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CHAPTER 6. Structuring Information for Your Reader
True/False Questions
1.
pages.
2.
changed.
Readers of printed pages expect longer passages of text than readers of Web
Once the writing process has begun, a working outline should never be
3. In technical writing, the topic sentence usually appears first in the paragraph.
4. Chunking is only relevant for Web-based documents.
5. A progress report usually follows a problem/solution sequence.
6. Transitions and connectors help create a sense of unity in a paragraph.
7. Some documents may not need headings.
8. Overviews are not appropriate for instructions.
9.
another. In a chronological sequence, a description begins at one location and ends at
10. A support paragraph provides transition within a document.
Fill-in-the-blank Questions
11. Outlines are organized by notation or notation.
12. is the process of breaking information into smaller units.
13. For a paragraph to be
thought. , it must have a connected line of
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Multiple-choice Questions
14. Formal outlines
(a) use letters for the introduction, body, and conclusion.
(b) indent the first level sub-topics.
(c) must include at least two sub-topics for each level of division.
(d) indent the first level sub-topics and must include at least two sub-topics for each level
of division.
(e) use letters for the introduction, body, and conclusion, as well as indent the first level
sub-topics.
15. A conclusion is a good place to
(a) take a position.
(b) make recommendations.
(c) suggest further research.
(d) add new information.
(e) take a position, make recommendations, and suggest further research.
16. A coherent paragraph will have
(a) a topic sentence embedded in the middle.
(b) an accessible line of reasoning.
(c) few transitions.
(d) no concluding sentence.
(e) All of these answers are correct.
17. Which statement below is most accurate?
(a) Information should be ordered in a logical progression.
(b) An overview is required in all technical documents.
(c) Questions should be avoided as headings.
(d) Information should be ordered in a logical progression, and an overview is required in
all technical documents.
(e) Information should be ordered in a logical progression, and questions should be
avoided as headings.
18. Technical communication blueprints include
(a) topic sentences and paragraphs.
(b) structure, visuals, and design.
(c) structure, style, visuals, and design.
(d) coherence and unity.
(e) the four types of sequencing.
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19. Which statement below is least accurate?
(a) A cause-and-effect sequence must always start with an action and progress to the
result.
(b) A chronological sequence can be used to explain how something should be done.
(c) A problem-solution sequence is useful in long reports.
(d) A spatial sequence can be used to explain how parts of something fit together.
(e) All of these statements are accurate.
20. Headings take the form of
(a) words.
(b) phrases.
(c) brief statements.
(d) questions.
(e) All of these are options for headings.
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CHAPTER 6 ANSWER KEY