Week 3 Quiz

Here is the running draft's body paragraph in its weak form (illustrative): "Phones are a problem in lectures. Everyone has one. I check mine a lot. My roommate's lecture hall has bad Wi-Fi anyway. Some students say they take notes on their phones. So phones should be banned." Which sentence is the breaker, the one on a different subject from the paragraph's point?

Select one.

• Everyone has one.
• My roommate's lecture hall has bad Wi-Fi anyway.
• I check mine a lot.
• So phones should be banned.

Which of these sentences states a controlling idea, a claim a paragraph could set out to prove?

Select one.

• Phones in lecture classes.
• Everyone sitting in a lecture hall has a phone, and most of them check it at least once during class.
• The strongest reason for a phone-free default is that the benefit is not spread evenly.
• Phones are a problem in lectures.

This sentence opens with an introductory element. Which version is punctuated correctly?

Select one.

• After the class finished its peer review, the draft doubled in length.
• After the class finished, its peer review the draft doubled in length.
• After the class finished its peer review the draft, doubled in length.
• After, the class finished its peer review the draft doubled in length.

This sentence joins two independent clauses with "but". Which version is punctuated correctly?

Select one.

• The claim is clear but, the evidence is thin.
• The claim, is clear but the evidence is thin.
• The claim is clear but the evidence, is thin.
• The claim is clear, but the evidence is thin.

In the running draft's revised paragraph (illustrative), the third sentence reads: "That pattern matters for a policy decision: a rule that costs most students little and helps the students with the least slack is a rule a college can defend." In MEAL terms, which job does this sentence do?

Select one.

• Main idea
• Evidence
• Analysis
• Link

Why does "Phones are a problem in lectures." fail as the topic sentence of the running draft's body paragraph?

Select one.

• It names a topic with a complaint, not a claim the paragraph can prove.
• It is too short, because a topic sentence must run to at least two full clauses joined by a conjunction.
• It states the paragraph's evidence before the paragraph's point.
• It ends without a transition into the next sentence.

A body paragraph must contain exactly five sentences to count as a complete paragraph.

True or false.

• True
• False

Which of these are parts of coherence as this course defines it? Select all that apply.

Select every option that applies.

• A logical order of sentences
• Transitions that name a real relationship
• Old-to-new flow from one sentence to the next
• A transition word at the start of every sentence
• Sentences that are all the same length

In the running draft's revised paragraph (illustrative), the first sentence states the claim. What role do the other three sentences play?

Select one.

• They are three more claims of equal weight.
• They support the claim with evidence, explanation, and a link.
• They restate the topic in different words.
• They summarize the opposing view before answering it.

In a reverse-outline check of a single paragraph, what two notes do you write beside each sentence?

Select one.

• Its word count and the transition it opens with
• Whether it is true and whether it is interesting
• Its topic and a title for it
• What it says and what job it does