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AP English Language and Composition Unit 4: Organization, Cohesion & Transitions — practice questions — page 2

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Keep or cutRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the writing adviceRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Style bingoRead the answer and worked solution →What does a topic sentence summarize in expository writing?Read the answer and worked solution →Where does a topic sentence usually appear in a paragraph?Read the answer and worked solution →Which topic sentence usually comes in the middle of a paragraph and announces a change of direction?Read the answer and worked solution →Which pair names the two main types of cohesion?Read the answer and worked solution →Replacing "the taxi driver" with "he" in a later sentence is an example of which reference?Read the answer and worked solution →What is cataphoric reference?Read the answer and worked solution →"Here he comes, our award-winning host... it's John Doe!" Which reference does the word "he" show?Read the answer and worked solution →In "The younger child was very outgoing, the older much more reserved", which words are omitted from the second clause?Read the answer and worked solution →What happens in ellipsis, as a cohesive device?Read the answer and worked solution →In "I would like the pink one", the word "one" replaces "ice-cream". Which device is this?Read the answer and worked solution →Using "dress" in one sentence and "frock" in the reply is an example of which cohesion?Read the answer and worked solution →A phrase like "the Queen" gets its specific meaning from the country where it is spoken. What is this reference called?Read the answer and worked solution →In the reply "To dance" to "Where are you going?", what is the full form of the reply?Read the answer and worked solution →What makes a text semantically meaningful?Read the answer and worked solution →Which phrase did De Beaugrande and Dressler use to define coherence?Read the answer and worked solution →Which syntactic feature helps a text achieve coherence?Read the answer and worked solution →What does a transition word show?Read the answer and worked solution →Transitions are described as what kind of device that carries a reader from section to section?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these is a category of transition words and phrases?Read the answer and worked solution →Which word introduces an opposing point?Read the answer and worked solution →Which word shows cause and effect between two sentences?Read the answer and worked solution →Which phrase introduces an example?Read the answer and worked solution →Which phrase introduces a summary or conclusion?Read the answer and worked solution →Which phrase signals a restatement of an earlier idea?Read the answer and worked solution →Which phrase signals a concession?Read the answer and worked solution →Which phrase shows two things happening at the same time?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Keep or cut

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Upper category
Keep
Lower category
Cut
Items
  1. Category
    Keep
    Item
    Topic line
  2. Category
    Keep
    Item
    Evidence
  3. Category
    Keep
    Item
    Analysis
  4. Category
    Keep
    Item
    Live verb
  5. Category
    Cut
    Item
    Filler
  6. Category
    Cut
    Item
    Repeats
  7. Category
    Cut
    Item
    There is
  8. Category
    Cut
    Item
    Padding
Instructions
Send each item to the keep track or the cut track.
_Source: OpenStax Writing Guide with Handbook, Handbook._

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Sort the writing advice

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Items
  1. Group
    Paragraphs
    Item
    Topic line
  2. Group
    Paragraphs
    Item
    Evidence
  3. Group
    Paragraphs
    Item
    Flow
  4. Group
    Sentences
    Item
    Emphasis end
  5. Group
    Sentences
    Item
    Parallel
  6. Group
    Sentences
    Item
    Variety
  7. Group
    Words
    Item
    Concrete
  8. Group
    Words
    Item
    Action verb
  9. Group
    Words
    Item
    No filler
Groups
  1. Item
    Paragraphs
  2. Item
    Sentences
  3. Item
    Words
Instructions
Drop each item onto paragraphs, sentences or words.
_Source: OpenStax Writing Guide with Handbook, Handbook._

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Type the number

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Questions
  1. Answer
    1
    Question
    Main points a single paragraph should carry
  2. Answer
    1
    Question
    Words that can replace most filler phrases
  3. Answer
    3
    Question
    Things to edit for clarity, emphasis, nouns and voice
  4. Answer
    3
    Question
    Openings suggested, detail, statistic and quotation
  5. Answer
    3
    Question
    Chunks of early draft language in the wordy example
  6. Answer
    2
    Question
    Position of the idea you want remembered, last of two
Instructions
Type the number only.
_Source: OpenStax Writing Guide with Handbook, Handbook._

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