Question 1

Select the letter of the correct answer for each of the following questions. From the group below, select the letter of the sentence that is limited enough to be the topic sentence of a good paragraph.

Accepted Answer

B) Listening to music can help relieve stress. - This sentence is specific and focused enough to guide the development of a single, coherent paragraph. It presents a clear topic that can be explored in detail, including how music affects stress levels, types of music that are most effective, and potential benefits for listeners.

Question 2

Select the letter of the correct answer for each of the following questions. Select the number of the topic sentence in the paragraph below.
(1) Within 20 minutes of quitting smoking, an ex-smoker's blood pressure and pulse rate return to normal. (2) Within eight hours, oxygen levels in the blood increase, and carbon monoxide levels decrease. (3) Forty-eight hours after quitting, the ex-smoker's senses of smell and taste return to normal. (4) By three months after quitting, the ex-smoker's circulation will have improved, and his or her lung function will have increased by as much as 30 percent. (5) A year after quitting, the ex-smoker's risk for heart disease is slashed by half. (6) The risk for lung cancer is cut in half within five years of quitting. (7) It's clear that the longer an ex-smoker goes without cigarettes, the healthier he or she becomes.

Accepted Answer

The paragraph discusses the health benefits of quitting smoking in chronological order, from the immediate effects to the long-term effects. Sentence 7 summarizes this progression and emphasizes that the longer someone goes without cigarettes, the better their health will become.

Question 3

The paragraph below is developed by a specific mode or pattern. Read the paragraph; then answer the questions.
(1) Although separated by many years in age, Carolyn's father and her son are remarkably similar. (2) A gray-haired elderly gentleman, Carolyn's father always carefully selects his clothing before he steps into the public view. (3) His greatest treat is to browse through encyclopedias, dictionaries, and almanacs to absorb scraps of knowledge, minute facts, and out-of-the-way statistics. (4) At dinner, he enjoys surprising his family with the annual rainfall of Australia or the average length of the tiger shark. (5) Billy, Carolyn's seven-year-old, also carefully surveys his clothing each morning to see what would best suit his mood. (6) He too loves to read, but he confines himself to children's books on exotic lands. (7) Just like his grandfather, at mealtime he parades his store of odd facts before the family, relishing the surprised looks on their faces. (8) Maybe the old saying should be "Like grandfather, like grandson."
Transitional words or phrases are used in which sentence(s)?

Accepted Answer

Transitional words or phrases such as "also," "too," and "just like" are used in sentences (5), (6), and (7) to establish the similarities between Carolyn's father and son.

Question 4

Select the letter of the correct answer for each of the following questions. The group of sentences below can be unscrambled and written as a paragraph. Select the letter of the topic sentence in this group of sentences.

Accepted Answer

The topic sentence is the general statement that introduces the main idea of the paragraph. In this group of sentences, the sentence that does that is "Roaches are very tough, hardy creatures." The other sentences support this idea by giving specific examples of the roach's resilience.

Question 5

Select the letter of the correct answer for each of the following questions. From the group below, select the sentence that is limited enough to be the topic sentence of a good paragraph.

Accepted Answer

The sentence is specific and limited to a certain experience, making it a good topic sentence for a paragraph. A is too broad and general, while C is too broad and complex.

Question 6

The paragraph below is developed by a specific mode or pattern. Read the paragraph; then answer the question(s).
(1) The bedroom had been carefully put in order. (2) The two French windows to the left of the door sparkled with the sunlight reflected onto their clean glass panes. (3) Beneath each window was a carved honey-colored bookcase about three feet high and four feet wide. (4) Both bookcases contained neat rows of leather-bound books. (5) Flush against the back wall stood a magnificent canopy bed covered with an eyelet comforter. (6) Several eyelet-covered pillows were plumped at the head of the bed. (7) Against the right wall was a carved writing table on which lay a neat stack of writing paper and a gold pen.
Select the type of development the writer of this paragraph has used.

Accepted Answer

The paragraph uses vivid sensory details to paint a picture of the bedroom for the reader. It describes the placement and appearance of specific objects in the room, creating a visual image for the reader to imagine. This type of development is known as description.

Question 7

The paragraph below is developed by a specific mode or pattern. Read the paragraph; then answer the question(s).
(1) New Jersey businessman Barry Halper owned the world's largest collection of baseball memorabilia. (2) Three packed rooms in his basement held countless baseball-related objects priceless to any lover of the game. (3) He owned, for instance, at least 1 million baseball cards, all in complete sets. (4) Nine hundred players' uniforms on a dry cleaner's conveyor belt hummed through a huge closet in Halper's basement. (5) Another prized example of Halper's passion was a life-size wax statue of Babe Ruth purchased from Madame Tussaud's famous wax museum in London. (6) Halper displayed a huge leather chair shaped like a baseball mitt, 3,000 autographed balls, a baseball pinball machine made in the 1930s, posters, bats, masks, trophies. (7) In 1998, he sold his collection; Major League Baseball bought many of Halper's treasures and donated them to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Choose the type of development the writer of this paragraph has used.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The paragraph below is developed by a...

