1、To emphasize the language of specifics is not to deny the need for general words.
2、Pointless shifts in number are another burden that no one should place on his reader.
3、Sticking to the same grammatical subject possibly will improve the ______ and ______ of our sentence.
A、clarity…focus
B、clarity…strength
C、clarity…brevity
D、focus…brevity
4、A writer must be sure that changes in tense are based on _______ in time. Otherwise, the result is needless confusion.
A、the author
B、real changes
C、the aim
D、none of them
5、____________ is a method of supporting a thesis statement with a series of specific examples, or sometimes, with a single extended example.
A、Exemplification
B、Narration
C、Description
D、Comparison
6、In cases of exemplification, the added __________ are like those feathers on the peacock's tail, to support or illustrate the statement and make it more colorful, descriptive, or specific.
A、comparison
B、argumentation
C、cause
D、examples
7、In the simple two-part formula, it is obvious that one part is __________ and the other part refers to __________.
A、the specific example…the general statement
B、the general statement…the specific example
C、the general statement…the strong argumentation
D、the strong argumentation…the general statement
8、While developing the example, we may show rather than tell the example with the aid of_______.
A、dialogue
B、sensory language
C、description
D、All of the others
9、The technique of “_________” your readers what you mean is one of the most powerful ones available to you.
A、arguing
B、telling
C、showing
D、contrasting
10、Which is the sentence with the fault of confusing shift?
A、A driver should never race his motor without a warm-up
B、A human being can never ignore his own feelings
C、In high school we worked more as groups than as individuals
D、Shirley won the first prize, while her brother was awarded the second
