01 Oct Why is it important to know your audience when writing?
ENGL1301 Composition 1
Writing Basics Quiz
Question 1Why is it important to know your audience when writing?
It can make you feel more confident.
It can confuse your reader.
It can help you more clearly express your argument.
It can help you get a better grade.
Question 2Freewriting is putting pen to paper and writing down whatever comes to mind.
True
False
Question 3What is plagiarism, according to the UNC Writing Center handout?
the use of another’s words as one’s own without attribution
the use of another’s thoughts as one’s own without attribution
the use of another’s ideas as one’s own without attribution
all of the above
Question 4What is paraphrasing?
taking another person’s ideas and putting those ideas in your own words
changing at least 2 words in another person’s sentence
taking another person’s ideas and putting it in quotation marks
changing the general meaning of another person’s words
Question 5You do not need to cite your source when you paraphrase.
True
False
