Deck 25: Explaining How to Do and Understand Processes

Question 1

Whenever you use a specific __________ to show what you mean, you are __________, and therefore strengthening, your point.

A) transition; generalizing
B) example; illustrating
C) main idea; summarizing
D) outline; illuminating

Answer 1

example; illustrating

Question 2

When you write illustration paragraphs, you still use __________ (building images with specific words and sensory details) and __________ (making a point with brief stories).

A) description; narration
B) explanation; revision
C) sensation; causation
D) imagery; idealization

Answer 2

description; narration

Question 3

A(n) __________ tells about each major example in a paragraph just as the topic sentence tells about the whole paragraph.

A) summary sentence
B) thesis statement
C) subtopic sentence
D) analysis sentence

Answer 3

subtopic sentence

Question 4

Which of the following statements is not true about subtopic sentences?

A) They come before the topic sentence in the paragraph.
B) They set up and name an example.
C) They make a statement about an example.
D) They should contain a transitional word or connector.

Question 5

Which of the following is not one of the ways to link sentences within a paragraph?

A) repetition
B) analysis
C) synonyms
D) transitions

Question 6

An illustration paragraph is one that focuses on the use of examples.

Question 7

When writing an illustration paragraph, you must develop several examples to support your main topic as opposed to focusing on just one example.

Question 8

Using examples is the most common way we have of telling others what we mean, of explaining the general statements we make.

Question 9

Examples can be arranged in several ways, but one effective method is order of importance.

Question 10

When arranging examples by order of importance, you should organize from most important to least important because people tend to remember best what they hear or read first.

Question 11

Linking sentences within and between paragraphs helps the reader follow our ideas more easily.

Question 12

After you have decided on your main examples and written them out in subtopic sentences, you must then continue your paragraph by telling more about each example through specific words, vivid details and action, and more complete explanations.

Question 13

When writing illustration paragraphs, your purpose may be to inform, persuade, or entertain the reader.

Question 14

An illustration paragraph must make an overall point, and it must include multiple examples that support or develop that point.

Question 15

The examples you provide in an illustration paragraph must be evenly balanced. You cannot spend more sentences on one example than you do on the others.

Question 16

When writing illustration essays ask yourself what do I mean by what I have just written.

Question 17

Examples can be based on general knowledge.

Question 18

Replace I in your examples with me.

Question 19

Your personal thoughts can be included in an illustration essay.

Question 20

Arrange your examples in prewriting from least to most important.