On Writing Well Quiz | Eight Week Quiz G

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 G

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 IV: Chapter 23 A Writer's Decision.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Do criticism writers need to take a stance on a show?
(a) Opinions should always be left out of writing.
(b) No, that should be left up to the audience.
(c) Yes, but they should mind their wording to not offend those in the show.
(d) Absolutely. They have the power to make or break a show.

2. How much information should a writer provide to his or her readers?
(a) Very little. Readers need to be left in the dark so they can go see a show on their own.
(b) Enought to make a show worth seeing, without spoiling it for the readers and viewers.
(c) Everything about the show that he or she felt was worthwhile.
(d) Only dates and times of the show with a thumbs up or down.

3. What ability do great authors have?
(a) The ability to ignore rules of grammar.
(b) The ability to write whenever they want.
(c) The ability to get an inside on reading trends.
(d) The ability to write perfectley grammatical pieces.

4. What should every paragraph end with?
(a) All paragraphs should end with a summary of the entire paragraph.
(b) All paragraphs should repeat the first sentence.
(c) Every paragraph should end with a period.
(d) Every paragraph needs to have a hook or a cliffhanger that will lead the reader into the next paragraph.

5. Why is it so hard to write about places?
(a) Places change over time and it is hard to stay true to the general feel of a place.
(b) Writers tend to fall into cliches, especially when writing about well known places.
(c) It is hard to translate what the eyes see.
(d) Two people never see a place the same way.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the transaction in writing?

2. Cliche words should be avoided at all costs. What else should be avoided?

3. Who is the author talking to at the beginning of the book?

4. Why do journalists need to perfect uncluttered writing?

5. What is a memoir?

(see the answer key)

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