Exam 3: Technical Paragraphs

A unified technical paragraph is essentially a cohesive one.

Coordination and embedding are two examples of ________.

Which of the following is NOT true about the topic sentence?

Which of the following is NOT a functional group of transitional words?

Transition words available to technical writers can be usefully grouped.

The underlined segment of the following sentence is an example of ________. Aside from orientation and layout, thermal mass also plays a vital role in managing and stabilizing temperature in a passive solar house.

What does it mean for a paragraph to be cohesive? Why is this an important quality in technical paragraphs?

The topic sentence suggests what the paragraph is about.

An effective topic sentence should ________.

Variegated sentence patterns work against paragraph cohesion.

Transition words enhance paragraph cohesion.

The underlined segment of the following sentence is an example of ________. Combining rain with melting snow, the early spring makes extensive flooding likely.

Name two ways of creating a complex sentence and provide one example for each.