Lesson 3 Revision

1. 1. What is the first step in answering a question successfully?

• a) Writing a long response
  
  
  

• b) Identifying keywords and important parts

• c) Guessing the answer

• d) Using difficult vocabulary

2. 2. Why is it important to break a question into parts?
   
   

• a) To make the question shorter
  
  
  

• b) To impress the lecturer

• c) To find the actual purpose of the question

• d) To avoid answering the question

3. 3. Which of the following is NOT a strategy for selecting important information?

• a) Brainstorming

• b) Mind-mapping

• c) Listing

• d) Ignoring the question  

4. 4. Why should you edit your work before submission?

• a) To remove unimportant information

• b) To make it longer

• c) To change the question

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  d) To add unrelated content

5. 5. What is the main difference between an audience and a reader?

• a) A reader is always part of the audience
  
  
  

• b) An audience is the intended target of writing, while a reader may be anyone who comes across it

• c) A reader decides what the writer should write

• d) There is no difference

6. 6. What factor should influence the language you use in writing?

• a) The type of pen used

• b) The intended audience

• c) The number of pages

• d) The time of day

7. 7. What are instruction words in an assignment question?

• a) Words that describe the topic

• b) Words that tell you what action to take in your response

• c) Words that limit the response

• d) Words that make the question longer

8. 8. Which of the following is an example of an instruction word?

• a) Academic

• b) Discuss

• c) University

• d) Literacy

9. 9. Which part of an assignment brief provides key subject-specific terms?

• a) Instruction words

• b) Content words

• c) Restricting words

• d) None of the above

10. 10. What is an example of a restricting word in a question?

• a) “Explain”

• b) “Discuss”

• c) “At the University of the Free State

• d) “Importance”