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