Question 8

Select the letter of the correct answer for each of the following questions. Check the following paragraph for unity. Then, select the number of the sentence that does not belong in the paragraph.
(1) The first batch of one of the world's most popular soft drinks was mixed in a backyard kettle over a hundred years ago. (2) On May 6, 1886, Dr. John Styth Pemberton heated a mixture of melted sugar, water, coca leaves, kola nuts, and other ingredients. (3) He planned to make one of the home-brewed medical syrups so popular at that time. (4) However, this one tasted so good that Dr. Pemberton decided to sell it as a soda fountain drink for five cents a glass. (5) The first glass of this new drink was sold at Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta, Georgia. (6) Atlanta was and still is a wonderful place to live. (7) Pemberton's tasty invention, Coca-Cola, caught on. (8) Today, Coca-Cola is consumed by 140,000 people every minute.

Accepted Answer

Sentence 6 does not belong in the paragraph as it does not relate to the topic of the invention and history of Coca-Cola.

Question 9

The paragraph below is developed by a specific mode or pattern. Read the paragraph; then answer the questions.
(1) Achieving the position of attention ⎯ a key position in all military movements ⎯ is not as simple as most people think. (2) To obtain this position, a person must first bring his or her heels together and in line, toes forming a forty-five-degree angle. (3) The person then rests his or her weight equally on the heels of both feet and straightens the legs without locking the knees. (4) Next, he or she stands erect, hips level, chest lifted and arched, shoulders square and even. (5) The head should be erect and square, eyes to the front, chin drawn in so that the head and neck are vertical. (6) Finally, the arms should be straightened with fingers curled so that the tips of the thumbs are touching the index fingers. (7) The thumb should rest along the seams of the pants. (8) Like everything else in military life, the position of attention has a format that must be followed. Select the type of development the writer of this paragraph has used.

Accepted Answer

The paragraph is developed through a process pattern, as it outlines the steps required to achieve the position of attention.

Question 10

The paragraph below is developed by a specific mode or pattern. Read the paragraph; then answer the question(s).
(1) New Jersey businessman Barry Halper owned the world's largest collection of baseball memorabilia. (2) Three packed rooms in his basement held countless baseball-related objects priceless to any lover of the game. (3) He owned, for instance, at least 1 million baseball cards, all in complete sets. (4) Nine hundred players' uniforms on a dry cleaner's conveyor belt hummed through a huge closet in Halper's basement. (5) Another prized example of Halper's passion was a life-size wax statue of Babe Ruth purchased from Madame Tussaud's famous wax museum in London. (6) Halper displayed a huge leather chair shaped like a baseball mitt, 3,000 autographed balls, a baseball pinball machine made in the 1930s, posters, bats, masks, trophies. (7) In 1998, he sold his collection; Major League Baseball bought many of Halper's treasures and donated them to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Transitional words or phrases are used in which sentences?

Accepted Answer

Sentence (3) uses the transitional phrase "for instance," while sentence (5) uses the transitional phrase "Another prized example." Both phrases provide additional examples to support the main idea.

Question 11

The paragraph below is developed by a specific mode or pattern. Read the paragraph; then answer the questions.
(1) Networks should not present children's shows that contain violence. (2) Children fed a constant diet of TV violence begin to believe that brutality is acceptable. (3) Seeing dogs, cats, and mice pushing each other off roofs and hitting each other with bricks in these shows, children are bound to assume that brutality is and should be a way of life. (4) Another reason for keeping violence out of children's shows is that young viewers may get the idea that violence is not really painful. (5) For example, my neighbor has told me that after a Saturday morning of violent cartoons, her son Paul tends to hit and bully his sister and then seems amazed when, unlike the smiling cartoon characters, she cries. (6) Most important, the consequences of letting our children watch these shows are frightening to imagine. (7) We may be raising a generation of adolescents and then adults so used to watching cruelty on television that they will not be moved to stop it when they see it in real life.
Transitional words or phrases are used in which sentences?

Accepted Answer

The transitional words or phrases used in the paragraph are "Another reason for" in sentence (4), "For example," in sentence (5), and "Most important," in sentence (6). Therefore, the correct choice is (B) with sentences (4), (5), and (6).

