Question 1

Instructions: Select the letter of the correct definition of the word. Summarize

Accepted Answer

A)   state the meaning of a word or term
B)   give the main ideas of a longer work in a condensed form
C)   argue for a particular position B

Question 2

Instructions: Select the letter of the correct definition of the word. Illustrate

Accepted Answer

A)   give the main ideas of a longer work in a condensed form
B)   point out similarities
C)   give one or more examples C

Question 3

Instructions: Select the letter of the correct definition of the word. Discuss effects

Accepted Answer

A)   analyze the reasons for something
B)   analyze the results or consequences of something
C)   weigh the pros and cons B

Question 4

Instructions: Select the letter of the correct definition of the word. Contrast

Accepted Answer

A)   point out similarities
B)   analyze the reasons for something
C)   point out differences

Question 5

Instructions: What kind of paragraph or essay is required by each of the following questions? Select the letter of the correct answer. Analyze the consequences of Truman's decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan in 1945.

Accepted Answer

A)   argue
B)   discuss effects
C)   illustrate

Question 6

Instructions: Select the letter of the correct definition of the word. Compare

Accepted Answer

A)   point out similarities
B)   point out differences
C)   weigh the pros and cons

Question 7

Instructions: Select the letter of the correct answer. If an essay exam question asks you to "illustrate" something, your paragraph or essay should

Accepted Answer

A)   follow its development through time, step by step.
B)   point out its similarities to something else.
C)   give one or more examples of it.

Question 8

Instructions: What kind of paragraph or essay is required by each of the following questions? Select the letter of the correct answer. What are the main ideas of Ralph Waldo Emerson's essay "Self-Reliance"?

Accepted Answer

A)   summarize
B)   contrast
C)   narrate

Question 9

Instructions: Select the letter of the correct definition of the word. Discuss causes

Accepted Answer

A)   analyze the reasons for something
B)   analyze the results or consequences of something
C)   give one or more examples

Question 10

Instructions: Select the letter of the correct answer for each of the questions below. If an essay exam question asks you to "summarize" something, your paragraph or essay should

Accepted Answer

A)   provide the main ideas in condensed form.
B)   analyze the reasons or causes of it.
C)   point out its similarities to something else.

Question 11

Instructions: For each of the questions below, what kind of paragraph or essay is required? Select the letter of the correct answer. Give two recent instances of cross-marketing.

Accepted Answer

A)   narrate
B)   illustrate
C)   contrast

Question 12

Instructions: Select the letter of the correct answer for each of the questions below. If an essay exam question asks you to evaluate something, your paragraph or essay should

Accepted Answer

A)   give one or more examples of it.
B)   argue in favor it.
C)   weigh its advantages and disadvantages.

Question 13

Instructions: What kind of paragraph or essay is required by each of the following questions? Select the letter of the correct answer. Explain what is meant by "humanism."

Accepted Answer

A)   summarize
B)   define
C)   narrate

Question 14

Instructions: What kind of paragraph or essay is required by each of the following questions? Select the letter of the correct answer. Give two historical examples of nonviolent resistance.

Accepted Answer

A)   discuss causes
B)   argue
C)   illustrate

Question 15

Instructions: What kind of paragraph or essay is required by each of the following questions? Select the letter of the correct answer. Trace the development of jazz in America.

Accepted Answer

A)   classify
B)   illustrate
C)   narrate

Question 16

Instructions: Select the letter of the correct definition of the word. Evaluate

Accepted Answer

A)   weigh the pros and cons
B)   state the meaning of a word or term
C)   point out the differences

Question 17

Instructions: Select the letter of the correct answer for each of the questions below. If an essay exam question asks you to "define" something, your paragraph or essay should

Accepted Answer

A)   state clearly and exactly the meaning of a word or term.
B)   weigh its pros and cons.
C)   follow its development over time.

Question 18

Instructions: What kind of paragraph or essay is required by each of the following questions? Select the letter of the correct answer. Explain why muscles become sore after strenuous exercise.

Accepted Answer

A)   define
B)   discuss causes
C)   compare

Question 19

Instructions: Select the letter of the correct definition of the word. Narrate

Accepted Answer

A)   give one or more examples
B)   follow the development of something through time
C)   give the main ideas of a longer work in a condensed form

Question 20

Instructions: What kind of paragraph or essay is required by each of the following questions? Select the letter of the correct answer. Explain the six different kinds of power.

Accepted Answer

A)   evaluate
B)   classify
C)   discuss effects

Exam 20: Writing Under Pressure: the Essay Examination