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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV: Chapter 20 The Sound of Your Voice.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What could cause a writer to write unclear?
(a) Not having enough experience.
(b) Not taking any writing classes.
(c) Not having brainstormed enough.
(d) Not knowing what they want to say.

2. Why is the English language changing all the time?
(a) It changes because academics choose the best ways to speak English and try to teach that to children.
(b) It changes because people don't know how to speak it properly and are changing the way it is spoken.
(c) It changes because it is a living language.
(d) It changes because of regional differences that make their way outwards.

3. Where should the writer find his or her words?
(a) From a thesaraus.
(b) From a dictionary.
(c) From modern euphanisms that people can relate to.
(d) From within the subconscious to the writing consciousness

4. What stops Americans from writing memoirs?
(a) Memoires don't sell well enough.
(b) People don't like reading memoires.
(c) An attitude to please teachers and not readers.
(d) Editors hate reading memoirs therefore don't pick them up.

5. When does the writing start for a nonfiction article?
(a) It starts before the interview but after the research.
(b) It starts before interviewing to set up the article paragraphs.
(c) It starts whenever the writer is ready to start.
(d) It starts when the interviewing process and research is complete.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is an example of a time when bad writing HAS to be read?

2. What is a major problem of business writing?

3. What do people need to understand about science?

4. Why doesn't he simply cross out clutter?

5. Why should companies learn to produce better writing?

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