Carlie and her mother rented a house
in Glendale, Arizona from November 14,2007 to January 28,
2008.
D. Christopher Wren, a contemporary of Isaac Newton and John
Locke, was the architect of St. Paul's Cathedral.
9. A _ can be used for both organizing and revising an essay.
A. verbal sketch
B. graphic organizer
C. topic sentence
D. flowchart
10. Which of the following sentences contains a redundancy?
A. Chris had trouble working up even mild enthusiasm for
Mike's plan.
B. Steve admired the partially completed stadium.

5. C. Emily's sister gave birth to a pair of twins.
D. At no time did Tony indicate a willingness to admit defeat.
11. To compose strong, compelling sentences, avoid using
A. clauses as modifiers.
B. dependent clauses.
C. short, simple sentences.
D. forms of the verb to be.
12. Spotting effors as you proofread is easier if you
A. reassess your marked-up copy.
B. handwrite your essay.
C. read your work from the computer screen.
D. use a clean printed copy each time.
13. Choosing a good reviewer for your writing means finding
someone who
A. will concentrate on your ideas and how well you supporl
them.
B. is a close friend and will give you a positive review.
C. concentrates on correcting your spelling and grammar effors.
D. knows everything about writing and will find every mistake.

6. 14. Which sentence should be edited to eliminate its clichd?
A. The texture of the burlap was a cross between woven straw
and a three-day beard.
B. Striding toward the bam in her red coverall and bucket hat,
Gloria-tall and round-gave the impression of a charging silo.
C. The family was immensely relieved when Great-Aunt
Martha's condition progressed from "critical" to "it looks like
she'll live
another 10 years."
D. I wanted to hire Dave, but a chain is only as strong as its
weakest link.
15. Which statement about sentence lengths in a written piece is
true?
A. Varying sentence type has no appreciable effect on relative
sentence length.
B. In spite of their name, compound-complex sentences are
usually shorter than compound or complex sentences.
C. Regardless of the sentence type, the audience tends to read at
its own pace.
D. Short sentences tend to move ideas quickly.
16. Which of the following sentences uses parallelism
effectively?
A. The report was good because it was factual and offered many
details.
B. Laura spent all her time gardening and ananging flowers,

7. when she wasn't in a shoe store to shop.
C. The Red Sox fans screamed, yelled, and were applauding
wildly.
D. The large plant-eating dinosaurs were quite slow, rather
stupid, and extremely hungry.
17. Which of the following is a compound sentence?
A. Corporate fraud is becoming more common in the United
States, and the civil courts are being stretched to their limits.
B. Butterflies and hummingbirds feed on the nectar of flowering
plants.
C. Because Viceroy butterflies migrate over very great
distances, tracking them is a challenge to entomologists.
D. Because fraud is so common in some corporations,
regulatory agencies are overworked.
18. During revision, you should scan your paper for _ words and
replace them with concrete words
or phrases.
A. general
B. informal
C. figurative
D. formal
19. A passive verb is the better choice if you wish to
A. establish a formaltone.

8. B. establish a casual tone.
C. emphasize the subject.
D. deemphasize the subject.
20' what is the sequence of components in the folowing
sentence?Listless and depresied by vistas
"rtt"*;G;#Hbieter left the cabin and walked toward the
frozenpond.
A. Modifier, subject, modifier, verb
B. Modifier, subject, verb
C. Subject, verb, modifier
D. Subject, modifier, verb
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