OFICINA DE REDAÇÃO EM LÍNGUA INGLESA aula 5

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1.
		Which of the alternative is not one of the 4 styles of Expository Writing?
	
	
	
	Collecting numbers
	
	
	Comparison and Contrast
	
	
	Enumeration (Descriptive)
	
	
	Cause and Effect
	
	
	Chronological/Sequential Order (how-to)
	
	
	
	 
		
	
		2.
		One of the characteristic of formal style in letters is:
	
	
	
	Abbreviated forms, pronouns omitted.
	
	
	Informal language and style (idioms, colloquial English)
	
	
	The ending (Yours/Love/Best wishes/Regards,Anthony)
	
	
	The greeting (Dear Alex, Dear Dad)
	
	
	The ending (Yours sincerely,/Yours faithfully)
	
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		3.
		Which of these helps you in planning a research report?
	
	
	
	Use any information on TV
	
	
	Proofread your work carefully.
	
	
	Choose a topic that you actually care about.
	
	
	Use just one reliable source for all of your research.
	
	
	Broaden your topic.
	
	
	
	 
		
	
		4.
		Which of these is NOT an example of expository writing?
	
	
	
	a short story
	
	
	a research report
	
	
	a how-to article
	
	
	a process description
	
	
	directions
	
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		5.
		Choose the alternative which contains the incorrect punctuation (run-on sentence)
	
	
	
	It was raining hard and there was a strong wind.
	
	
	It was raining hard, and there was a strong wind.
	
	
	It was raining hard, there was a strong wind.
	
	
	It was raining hard. There was a strong wind.
	
	
	It was raining hard; there was a strong wind.
	
Explicação:
Whenever there are two independent clauses:
You cannot separate them using a comma (a); a semicolon (b) or a period (c) is used to separate them. A conjunction may be used to connect two independent clauses: usually a comma immediately precedes the conjunction (d), however, in short sentences, the comma is sometimes omitted (e).
	
	
	
	 
		
	
		6.
		Read the paragraph below. Choose the alternative that correctly fills the empty spaces in the correct order: As one of the four traditional modes of discourse, _________ may include elements of narration, description, and argumentation, but unlike creative writing or persuasive writing, its primary ____ is to deliver _____about an issue, subject, method, or idea.
	
	
	
	expository writing, information, goal
	
	
	expository writing, goal, information
	
	
	argumentative writing, goal, information
	
	
	expository writing, goal, description
	
	
	goal, information, expository writing
	
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		7.
		Which of these statements includes statistics?
	
	
	
	We went to the ball game last Saturday.
	
	
	A catcher's mitt is thicker than other baseball gloves.
	
	
	Nobody knows where this conflict is going to lead us.
	
	
	The ball game was delayed because of rain.
	
	
	A baseball has 108 stitches.
	
	
	
	 
		
	
		8.
		Which statement best explains cause and effect?
	
	
	
	Where there's a will, there's a way.
	
	
	Sometimes things just happen.
	
	
	You should think before you speak.
	
	
	One thing leads to another.
	
	
	There is no effect in causes