ENGLISH 130 - Lucille and Tad are discussing the purpose of illustration essays

English Composition II
1. Lucille and Tad are discussing the purpose of illustration essays. Lucille maintains that
illustration essays should be devoted to explaining difficult concepts and abstract terms.
Tad argues that illustration essays can also be used to expand on generalization or
introduce unfamiliar topics. Who is correct?
a. Lucille is correct
b. Tad is correct
c. Both are incorrect
d. Both are partially correct
2. The two major general factors that should guide your analysis of an intended audience
are:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Education and incom
Gender and education
Social status and ideological factors
Attitudinal and demographic factors

3. A false issue meant to distract readers from the issue that's addressed in an argument is
called:
a. Red herring
b. Stacking the deck
c. Bandwagon
d. A non sequitur
4. Let's say your organizing material in an illustration essay. You decided that each of your
three body paragraphs will address one of your points. If you begin with your least
important point and end with your most important point, you would be using a/an
____________order.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Ascending
Descending
Climactic
Clarifying

5. Regarding business-letter block formatting , all of the following statements are correct
Except for which one?
a.
b.
c.
d.

All copy is written flush –lef
A colon follows the salutation
The dateline may be centered when letterhead stationery is used
The inside address, body paragraph, and signature block are single-spaces.

6. New theories, interpretation and points of view must be subject to open debate. For this
reason, academic journals only publish articles and reports afer they've been subject to
_____________review.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Critical
Peer
Enlightened
Logical

7. A quote called a/an_____________procedes an essay’s introductory paragraph and is
typically meant to suggest the essay’s thesis
a.
b.
c.
d.

Teaser
Epigraph
Ellipsis
Citation

8. Hogan and Blythe are discussing the proper organization of a comparison-contrast essay.
Hogan maintains that all such essays must apply a point-by-point organization. Blythe
argues that a subject-to-subject organization is always preferred over a point-by-point
organization. Who is correct.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Hogan is correct
Blythe is correct
Both are partially correct
Neither hogan or Blythe is correct

9. According to the work of Tardiff and Brizee, cited in your course, which statement best
describes an analytical essays?
a.
b.
c.
d.

The paper evaluates a policy proposal, pro and con
The paper explains the differences between astromony and astrology
The paper explains how core samples are taken from ancient ice sheets
The paper sorts ideas and issues into their components parts

10. We read, Researchers have determined that although blushing and sweating are ofen
correlated, sweating doesn't cause blushing, nor does blushing cause sweating. Instead,
we find that both phenomena are actually effects of emotional stress. “ The researchers
have suggested that, given the presence of emotional stress, the correlation between
blushing and sweating is:
a. Causal
b. False

c. Spurious
d. Problematic