Documente Academic
Documente Profesional
Documente Cultură
Prof.DavielizVillafaeColn
FiveElementsofGoodWritingPracticeExercises
Name:
______________________________________________________
Date:
____________
EvaluatingPurpose
PartI.
Readeachofthefollowingtopics.Provideapurposeandapurposestatementforeach
oneofthem.Remembertoconsiderthedifferencebetweenapurposeandapurpose
statement.
1.
Topic: HowtoPlayAmericanMahJongg
Purpose:
PurposeStatement:
2.
Topic: TheEffectsofInsufficientSleep
Purpose:
PurposeStatement:
3.
Topic: TheMostImportantInventionoftheLast50Years
Purpose:
PurposeStatement:
4.
Topic: TheWorstDayofMyLife
Purpose:
PurposeStatement:
5.
Topic: ThePositiveandNegativeAspectsofAcknowledgingHoly
WeekasaHoliday
Purpose:
PurposeStatement:
6.
Topic: TheDangersofGeneticallyModifiedFood
Purpose:
PurposeStatement:
1
20152016AcademicYear
Prof.DavielizVillafaeColn
FiveElementsofGoodWritingPracticeExercises
EvaluatingAudience
PartII. Reacheachtopicanddecidewhetheritrequiresfirst,second,orthirdperson.Then,
decidewhetherthewritingshouldbeformalorinformal.Theremaybemorethanone
correctanswer.
TypeofWriting
Person
LevelofWriting
1. Aparagraphabouttheimportanceof
voting
2.Alettertoyourbestfriend
3.Adescriptionofyourbestvacation
4.Anemailtoyourcousin
5.AparagraphaboutthefirstOlympic
Games
6.AparagraphaboutyourtriptoMexico
7.Aparagraphtellinghowtobakebread
8.Aparagraphtellingwhyyouwould
makeagoodclasspresident
PartIII. Thefollowingsentenceschangepersonwithinthesentence,causingunnecessary
shifts.Rewritethesentences,changingtheincorrectpronouns.
1. Whenapersongoesshopping,youshouldalwayslookforsales.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
2. Oneshouldcarpoolifyouwanttosaveongas.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
20152016AcademicYear
Prof.DavielizVillafaeColn
FiveElementsofGoodWritingPracticeExercises
PartIII. Thefollowingsentenceschangepersonwithinthesentence,causingunnecessary
shifts.Rewritethesentences,changingtheincorrectpronouns.
3. Doctorswarnpeoplethatyoushouldwatchwhatyoueat.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
4. Jeffmademinestronesoupfordinner.Hetoldhismotherthatyoushouldwaituntilitcooled
downbeforeeatingit.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
EvaluatingClarity
PartIV.Readthefollowingparagraphandanswerthequestionsthatappearattheendinorder
toevaluateclarity.
1. Writeallthewordsthatnamespecificpeople.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
20152016AcademicYear
Prof.DavielizVillafaeColn
FiveElementsofGoodWritingPracticeExercises
PartIV.Readthefollowingparagraphandanswerthequestionsthatappearattheendinorder
toevaluateclarity.
2. Howdothepreviouswordsaddtotheclarityofthewritersmessage?
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
3. Writeoneofthewordsorphrasesthatmeanstodosomethingquickly.
___________________________________________________________________________
4. Identifythespecificadjectivesthatwereusedtodescribethefollowingnouns:
Adjective
Noun
a.
place
b.
pace
c.
plates
d.
sinks
e.
flow
f.
jugglingact
PartV. Readthefollowingsentences.Identifythepronounsineachsentencebymakinga
circlearoundthem.Then,analyzeifthesepronounsareappropriateoriftheyshould
bechangedtomakethereference(thenounornounstheymodify)clear.Iftheyneed
tobechanged,rewritethesentencewiththesuggestedcorrection.
1. Myfavoritesnacksareblueberriesandplainricecakes.Ilikethembecauseofthecrunchy
textureand,ofcourse,thefactthattheyarealowcalorie,healthysnack.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
20152016AcademicYear
Prof.DavielizVillafaeColn
FiveElementsofGoodWritingPracticeExercises
PartV. Readthefollowingsentences.Identifythepronounsineachsentencebymakinga
circlearoundthem.Then,analyzeifthesepronounsareappropriateoriftheyshould
bechangedtomakethereference(thenounornounstheymodify)clear.Iftheyneed
tobechanged,rewritethesentencewiththesuggestedcorrection.
