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b.
The writer might use humor, romance, or suspense as the basis for a poem, short story, or novel to
create .................... for the reader.
a. enjoyed
b. enjoyable
d. enjoying
Life would be very boring if ...... ........... ...................................... nothing to read to spend the time
and to understand about the past, the present and the future.
a. there were
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You will write ......................................... if you always identify the major purpose for each piece
of writing you undertake.
To entertain means that the writer might use humor, romance, or suspense as the basis for a poem,
short story, or novel ......................
a. to have
c. to do
d. to play
The writer should provide specific information to help educate the reader about a topic, showing
that you ........................................
There are two types of process analysis essays: instructing or directing the reader for doing
something and explaining or analyzing something
To inform in writing means that you explain how something happened, how something works,
or ...................................................
As you............................................the ideas for your topic, you should keep one very important
question in mind: Why/ For what am I writing this paper?
b. on the reader.
To persuade means that the writer has to influence the reader to change his/ her mind
or .................. a particular action.
a. have
c. make
d. do
A process is a series of actions that lead to ....................................., and a process essay is written
to encourage the reader’s natural curiosity.
a. an expectational end
b. an expecting end
c. an expectation end
a. of
b. in
d. up
An essay is a short composition in prose that discusses a subject limited in scope. An essay that
you write for your college courses to narrate a story is called ...................
a. narrative
c. narrated
d. narrating
When you explain how something happened, how something works, or why a problem exists, you
should .......................... specific information to help educate the reader about a topic, showing that
you understand the topic well.
b. providing
c. provided
d. to provide
When writing an essay of this kind, you should remember to
envision .................................................to focus your explanation and warn your reader of
difficulties in the process.
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To express yourself means that you record your ...................... feelings and experiences in a diary,
journal, poem or even songs.
a. person
b. people
d. personally
The term “pre-writing” conjures up a lot of strange activities and practices. You’ve probably tried
many different............................................in the past, and may have a good idea of what works for
you and what doesn’t.
a. prewritten strategies
b. prewrote strategies
c. prewrite strategies
a. for
b. to
c. around
Writing is a means to ...................... the ability of educated people. Throughout their lives, their
writing shows how effectively they think, understand and use language.
a. evaluator
b. evaluation
d. evaluating
Essays that you write for your college courses usually require the representation of
information ........
a. differing patterns
b. difference patterns
c. differed patterns
The Introduction of the process essay tells what the process is, in what situations it is used,
and ......
d. why is it important.
Setting a goal for a short amount of time (5 minutes or 10 minutes are good options), just write
anything that comes to mind ........................
In formal writing, apart from using formal words you should use
formal ..................................... ........................................yourself.
b. ways of talking
c. ways of saying
d. ways of expression
There are many types of expository essays according ........................... many methods you use to
develop your essay topic. Reading essays of these kinds, you may find out the way the
information/the writer’s ideas have been exposed/conveyed to the reader.
a. in
c. with
d. up
Comparison and contrast essays show similarities, and contrast, and
pointing .........................differences
b. with
c. away
d. about
a. to proving
b. proof
c. prove
The number of examples you use in an example essay ...................... the topic, but usually three or
four extended examples (illustrations) might suffice.
b. depends about
c. depends over
d. depends with
It can be said that ....................... ..................will present the standard conventions of essay writing
and feature them prominently.
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In formal writing you should not .........................................................you are speaking to the reader
as a familiar person.
a. thought that
c. thinking that
d. to think that
a. a short range of
b. a small range of
d. a big range of
The word you can be used with the word I or we in informal speech to show intimacy between the
speaker ..................................................; for example, “you know what I mean”.
b. or the listener
Each developmental paragraph includes evidence and examples to support the topic sentence and
all the body will include evidence and examples presented in different
paragraphs ....................................
As for word choice, formal words are ....................................informal words; formal words are
usually single words not multi words.
a. general
b. generalizing
c. generally
In writing an example essay to prove a point, the number of examples you use ..........................
One of the most important areas to master ................................register is the difference between
formal and informal English.
a. in hands of
c. in shortage of
d. in lengths of
When you are writing academically, you should use the formal style, talking about the topic
and ..............................................
d. not of yourself.
The examples you use should refer to and fairly support ...................of your writing.
