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A writer goes back and reworks earlier paragraphs after drafting later ones. That looping quality makes writing:Read the answer and worked solution →In the model paragraphs, topic sentences are underlined and one other feature is italicised. That feature is the:Read the answer and worked solution →A course objective says patterns of thought work differently depending on the situation, the purpose and the:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the reasoning strategiesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the essay partsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the reasoning gatesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the writing wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Strategy or partRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the composition wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Reasoning bingoRead the answer and worked solution →A statement whose truth can be proved or verified serves in a report as a:Read the answer and worked solution →A statement of belief or value rather than verifiable truth is an:Read the answer and worked solution →A preconceived opinion about a subject, idea or group of people is called:Read the answer and worked solution →The tendency shaping how people gather and process new information is called cognitive:Read the answer and worked solution →To spot bias in a source, a reader should first determine the writer's:Read the answer and worked solution →A further defence against a one-sided view is to read on the topic a number of sources that is:Read the answer and worked solution →The purpose of a report is to explain information and to:Read the answer and worked solution →A report whose purpose is to present and analyse information is described as:Read the answer and worked solution →The people who will read a report, or who could read it, are its:Read the answer and worked solution →Writing free of personal feelings and emotional language shows an objective:Read the answer and worked solution →A paragraph highlighting the findings of a report in the quickest form is the executive:Read the answer and worked solution →The section explaining how information was gathered and from what sources is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The section summarising the collected data and explaining the analysis is the:Read the answer and worked solution →Documents related to a report but not central to understanding it belong in an:Read the answer and worked solution →A declarative sentence stating the topic, the angle and the aspects to be covered is the:Read the answer and worked solution →Looking beneath the surface of words and images to evaluate them is called critical:Read the answer and worked solution →The sense that a writer is trustworthy and credible is the appeal known as:Read the answer and worked solution →Using facts as evidence to appeal to logical thinking is the appeal known as:Read the answer and worked solution →Factual statements that include numbers and serve as evidence are:Read the answer and worked solution →

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A writer goes back and reworks earlier paragraphs after drafting later ones. That looping quality makes writing:

  1. Reluctant
  2. Recursive
  3. Rigid work
  4. Random work
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Correct answer: B. Recursive

1. Steps are revisited, not left behind. 2. Revision folds back into drafting. 3. The process is recursive. _Source: OpenStax Writing Guide with Handbook, Chapter 11, Reasoning Strategies._

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In the model paragraphs, topic sentences are underlined and one other feature is italicised. That feature is the:

  1. Table captions
  2. Book title lines
  3. Transition words
  4. Page header lines
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Correct answer: C. Transition words

1. They carry the reader between ideas. 2. They are marked differently from topic sentences. 3. They are the transition words and phrases. _Source: OpenStax Writing Guide with Handbook, Chapter 11, Reasoning Strategies._

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A course objective says patterns of thought work differently depending on the situation, the purpose and the:

  1. Acreage
  2. Altitude
  3. Alphabet
  4. Audience
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Correct answer: D. Audience

1. Writing is aimed at someone. 2. Purpose and situation sit alongside it. 3. It is the audience. _Source: OpenStax Writing Guide with Handbook, Chapter 11, Reasoning Strategies._

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