Style Quiz II - Concision_ GEB 5212_ Professional Writing| QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS (ALL CORRECT)

Style Quiz II ‐ Concision Due Feb 26 at 11:59pm Points 25 Questions 25 Available until Feb 26 at 11:59pm Time Limit 35 Minutes This quiz was locked Feb 26 at 11:59pm. Aempt History Attempt Time Score LATEST Attempt 1 16 minutes 22 out of 25 Score for this quiz: 22 out of 25 Submitted Feb 26 at 11:47am This attempt took 16 minutes. 1 / 1 pts Question 1 How would you eliminate the redundancy of the following sentence? But on the other hand, we can perhaps point out that there may always be TV programming to appeal to our most prurient and, therefore, lowest interests. Replace "But on the other hand" with "In addition." Correct! Use "prurient" or "lowest," not both. Use "television programming" rather than "TV programming.” Use “vulgar” rather than “prurient.” The correct revision removes wordiness and redundancies, making the sentence more concise. 1 / 1 pts Question 2 Select the version of the sentence that is more concise: No alternative exists in this country to the eventual development of tar sand, oil shale, and coal as sources of fuel, if we wish to stop being energy dependent on imported oil fuel. If we want to stop depending on imported oil fuel, we need to develop tar sand, oil shale, and coal as sources of fuel. Correct! The concise version of the sentence removes wordiness and redundancies. This version also changes the negatives to affirmatives, which is one of the main ways to make writing more concise. 1 / 1 pts Question 3 Which of the following are three strategies for writing concisely? 1. avoid negatives, 2. avoid redund