In order to prove your main idea/ thesis of your essay, especially in a narration or
description, .............. ........................................ ....... to add details so that readers are made to “see”
events and objects.
a. others of which
c. several of which
d. some of which
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For variety, select a key word, phrase or idea from the previous paragraph to refer back to its main
idea and use it in the beginning sentence of the next paragraph before ...................... the main idea
of that paragraph.
a. introduce
b. to introduce
d. introduction
In writing, the pronouns it and they cannot refer to nouns that have been suggested but never
actually stated. .........................................., it and they can be used only when the nouns have
already been stated.
a. In any words
b. In some words
d. In another words
In the sentence the possessive form of a noun denotes possession, not object or person and
the....................................................... after it.
the first cause and its effect, and the effect becomes a second cause that leads to some effect, the
development making a “chain” relationship.
c. to be used to discuss
d. be used to discussing
In the step of Editing, you check .................................. to make sure that your grammar,
punctuation, and spelling are correct. While editing, you can use a grammar book or/and a
dictionary handy for reference.
a. the introduction
b. the conclusion
d. the body
.....................................................
a. Remember about
b. Remember for
d. Remember around
The pronoun which can be used to .....................................which has already been stated before in
a sentence.
c. refer by something
d. refer for something
a. It is very artful to
c. It is very low to
d. It is very hot to
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When a problem ..................., we use this method of reasoning to figure out the causes for it and
also to analyze – predict its results or effects.
a. arose
b. arising
The concluding paragraph brings the essay to an end that flows ....... ....................................... from
the rest of the essay. It does not cut off the reader abruptly. The way to write the concluding
paragraph for argument is like the way to conclude the essay of other kinds.
Before discussing the causes and/ or effects of the event, in your thesis statement you should say
clearly you are .................................................. by using the term cause and/or effect,
Writing ..........................................., we may want to analyze causes and/or effects to answer some
question Why does/did it happen? or What happens/happened as a result/because of this?
In a cause and effect essay, all causes are discussed as a block, and then all of the effects/ results
are mentioned together ........................
a. like a block
b. hold a block
d. since a block
- Block organization may vary. The cause essay may.....................................................in the
introduction and then all the causes as a block in the body or in an effect essay, one cause is
mentioned in the introduction and all the effects are discussed in the body .
A necessary cause cannot produce the effect but must be present for the effect to occur. A
contributory cause can not produce the effect by itself but may ............
If the pronoun seems to refer to more than one noun or idea, the reader will be confused. To avoid
such a problem, either add a noun or ..................................................
a. not-sexist
b. no-sexist
d. none-sexist
When there are two nouns before which you should reconstruct your sentence so that which comes
close to its antecedent. Or the sentence can be reconstructed, which being
replaced .......................................
In the step of Proofreading, you have to check everything again, Before you hand....................your
writing, be sure that your writing has no errors, your handwriting is legible, or typing is neat.
a. down
b. up
d. away
The pronoun <b>this / that </b>can replace either a noun or a specific idea that has already been
stated – this is used to talk about something you are close to in time ................... ...................space,
and that to refer to something more distant.
b. as high as
c. as low as
d. as short as
A sufficient cause by itself can produce an effect. Also, one cause may lead to many effects, or
one cause .......................................in a chain.
When you use causal analysis, you must avoid oversimplification and ...........that an effect may be
the consequence of two or more causes or a chain of causes.
a. keep in eyes
b. keep in heart
d. keep in brain
a. she
c. he
d. he or her
An essay becomes an argument when it .......................................... You must decide which side to
the issue you stand on.
a. takes a place
b. takes a choice
d. takes a point
Using pronouns in writing you should always use a pronoun to refer clearly to a noun that has
already been used; in other words, the pronoun reference must be clear so that .......................which
noun is replacing.
.....................are a means of establishing order among things having some common characteristic.
The order of presenting ideas should be clear and logical: by importance, location, ..... If
necessary, you may try to enrich your perception of the term through specific analyses by either
mentioning its physical properties (appealing to five senses), its uses (or dangers),
or ............................, history, etc.
One of the most common .............. made by inexperienced writers involves using too personal a
manner in a piece of formal writing which is called “chatty style”. The chatty style is recognized
by the use of: 1. The first personal pronouns and 2. The informal you.
b. mistaking
c. mistaken
d. mistake
When a subordinating conjunction starts a sentence, the ................should follow the subordinate
clause and follow a comma.
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a. depending sentence
b. independently sentence
d. independence sentence
a. around parts
b. with parts
c. away parts
When ........................................, you should use supporting evidence, define terms, offer facts and
statistics, or provide examples, anecdotes or personal observations that support your ideas.
Definition essays that answer the question “what is....?” and/or “What is ... like?” aim to approach
a term/ subject with more .............than the efficient, short dictionary definition has.
