EN120 Lesson 5 Quiz

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Cause-and-effect paragraphs and persuasion paragraphs are very similar to

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Generic nouns _______ refer to a specific person, place, or thing.

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Personal pronouns take different forms depending on whether they’re subjects, objects, or possessive pronouns. Logically, subjects are in the _______ case.

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Jason argues that oversimplification is a problem when writing a cause-and-effect paragraph. Sally maintains that confusing cause and effect can be a serious problem in writing this kind of paragraph. Who is correct?

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Regarding number and person agreement, _______ pronouns, like “anybody,” “nobody,” “someone,” or “anyone,” are singular. Therefore, any pronoun that refers to them must be singular.

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All of the following transitional expressions are used to show effects except

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Subjects in sentences refer either to nouns or to

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Which of the following is not an abstract noun?

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The plural of fury is

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Which one of the following nouns is singular?

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Signal words tell us that _______ usually follow(s).

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Which of the following may be either a collective or singular noun?

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_______ determiners, such as “my,” “your,” and “her,” are placed in front of a noun to tell us that something belongs to the person(s) represented by the pronoun, which is why they serve as adjectives.

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All of the following transitional expressions are used to show causes except

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When the intended audience of your paragraph is non-specialists, you can make technical language more accessible and readable if you use a _______ style.

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Which of the following sentences contains a proper noun that should be capitalized?

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In a cause-and-effect paragraph, transition words like “first,” “second,” and “third,” create a _______ order that moves us from cause to cause.

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In general, _______ writing is intended to convey information and explain ideas.

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To persuade through writing is to

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The paragraph or essay type most frequently called for in college, business, and daily life is

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