Narration and Description Techniques
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What is the primary purpose of using comparison and contrast in academic essays?

  • To help the reader understand a complex topic by focusing on its smaller parts
  • To provide new insights into how a topic could be viewed
  • To show that one item is superior to another based on a set of evaluations (correct)
  • To establish that a particular situation is a problem that needs solving

    • Which type of writing does the passage suggest is particularly powerful when the author can provide a cause/effect relationship that the reader wasn't expecting?

  • Problem/Solution
  • Comparison/Contrast
  • Cause/Effect (correct)
  • Narration

    • According to the passage, what is one of the challenges in problem/solution writing?

  • Establishing that a particular situation is a problem (correct)
  • Ensuring the reader understands the complex topic
  • Providing a logical, practical solution
  • Clearly identifying a problem

    • Which type of writing does the passage suggest is useful when an author has a unique way of dividing the concepts to provide new insight?

    <p>Narration</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the passage suggest is a key purpose of using comparison and contrast in academic writing?

    <p>To show that one item is superior to another based on a set of evaluations</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of writing does the passage suggest is particularly powerful when the author can provide a cause/effect relationship that the reader wasn't expecting?

    <p>Cause/Effect</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary purpose of narration?

    <p>To tell a story or relate an event in a logical sequence</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of effective description?

    <p>Providing a dictionary definition of a term</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary purpose of exemplification?

    <p>To offer detailed examples to illustrate a complex idea</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of effective definition?

    <p>Providing a detailed narration of an event</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In what type of writing would process analysis be most commonly used?

    <p>Both B and C</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary purpose of classification/division?

    <p>To take a broad concept and divide it into smaller parts</p> Signup and view all the answers

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