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To .............................................a reader, a writer must choose language that clearly conveys what
he or she is trying to say.
a. communicate on
b. communicate for
c. communicate around
When you are ..........................causes and effects, you should qualify or limit your statements
about them by using tentative expressions such as It appears that the cause was..., The evidence
may indicate..., Available evidence suggests that...
A better definition might involve different examples, dealing with different periods of life:
.............................................. when some unfair things happen.
In order to join ideas in a sentence, you can use a participle: a present participle (v-ing) or a past
participle (v-ed) to open a sentence ....................................................... You can also use a present
participle to end a sentence too:
Note that there is usually a comma before coordinating conjunctions although some professional
writers sometimes leave this comma out. Also, .......................................... more than one
coordinating conjunction in one sentence because if such words as but and and are overused, the
sentences will become difficult to understand.
c. try no to use
a. a subordinative clause
c. a subordination clause
d. a subordinating clause
Sometimes coordinating conjunctions are not used, and some other punctuation marks such as
semicolons or colons are used instead. Again remember that normally a comma is never
used ... ......................................................
The order you select to arrange your examples is really what you have to consider. Usually the
examples and details in an expository essay are organized according to time, familiarity, and
importance; therefore, in an example essay the examples are essentially ............................. in the
same order.
a. to be arranged
b. arranging
c. arrangement
The example essay will end with a strong conclusion paragraph that provides insight on the thesis
statement. The ...................... is used to wrap up your arguments by stating what your essay has
shown.
a. concluded.
b. in conclusion
c. concluding
when the subordinating conjunction is in medial position, the dependent clause should closely
follow the independent sentence; ..................................................(no comma, no period/ full stop)
is employed before the dependent clause.
a. none punctuation
c. not punctuation
d. non punctuation
Synonyms do not always have exactly the same meaning; however, they can be used to
provide .........................................to the reader.
Synonyms are different words (sometimes phrases) with ............... or very similar meanings.
Synonyms can be any part of speech: buy/ purchase (v), sick/ill (adjective), on /upon (prep).
a. identity
c. identically
d. identify
In order ....................................in your writing for the reader to follow your ideas easily, you
should use transitions to link them together.
a. achieving coherence
b. achievement coherence
d. to achieving coherence
Different words that are similar ...................................... are only synonymous in one usage and not
in others. For example, a high school pupil can be called a student, but a university student cannot
be called a pupil.
b. at meaning
c. about meaning
d. with meaning
Therefore, a term/ subject that you know well will............................................... for you to clarify,
to provide specific examples to illustrate your definition.
a. make it be easy
c. make it ease
d. make it easily
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Too long sentences often confuse the reader. Therefore, if you have written a number of short
sentences together, you should....................................... in a clever way when you are editing your
writing.
However, when ..........................in writing, you should always use a pronoun to refer clearly to a
noun that has already been used; in other words, the pronoun reference must be clear so that the
reader can understand which noun is replacing.
a. useless pronouns
c. useful pronouns
d. used pronouns
Sometimes you can use punctuation marks to connect two ideas, but ..................................between
two independent ideas.
a. no use a comma
b. non use a comma
You can also use the traditional or dictionary definition as a basis for your definition. Your
definition or thesis statement states ...............
In your .........................................., remember to back up your thesis with relevant and sufficient
details that are organized by order of time (first/second), order of importance (least/most
important), order of category (general/specific).
c. developing paragraphs
d. development paragraphs
Overuse of transitions causes a traffic jam and should be avoided. Transitions should be used
only ......................................................
a. when necessarily
b. when it necessary
c. when need
Why when using a participle, ask yourself who/ what does or is acted upon
by ..........................................
Each ..............................paragraph includes evidence and examples to support the topic sentence
and all the body will include evidence and examples presented in different paragraphs to defend
the thesis statement.
b. development
c. developing
d. developed
Since a well-known subject.............................................. what scope and purpose of the topic you
want to achieve easily, you should avoid a topic too narrow for example “house” or too broad such
as “friendship”; however, the topic true friendship may be a good choice.
There can be said to be two kinds of definition: formal and extended. Formal definition, usually
found in the dictionary (dictionary definition), can be given in some words, or in one or more than
one sentences..........................such as “be”, followed by an adjective, a noun phrase, or a synonym.
Not all words can be substituted with synonyms; for example, culture, economy, society or science
have no effective synonyms. Therefore, you must be sure that your chosen synonym
is ................................................your sentence.
If the definition on “fair” in the statement “Life is not fair” goes with the ideas: things don’t work
out, we all have some bad luck, the bad comes with the good, then it is shallow definition
because .............
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It is important that synonyms do not change the register. For example, firm is a good synonym for
company, but boss is ................for manager.