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Concision In Writing Quiz 1 (56 MCQs)

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1. What sentence uses the word desolate correctly?
2. Which is more concise?
3. Voltaire was both disappointed and excited when he found out that his favorite coffee shop, Candid Coffee, was moving to a new and larger point.
4. Numerous research projects, including the benchmark Framingham Heart Study, demonstrate that taking a vacation can have well-connected health benefits.
5. Choose the most concise sentence.
6. A wordy sentence is
7. How does ambiguity affect clarity?
8. What sentence uses the word devise correctly?
9. Balancing the budget by Friday is an impossibility without some kind of extra help.Which sentence is the best revision?
10. Sahil believed in the importance of excellent customer service, but it was a challenge to remain professional when the customer ordered a fruit smoothie, complained that it tasted like fruit, and then dumped the drink on the floor when she was denied a refund.
11. What can you eliminate from this sentence:During that time period, many car buyers preferred cars that were pink in color and shiny in appearance?
12. Which option is more concise?
13. Which uses active voice?
14. What sentence uses the word dilemma correctly?
15. What is one of the unnecessary words you could eliminate in this sentence:Before the travel agent was completely able to finish explaining the various differences among all of the many very unique vacation packages his travel agency was offering, the customer changed her future plans?
16. Backlash against the senator's education bill only hurled her to work harder to ensure its passage.
17. In a reluctant manner, John held a lengthy and in-depth conversation with his teacher, and then John asked his teacher for advice.
18. Twice as many Japanese men as American men smoke, yet the deaths attributable to smoking are half as much as ours.
19. Eggs are high in cholesterol and .....
20. When the weather outside is cold and ..... , I like to be indoors.
21. More than half a decade after the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that leveled Haiti, serious public health and social problems tolerate. These include inadequate housing, political corruption, and the spread of cholera.
22. There was a total of twenty-six punches that hit the losing boxer.
23. All Molly wanted to do was navigate a direct route to the beach, but her GPS kept losing its signal.
24. Another way to avoid wordiness is to
25. Redundancy is .....
26. What sentence uses the word deplete correctly?
27. My dog not only likes to play fetch, but he also .....
28. The supply manager considered the correcting typewriter an unneeded luxury.Remove what unnecessary word?
29. The X-15, a hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft operated by the U. S. Air Force, could reach speeds of up to as high as 4, 520 miles per hour.
30. This past year, Bridgestone offered something unprecedented, as they introduced a new, high-spin golf ball that bites into greens like no other.
31. During his trip to the Vancouver Zoo, a man was shocked when an escaped baboon stole his ice cream. Afraid of sustaining serious injuries, the man consented to the baboon that he keep the ice cream, which wasn't his favorite flavor anyway.
32. My neighbor, who lives nearby, is extremely rude.
33. At Maloney High School, there were seventeen spectators who showed up at the Maloney High School baseball game at the hour of 4 p.m.
34. Technical Writing should .....
35. What can you eliminate from this sentence:The microscope revealed a group of organisms that were round in shape and peculiar in nature?
36. What does "precise language" mean in writing?
37. Suzie believed but could not confirm that Billy had feelings for her.
38. That old lady's dogs have a habit of barking on nights during which the moon in the sky is full.
39. Some residents were surprised by how Senator Nikita Kapoor voted on the tax bill, but she argued that her intentions had been crystalline from the beginning of her campaign.
40. What revision improves clarity here? "He ran really fast because he wanted to win the race, and he also didn't stop."
41. Why is redundancy a problem in writing?
42. Located on the northern coast of South America, Suriname perpetuates the most untouched rainforest on the continent.
43. In my own personal opinion, I believe that all amusement-park roller coasters should be required to undergo thorough and complete inspections.
44. As a psychotherapist, I spend my days listening to men and women talk about their failures, their disappointments, their shame.
45. Which sentence shows correct subordination?
46. What is the best fix for sentence wordiness?
47. As I listen, I can hear the chuckling and laughing as I walk down the crowded and overpopulated public streets of Chinatown.
48. Which revision makes the sentence more precise and concise? "She did it, and it was great."
49. We tried to steady ourselves with our walking sticks but slipped and stumbled because of the jumbled rocks we were slipping on.
50. Which word would best replace "good" in this sentence? "The movie was good, and everyone seemed to enjoy it."
51. Last summer I learned to play tennis, to swim, and .....
52. She had ideas of her own, including an idea of hers for a torpedo with a radio-controlled guidance system.
53. What sentence uses the word diligence correctly?
54. What makes this sentence unclear? "After meeting with Jordan, Taylor said she would take the lead."
55. Before the Black Plague hit Europe in the 14th century, medieval people did not bathe by submerging themselves in a tub of water, which they considered an act of debauchery. Instead they quickly cleaned themselves with water and a cloth.
56. The purpose of writing about literature may be to share your responses, provide knowledge and information about a real literary work, or evaluate a work in review.
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