On Writing Well Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

William Zinsser
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 156 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

On Writing Well Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

William Zinsser
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 156 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: Chapter 16 Business Writing: Writing in Your Job.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a second approach Zinsser recommends that complements the first approach mentioned?
(a) Going within people's homes and seeing what they feel about foreigners.
(b) Writing only in the first person, then deciding on a tense later.
(c) Going outside and finding out how a place impacts others.
(d) Never reading other travel pieces, because this adds to cliched writing.

2. What is an example of a dead language?
(a) Chinese because it never changes.
(b) Latin is dead because nobody speaks it anymore.
(c) Spanish because its roots are disintegrating.
(d) Italian because there is only one country that speaks it.

3. What does the process of memoir writing do for a writer?
(a) It forces them to talk to distant relatives they hate.
(b) It brings back bad memories that the person tried to forget.
(c) It brings up related memories that were pushed into the subconsious.
(d) Nothing but write about everything he or she thinks about daily.

4. What is an example of a hit book that was rejected several times?
(a) Jurassic Park.
(b) Pride and Prejudice.
(c) Eleven on Top.
(d) Harry Potter.

5. What should the lead in the first sentence do for a reader?
(a) It should introduce the article informatively and let the reader know it will be a good read.
(b) It should tell the reader very little about the article, so he or she will continue reading.
(c) It should capture the reader and force him or her to keep reading.
(d) It should be very basic to hook in all types of readers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes a good first sentence?

2. What occurs when business writing is bad?

3. What are some limitations of perfect grammar?

4. What does Zinsser do before submitting a piece of writing?

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

(see the answer key)

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