Suppose that you decide to adopt the advice suggested in the discussion of writing in Chapter 10. ...

Suppose that you decide to adopt the advice suggested in the discussion of writing in Chapter 10. You are likely to write a better paper if you
 
  a. generate sentences prior to the prewriting phase.
  b. construct a written outline before beginning.
  c. make certain that the stages in writing do not overlap with each other.
  d. try to avoid using the active-voice form of every verb.

Question 2

According to the research on sentence generation during writing,
 
  a. the linearization problem is seldom an issue for written language.
  b. hesitant phases tend to alternate with fluent phases.
  c. sentence generation is typically an orderly, systematic process.
  d. sentence generation during writing has almost nothing in common with sentence generation during speaking.

Question 3

An English professor has just asked the students in his class to revise their term papers. He is likely to find that
 
  a. the students will carefully evaluate whether their paper accomplishes their goals for the assignment.
  b. students will actually spend about 30 of their total writing time on revising.
  c. most students will examine only one sentence at a time, checking spelling and grammar.
  d. most students will be very aware of the major problems in their paper.

Question 4

According to the discussion of writing in Chapter 10,
 
  a. the stages of writing do not overlap with one another, unlike the situation in spoken language.
  b. the components of writing are relatively simple; they seldom strain the limits of attention.
  c. good writers are more likely than poor writers to spend time carefully planning a writing assignment.
  d. the prewriting phase is a relatively automatic component of language.