1. Gabriella is working on a paragraph explaining the process of losing weight. Here are the supporting details she plans to use:
Work out more.
Stop eating junk food at night.
Work on good nutrition.
I gained the dreaded freshman fifteen.
Which of these details should be revised to create a better plan for the paragraph?
A. Work on good nutrition.
B. Work out more.
C. I gained the dreaded freshman fifteen.
D. Stop eating junk food at night.
2. Lola is writing a letter to a local newspaper to recommend a later garbage pick-up. So far, she has planned the following details for her first paragraph:
The early pick-up time wakes the kids.
People don't have time to get their trash out early enough.
Setting the trash out late at night encourages house pets and wild animals to forage.
What detail could Lola add?
A. The early pickup means the sanitation workers finish their shifts before the hottest part of the day.
B. The trash smells.
C. Neighbors have spotted raccoons several different nights before trash pickup.
D. The landfill is nearly full.
3. Jerry is working on an essay to inform his readers about the right to bear arms the United States. He plans on the following main ideas:
Bearing arms is a Constitutional right.
We have always supported personal freedom.
Guns help protect yourself, your family, and your property.
How can Jerry revise his plan to support his thesis statement more strongly?
A. Revise the main idea that we have always supported personal freedom to be more specific.
B. Add a point about the astonishing number of accidental deaths due to handguns.
C. Add a story about a time he had to fire a gun to scare someone off his property.
D. Remove the point about Constitutional rights.
4. Felipe needs to narrow his topic for a paper on an issue related to his school's campus. Which of the following topics is most narrow?
A. Dates are always fun.
B. improving parking lot signage
C. I haven't had a date all semester.
D. My parents had a great first date.
5. A student has asked Professor Norman how to write a good introduction paragraph. Which of the following details would not support Professor Norman's response to the student?
A. You may want to offer some background information in your introduction.
B. You will also want to make sure you have time to edit your essay.
C. Introductions should contain a thesis statement.
D. Introductions need to have an interesting opening.
1. D - gaining weight does not support a paragraph about losing weight. 2. C - The others do not support wanting a later pick-up time. 3. A - "we have always supported personal freedom" sounds a bit vague. 4. B - Parking lot signage is the only answer that applies to a campus. 5. B - The time you have to edit your essay would be the least likely thing the professor would say out of the choices.
