Writing Skills Flashcards
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Which sentence best demonstrates coherence in a paragraph?
Answer: Exercise is beneficial; it improves cardiovascular health and boosts mood.
Coherence means ideas flow logically and are clearly connected; the second option stays on topic with a logical link.
Which sentence correctly uses a colon?
Answer: She needed the following ingredients: eggs, milk, and bread.
A colon follows a complete independent clause to introduce a list or explanation.
Which is an example of a compound sentence?
Answer: She went for a run, and she felt energized afterward.
A compound sentence joins two independent clauses with a coordinating conjunction and comma.
Which is the best definition of 'tone' in writing?
Answer: The writer's attitude toward the subject and audience
Tone reflects the writer's attitude—whether formal, humorous, critical, sympathetic—toward subject and reader.
Which sentence avoids a misplaced modifier?
Answer: Covered in mud, the players were praised by the coach.
The modifier 'covered in mud' should be adjacent to 'players,' the noun it describes.
Which organizational pattern arranges events in the order they occurred?
Answer: Chronological order
Chronological order presents events sequentially from first to last, following the timeline of occurrence.
Which revision corrects the error in pronoun-antecedent agreement: 'Everyone must submit their assignment by Friday'?
Answer: The sentence is acceptable in modern standard usage.
Modern grammar guides accept 'their' as a singular gender-neutral pronoun when the antecedent is indefinite like 'everyone.'