J101 FINAL TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
Using language that fails to take into account the knowledge of the reader is an
example of what type of writing problem?
The Curse of Knowledge
How does the crime rate _____ hiring levels by local police forces?
1. affect
2. effects
3. affects
4. effect
1. affect
Kara's day has cancer and he takes a regimen of pills ________.
- everyday
- every day
every day
Identify the antecedent in the following sentence: Lillian boiled the pierogis in her
Dutch oven.
Lillian
Pronouns:
do the work of nouns that are already established
T or F
A comma splice should be used to connect two independent clauses.
False
Laura and her family members are traveling to Banff this summer, and _______
planning to bring their dogs.
1. there
2. they're
3. their
2. they're
In which of the following situations is a semicolon often used? Select all that
apply.
1. to clear comma clutter
2. to connect two dependent clauses
3. to separate words and word groups in a complex list
4. to modify a clause
5. to join two clauses that are linked conceptually and you want to refer back
1. to clear comma clutter
3. to separate words and word groups in a complex list
5. to join two clauses that are linked conceptually and you want to refer back
T or F
The AP Stylebook says writers should use a person's full name on first reference
and then just a last name for the rest of the article.
True
Using language that fails to take into account the knowledge of the reader is an
example of what type of writing problem?
The Curse of Knowledge
How does the crime rate _____ hiring levels by local police forces?
1. affect
2. effects
3. affects
4. effect
1. affect
Kara's day has cancer and he takes a regimen of pills ________.
- everyday
- every day
every day
Identify the antecedent in the following sentence: Lillian boiled the pierogis in her
Dutch oven.
Lillian
Pronouns:
do the work of nouns that are already established
T or F
A comma splice should be used to connect two independent clauses.
False
Laura and her family members are traveling to Banff this summer, and _______
planning to bring their dogs.
1. there
2. they're
3. their
2. they're
In which of the following situations is a semicolon often used? Select all that
apply.
1. to clear comma clutter
2. to connect two dependent clauses
3. to separate words and word groups in a complex list
4. to modify a clause
5. to join two clauses that are linked conceptually and you want to refer back
1. to clear comma clutter
3. to separate words and word groups in a complex list
5. to join two clauses that are linked conceptually and you want to refer back
T or F
The AP Stylebook says writers should use a person's full name on first reference
and then just a last name for the rest of the article.
True
