Critical thinking involves criticizing the written content of another person's work.
a. True
b. False
Ques. 2Critical thinking skills will help you both to read the material of others and to evaluate your own
writing.
a. True
b. False
Ques. 3Errors in punctuation, grammar, and spelling are
a. not really important as long as the content is good.
b. distractive, but they don't change the meaning of the content.
c. damaging to the success of the document, no matter how good the content is.
Ques. 4Proofreading takes place __________________ you have written the final draft.
a. before
b. during
c. after
Ques. 5Organizing and developing ideas is done in the ______________ stage of the writing process.
a. drafting
b. revising
c. proofreading
Ques. 6A rough draft is used to
a. research the topic.
b. get your ideas down on paper.
c. settle formatting issues.
Ques. 7Prewriting activities include
a. brainstorming, clustering, or cubing.
b. revising, editing, and proofreading.
c. writing a rough draft, middle draft, and final draft.
Ques. 8Good writers learn
a. to plan first and then save time by writing just a single draft.
b. that the best time to write is when they are fresh in the morning.
c. a variety of ways to develop ideas, and then choose the best one to fit a particular topic.
Ques. 9Learning to analyze a well written document will
a. help you communicate your ideas to others in written form.
b. sometimes confuse you if you are involved in writing on a similar topic.
c. have little influence on your own writing.