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Pre-Writing Strategies Quiz

Question 1:  [2 marks]
Place the following stages of a writing assignment in the general order that is suggested by the Pre-Writing Strategies tutorial:
 
1. Form a preliminary thesis
2. Use heuristic strategies
3. Write a draft
4. Understand your assignment
 

Question 2:  [1 mark]
True or False? Writing an essay always proceeds in a series of well-defined stages.
 
 

Question 3:  [1 mark]
Select the phrase that best describes what "heuristic writing strategies" are.
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Question 4:  [1 mark]
"Unconscious" heuristic strategies help you to generate and articulate ideas you may not have had before. Match each group of key words with the pre-writing strategy that it describes.
 
1. Writing quickly, free association, just words and phrases
2. Gist, substance of argument, few sentences
3. Writing in sentences, non-stop, record flow of thoughts
 

Question 5:  [1 mark]
"Conscious" heuristic strategies offer self-aware, systematic ways of exploring a topic. Match each group of key words with the pre-writing strategy that it describes.
 
1. Analogies, insight, personal, direct, symbolic, fantasy
2. Multiple perspectives, what something is, how it changes, context
3. Organization of argument, definition, compare & contrast, cause & effect, evidence
4. Details: who, what, where, when, why, how
 

Topic vs Thesis
 
For the following four questions, imagine that you have been given an assignment to "Discuss the differences in political participation in urban and rural Canada." Identify whether the statement given in each question is a topic or a thesis for this assignment.
 
Question 6:  [1 mark]
Political participation in urban Canada differs from political participation in rural Canada.
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Question 7:  [1 mark]
Many factors influence political participation in urban and rural Canada.
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Question 8:  [1 mark]
The factors that influence political participation in urban Canada differ from those that influence political participation in rural Canada.
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Question 9:  [1 mark]
Urban Canadians tend to participate more fully in the political process than rural Canadians because they have greater access to services and a relatively higher socio-economic status.
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