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
-- Choose one --
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
2.
Use heuristic strategies
-- Choose one --
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
3.
Write a draft
-- Choose one --
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
4.
Understand your assignment
-- Choose one --
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Question 2:
[1 mark]
True or False? Writing an essay always proceeds in a series of well-defined stages.
True
False
Question 3:
[1 mark]
Select the phrase that best describes what "heuristic writing strategies" are.
1.
A trial and error method for writing a paper
2.
Rules for writing academic essays
3.
Helpful techniques for getting started on writing tasks
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
-- Choose one --
Freewriting
Brainstorming
Nutshelling
2.
Gist, substance of argument, few sentences
-- Choose one --
Freewriting
Brainstorming
Nutshelling
3.
Writing in sentences, non-stop, record flow of thoughts
-- Choose one --
Freewriting
Brainstorming
Nutshelling
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
-- Choose one --
Aristotle's Topics
Journalist's Questions
Tagmemics
Synectics
2.
Multiple perspectives, what something is, how it changes, context
-- Choose one --
Aristotle's Topics
Journalist's Questions
Tagmemics
Synectics
3.
Organization of argument, definition, compare & contrast, cause & effect, evidence
-- Choose one --
Aristotle's Topics
Journalist's Questions
Tagmemics
Synectics
4.
Details: who, what, where, when, why, how
-- Choose one --
Aristotle's Topics
Journalist's Questions
Tagmemics
Synectics
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.
1.
Topic
2.
Thesis
Question 7:
[1 mark]
Many factors influence political participation in urban and rural Canada.
1.
Topic
2.
Thesis
Question 8:
[1 mark]
The factors that influence political participation in urban Canada differ from those that influence political participation in rural Canada.
1.
Topic
2.
Thesis
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.
1.
Topic
2.
Thesis