Quiz for Chapter Six
Student Self-Grading Multiple Choice
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1. Methods for paragraph development are often referred to as ________.
a) methodological patterns
b) rhetorical patterns
c) paragraph patterns
d) None of the above
Answer: b (p. 111)
2. Tracing a topic’s development over time deals with ________.
a) the chronological method
b) the cause and effect method
c) definition
d) narration
Answer: a (p. 112)
3. A story can be used in an essay to ________.
a) Lend drama to the argument
b) Illustrate a point
c) Reinforce or introduce a topic
d) All of the above
Answer: d (p. 113)
4. Relating a process focuses on the steps in a ________.
a) scale
b) table
c) sequence
d) list
e) None of the above
Answer: d (p. 114)
5. Using time-order relationships in a way similar to using cause and effect is called ________.
a) antecedent-consequent
b) effect and cause
c) chronology
d) process
e) All of the above
Answer: a (p. 115)
6. The following method uses concrete examples ________.
a) question-answer: definition
b) cost-benefit
c) example/illustration
Answer: c (p. 116)
7. Essays and studies dealing with finding solutions to certain problems are particularly common in ________.
a) the humanities
b) the sciences
c) the social sciences
d) None of the above
Answer: c (p. 116)
8. In expository essays, cost-benefit analyses involve ________.
a) objectively weighing positives and negatives
b) subjectively weighing positives and negatives
c) All of the above
d) None of the above
Answer: a (p. 117)
9. An analogy compares objects or subjects which are ________.
a) similar
b) dissimilar
c) exactly the same
d) None of the above
Answer: b (p. 118)
10. When a writer applies compare and contrast, he or she begins by finding ________.
a) logical bases of comparison
b) research
c) logical bases of identification
d) logical bases of narration
Answer: a (p. 118)
Short Answer Questions
11. A topic may suggest a specific method of __________.
Answer: development (p. 110)
12. Specific methods of developing paragraphs are also known as __________.
Answer: rhetorical patterns (p. 111)
13. __________ allow a writer to convey precisely what he or she will discuss.
Answer: Definitions (p. 112)
14. The __________ method does more than merely trace information back to a specific time.
Answer: chronological (p. 113)
15. Description should play a __________ role in an argument.
Answer: limited (p. 113)
16. Narration can help __________ a point.
Answer: illustrate (p. 113)
17. One of the best ways to support a point is to provide a concrete __________.
Answer: example (p. 116)
18. Cost-benefit analyses can be applied to almost any __________.
Answer: topic (p. 117)
19. A comparison between two objects to better understand the initial object or idea is called __________.
Answer: analogy (p. 118)
20. Comparing and contrasting systematically and respectively use __________ and __________.
Answer: similarities; differences (p. 118)