Question 12

The paragraph below is developed by a specific mode or pattern. Read the paragraph; then answer the question(s).
(1) The chronograph is a watch that measures time in different ways. (2) Its dial has two, three, or even four smaller subdials for this purpose. (3) A dial at the 9 o'clock mark might measure continuous seconds; one at six o'clock might count total hours up to twelve. (4) Specific features like these are useful to people who must measure time with great accuracy. (5) The stopwatch dial, for example, is useful to athletes who must time and assess their performance. (6) Another possible feature, the tachometer, can be used by race-car drivers to measure the speed of Formula One racers. (7) The chronograph's radium dial with luminous numbers and hands is helpful to military personnel conducting operations at night. (8) A waterproof version with rubber gasket rings can be used by divers who need to mark the tides. (9) Because of the chronograph's fancy, technical details, these timepieces project an active, competent, outdoor image.
Select the type of development the writer of this paragraph has used.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The paragraph below is developed by a...

Question 13

Select the letter of the correct answer for each of the following questions. Study the body of the following paragraph. Then, select the letter of the topic sentence that is most accurate.
When two people discuss complex or serious issues, they need to be able to explain themselves fully. An exchange of brief text messages forces them to limit their vocabulary and the length of their statements, so they are less likely to express their complete meaning to one another. In a conversation about an important matter, people also need to be able to convey their moods and emotions to each other. Communicating via text messages eliminates the nonverbal channels ⎯ facial expressions, tone of voice, and body language ⎯ that express feelings, so texting often inhibits emotional connection. If the conversation becomes an argument, the deficiencies of text messaging can not only prevent a resolution of the conflict but also make it worse.

Accepted Answer

The paragraph discusses the limitations of text messaging for serious discussions, making A the most accurate topic sentence.

Question 14

Select the letter of the correct answer for each of the following questions. Check the following paragraph for unity. Then select the number of the sentence that does not belong in the paragraph.
(1) At Paradise Produce, attractive displays of fruit and vegetables caught my eye. (2) On the left, oranges, lemons, and apples were stacked in neat pyramids. (3) In the center of the store, baskets of ripe peaches, plums, and raspberries were grouped in a kind of still life. (4) Many nutritionists believe that berries help prevent certain diseases. (5) On the right, the leafy green vegetables had been arranged according to intensity of color: dark green spinach, then romaine lettuce and parsley, next the lighter iceberg lettuce, and finally the nearly white Chinese cabbage. (6) On the wall above the greens hung braided ropes of garlic.

Accepted Answer

This sentence does not fit with the rest of the paragraph, which describes the attractive displays of fruit and vegetables. Instead, it introduces a new topic about nutritionists' beliefs regarding berries.

Question 15

The paragraph below is developed by a specific mode or pattern. Read the paragraph; then answer the questions.
(1) Networks should not present children's shows that contain violence. (2) Children fed a constant diet of TV violence begin to believe that brutality is acceptable. (3) Seeing dogs, cats, and mice pushing each other off roofs and hitting each other with bricks in these shows, children are bound to assume that brutality is and should be a way of life. (4) Another reason for keeping violence out of children's shows is that young viewers may get the idea that violence is not really painful. (5) For example, my neighbor has told me that after a Saturday morning of violent cartoons, her son Paul tends to hit and bully his sister and then seems amazed when, unlike the smiling cartoon characters, she cries. (6) Most important, the consequences of letting our children watch these shows are frightening to imagine. (7) We may be raising a generation of adolescents and then adults so used to watching cruelty on television that they will not be moved to stop it when they see it in real life.
Select the type of development the writer of this paragraph has used.

Accepted Answer

The paragraph is developed using persuasion, as it presents arguments and reasons to convince the reader that children's shows should not contain violence.

Question 16

The paragraph below is developed by a specific mode or pattern. Read the paragraph; then answer the questions.
(1) Achieving the position of attention ⎯ a key position in all military movements ⎯ is not as simple as most people think. (2) To obtain this position, a person must first bring his or her heels together and in line, toes forming a forty-five-degree angle. (3) The person then rests his or her weight equally on the heels of both feet and straightens the legs without locking the knees. (4) Next, he or she stands erect, hips level, chest lifted and arched, shoulders square and even. (5) The head should be erect and square, eyes to the front, chin drawn in so that the head and neck are vertical. (6) Finally, the arms should be straightened with fingers curled so that the tips of the thumbs are touching the index fingers. (7) The thumb should rest along the seams of the pants. (8) Like everything else in military life, the position of attention has a format that must be followed. Transitional words or phrases are used in which sentences?

