This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Academic Writing > Writing Standards – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Writing Standards Quiz 2 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Writing includes energetic verbs A) Ideas. B) Organization. C) Word Choice. D) Sentence Fluency. E) Voice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Word Choice. 2. Which word from the sentence gives you the clue for the answer to the blank?: ..... , Jim arrives on time for work in the mornings, but occasionally he oversleeps.A "arrives" B "mornings" C "occasionally" D "oversleeps" A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. 3. This trait focuses on content and meaning. A) Conventions. B) Sentence Fluency. C) Voice. D) Ideas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ideas. 4. Which correction should be made to this sentence? The trapped bunny had a look as if he knows he was about to become the hungry wolf's newest victim. A) Change he to they. B) Change knows to knew. C) Change was to is. D) Change wolf's to wolves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Change knows to knew. 5. Natural and precise language and a variety of parts of speech A) Ideas. B) Organization. C) Word Choice. D) Voice. E) Sentence Fluency. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Word Choice. 6. What you know + what you read=A reasonable guess A) Summary. B) Evidence. C) Central Idea. D) Inference. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inference. 7. In the sentence, "The teacher gave homework to the students from the textbook."Which word should the phrase "from the textbook" modify?A teacherB gaveC homeworkD students A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. 8. Includes introduction and conclusion A) Ideas. B) Organization. C) Sentence Fluency. D) Voice. E) Conventions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Organization. 9. Which revision best improves vague or incomplete analysis? A) Add another quotation. B) Explain how the evidence proves the universal idea. C) Insert a rhetorical strategy without commentary. D) Restate the thesis differently. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Explain how the evidence proves the universal idea. 10. Identify the sentence that correctly uses commas. A) My best friends, are Sam, Alex, and Chris. B) My best friends are, Sam, Alex, and Chris. C) My best friends are Sam, Alex, and Chris. D) My best friends are Sam Alex and Chris. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My best friends are Sam, Alex, and Chris. 11. The place where the conflict is resolved and loose ends are tied up A) Falling action. B) Exposition. C) Resolution. D) Crisis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Resolution. 12. This trait requires strategic choices in the words used, vivid adjectives, and interesting words. A) Voice. B) Word choice. C) Sentence fluency. D) Ideas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Word choice. 13. This trait contains a logical sequence of ideas, effective use of transitions, and a concluding paragraph. A) Ideas. B) Organization. C) Voice. D) Sentence fluency. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Organization. 14. Catches the readers interest and pulls the reader along A) Ideas. B) Organization. C) Word Choice. D) Sentence Fluency. E) Voice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ideas. 15. Children and dogs and houses bloomlike crowded flowers, This is an example of: A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Onomatopoeia. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 16. Is editing one of the writing traits? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 17. Comparison that speaks of one thing as if it were another thing A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 18. Mark each statement as active (A) or passive (P) voice. Time was set aside for planning the FTX. A) Passive. B) Active. C) Neither. D) Both. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Passive. 19. What does the answer in Part A reveal about Eric's character?A Eric has never been to summer camp before.B Eric is kind and welcoming to his peers.C Eric is excited to try new things at camp.D Eric does not like to be told what to do. A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 20. This trait requires consistently correct spelling, capitalization, and punctuation. A) Organization. B) Voice. C) Word choice. D) Conventions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conventions. 21. Pick a term that best defines the word ambiguous. A) Certain. B) Cryptic. C) Borderline. D) Questionable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Questionable. 22. Which of the following sentences demonstrates correct subject-verb agreement? A) The list of items are on the desk. B) The list of items is on the desk. C) There is many reasons for her success. D) There are a lot of problems with this plan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The list of items is on the desk. 23. Exact, accurate, carefully chosen A) Precise. B) Relevant. C) Clear. D) Formal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Precise. 24. Smooth, expressive, and create a sense of rhythm A) Ideas. B) Organization. C) Voice. D) Sentence Fluency. E) Conventions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sentence Fluency. 25. Domain 1 is all about purpose, focus, & organization. Which phrase is considered getting a perfect 4 in this category? A) Strongly maintained controlling idea. B) Maintained controlling idea. C) Focused controlling idea. D) Confusing or ambiguous ideas. 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