2. Chiliisakindofthicksoupmadewithgroundmeat.Somepeopleprepareitwithbeans.
Theylikethecombinationoftastes.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
3. Myunclecookedchicken,corn,andpotatoesfordinner.MycousinFranklikedthem,buthe
didnotlikethecorn.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
4. Oneoftheeasiestdishestoprepareishummus.Itisaverythickdipmadefrommashed
garbanzobeans.Theyaremixedwithtahinipaste.Ittastesgreat.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
20152016AcademicYear
Prof.DavielizVillafaeColn
FiveElementsofGoodWritingPracticeExercises
PartVI. Thefollowingcomparisonandcontrastparagraphcontainssixerrorswithpronoun
reference.Improvetheclarityofthesentencesbychangingtheboxedwordsor
phrasestomorespecificones.
VagueWord
BetterClarity
1. It
2.its
3.it
4.they
5.them
6.we
20152016AcademicYear
Prof.DavielizVillafaeColn
FiveElementsofGoodWritingPracticeExercises
EvaluatingUnity
PartVII.
Readthefollowingparagraphandanswerthequestionsthatappearattheendinorder
toevaluateunity.
1. Doallofthesentencesmaintainunity.Ifnot,whichsentence(s)createaunityproblem?
Explainyouranswer.
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
20152016AcademicYear
Prof.DavielizVillafaeColn
FiveElementsofGoodWritingPracticeExercises
PartVIII.
Readthefollowingclassificationparagraph.Determineiftheparagraphhasunityor
not.Ifitlacksunity,writethenumberofthesentencethataffectsorsentencesthat
affectthiselementofgoodwritingandexplainyourchoice.
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
8
20152016AcademicYear
Prof.DavielizVillafaeColn
FiveElementsofGoodWritingPracticeExercises
EvaluatingCoherence
PartIX.Thefollowingsentencesformaparagraph,buttheyarenotinthebestorder.Read
thesesentencesandnumberthemfromonetofivetoindicatethebestorder.After
identifyingtocorrectchronologicalorderforthisparagraph,answerthequestionsthat
appearbelowthesentencesbox.
Hestartshisdaybyputtingonhisblackcapeandtallblackhat.
Whenhearrives,heputsonaperformancethatincludesjokes,cardtricks,
illusions,andmagictricks.
Whenhisperformanceendsandtheaudienceishappy,Michaelreturnshome
satisfiedthathehasdonehisjobasamagicianwell.
Michaelstypicaldayatworkisfarfromordinary.
He,then,grabshismagicwandandgetsintohiscaranddrivestoadifferent
locationeachday,usuallyabirthdaypartyorotherspecialevent.
1. Whatisthetopicoftheparagraph?
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
2. Whatisthepurposeoftheparagraph?
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
3. Whatisthepurposestatementoftheparagraph?
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
4. Statethepointofviewandthetypeofwriting.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
5. Giveexamplesofaspectsorinstancesinwhichtheparagraphshowsclarity.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
9
20152016AcademicYear
Prof.DavielizVillafaeColn
FiveElementsofGoodWritingPracticeExercises
PartIX.Thefollowingsentencesformaparagraph,buttheyarenotinthebestorder.Read
thesesentencesandnumberthemfromonetofivetoindicatethebestorder.After
identifyingtocorrectchronologicalorderforthisparagraph,answerthequestionsthat
appearbelowthesentencesbox.
6. Isthereunity?Ifnot,explainyouranswer.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
7. Istherecoherence?Considerallofthecomponentsinvolvedincoherencetoofferaproper
answertothisquestion.Donotbehasty.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
8. Whatkeywordsdoesthewriterrepeatthroughouttheparagraph?Aretheynecessaryor
overused?Isitpossibleforsomeofthesekeywordstobenecessarywhileothersaresimply
overused?Explainyouranswer.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
10
20152016AcademicYear
Prof.DavielizVillafaeColn
FiveElementsofGoodWritingPracticeExercises
References
Folse,K.S.,VestriSolomon,E.,&Clabeaux,D.(2015).Greatwriting3:Fromgreatparagraphs
togreatessays(3rded.).Boston,MA:NationalGeographicLearning/CengageLearning
11