Accepted Answer

Transitional words or phrases are used to list the specific steps needed to achieve the position of attention. These steps are given in sentences (2), (3), (4), and (6), which are linked together by transitional words or phrases. Sentence (1) serves as an introduction to the topic and sentence (5) provides additional details about the correct posture in the position of attention, so they do not need transitional words. Sentence (7) simply provides a specific detail about the thumb placement, so it does not require a transitional word either. Therefore, choice B is the best answer.

Question 17

The paragraph below is developed by a specific mode or pattern. Read the paragraph; then answer the questions.
(1) Although separated by many years in age, Carolyn's father and her son are remarkably similar. (2) A gray-haired elderly gentleman, Carolyn's father always carefully selects his clothing before he steps into the public view. (3) His greatest treat is to browse through encyclopedias, dictionaries, and almanacs to absorb scraps of knowledge, minute facts, and out-of-the-way statistics. (4) At dinner, he enjoys surprising his family with the annual rainfall of Australia or the average length of the tiger shark. (5) Billy, Carolyn's seven-year-old, also carefully surveys his clothing each morning to see what would best suit his mood. (6) He too loves to read, but he confines himself to children's books on exotic lands. (7) Just like his grandfather, at mealtime he parades his store of odd facts before the family, relishing the surprised looks on their faces. (8) Maybe the old saying should be "Like grandfather, like grandson."
Select the type of development the writer of this paragraph has used.

Accepted Answer

The writer uses the comparison/contrast mode to show the similarities between Carolyn's father and her son, highlighting their similar habits and interests.

Question 18

Select the letter of the correct answer for each of the following questions. The group of sentences below could be unscrambled and written as a paragraph. Select the letter of the topic sentence in this group of sentences.

Accepted Answer

The other three sentences provide examples of how the iPhone is being used in various fields, but the topic sentence introduces and summarizes the main idea that the iPhone is being used in creative and innovative ways in general.

Question 19

Select the letter of the correct answer for each of the following questions. Study the body of the following paragraph. Then, select the letter of the topic sentence that is most accurate.
From 1869 to 1875, as a poor child in Ohio, Annie Oakley paid off the family's mortgage by hunting and selling wild game. In her teens, she competed against Frank Butler, a famous marksman who came to town, and beat him by one point. European kings and queens loved to watch her perform, and she once shot a cigarette from the lips of the future Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany. Years later, Annie married Butler and joined Wild Bill's Wild West Show, where she was the star.

Accepted Answer

The topic sentence that best summarizes the paragraph is "Annie Oakley was one of the best sharpshooters of all time." This sentence encompasses the main idea of the paragraph, which is Annie Oakley's skill as a marksman, her rise to fame, and her participation in Wild Bill's Wild West Show. Option A is incorrect because while wild west shows are mentioned in the paragraph, it is not the main focus. Option C is also incorrect because although Annie Oakley hunted to pay off her family's mortgage, the paragraph does not focus on her hunting skills.

Question 20

The paragraph below is developed by a specific mode or pattern. Read the paragraph; then answer the question(s).
(1) The bedroom had been carefully put in order. (2) The two French windows to the left of the door sparkled with the sunlight reflected onto their clean glass panes. (3) Beneath each window was a carved honey-colored bookcase about three feet high and four feet wide. (4) Both bookcases contained neat rows of leather-bound books. (5) Flush against the back wall stood a magnificent canopy bed covered with an eyelet comforter. (6) Several eyelet-covered pillows were plumped at the head of the bed. (7) Against the right wall was a carved writing table on which lay a neat stack of writing paper and a gold pen.
Transitional words or phrases are used in which sentences?

Accepted Answer

Transitional phrases or words are used to guide the reader through the description of the room, moving from one element to the next in a smooth and orderly manner. Sentence (2) uses "to the left of the door," (3) begins with "Beneath each window," (5) starts with "Flush against the back wall," and (7) introduces another part of the room with "Against the right wall," all serving as transitions to help visualize the room's layout.

Quiz 3: The Proccess of Writing Paragraphs

Select the letter of the correct answer for each of the following questions. From the group below, select the letter of the sentence that is limited enough to be the topic sentence of a good paragraph.

Select the letter of the correct answer for each of the following questions. The group of sentences below can be unscrambled and written as a paragraph. Select the letter of the topic sentence in this group of sentences.

Select the letter of the correct answer for each of the following questions. From the group below, select the sentence that is limited enough to be the topic sentence of a good paragraph.

Select the letter of the correct answer for each of the following questions. The group of sentences below could be unscrambled and written as a paragraph. Select the letter of the topic sentence in this group of sentences.