Writing Skills Flashcards
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Which transition best signals a contrast between two ideas?
Answer: Nevertheless
'Nevertheless' introduces an idea that contrasts with or qualifies the preceding statement.
Which sentence contains a misplaced modifier?
Answer: She almost drove her children to school every day.
'Almost drove every day' means she nearly drove but didn't, when the intended meaning is 'drove almost every day.'
What does 'hedging language' do in academic writing?
Answer: It qualifies claims to acknowledge uncertainty or limit scope.
Hedging phrases like 'may suggest' or 'appears to indicate' appropriately limit the certainty of claims.
Which revision best eliminates wordiness from 'Due to the fact that she was tired, she went to bed'?
Answer: Because she was tired, she went to bed.
'Because' directly replaces the wordy phrase 'due to the fact that' without losing meaning.
Which best describes the 'passive voice' and when it is appropriate to use it?
Answer: Passive voice omits the subject; it is used when the actor is unknown or irrelevant.
Passive voice is suitable when the doer of the action is unknown, unimportant, or deliberately omitted for style.
Which sentence uses an em dash correctly?
Answer: She had one goal—to win the championship.
An em dash can introduce an explanatory phrase or appositive, as in 'one goal—to win the championship.'
What is 'syntactic complexity' and why does it matter in C2-level writing?
Answer: Varying sentence structure using clauses, phrases, and inversions to convey precise relationships.
C2 writers demonstrate mastery by flexibly combining clauses and phrases to express complex, nuanced ideas precisely.