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The Craft of Writing quiz

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The Craft of Writing — Module Assessment

14 questions · pass mark 75%

  1. 1.The most-quoted rule of 'The Elements of Style' is:
  2. 2.The active voice ('the team missed the deadline') is generally preferred because it is:
  3. 3.'Bottom line up front' (BLUF) means:
  4. 4.The US Plain Writing Act of 2010 required federal agencies to:
  5. 5.Addressing the strongest counterargument in persuasive writing tends to:
  6. 6.Aristotle's three appeals — ethos, pathos, logos — refer respectively to:
  7. 7.Usability research (e.g., Jakob Nielsen) found that online readers primarily:
  8. 8.The inverted pyramid structure means putting:
  9. 9.'Show, don't tell' advises writers to:
  10. 10.'Voice' in writing refers to:
  11. 11.The single biggest secret of good writing, per this lesson, is that:
  12. 12.'Kill your darlings' advises writers to:
  13. 13.A central idea of this lesson is that writing:
  14. 14.The most reliable way to improve as a writer is:
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