Classifying Essay Quiz

Directions: Write the letter of the correct alternative (a, b, c, or d) in the blank at the left of each item.

___ 1.  Classifying paragraphs and essays must identify ___ characteristics.

            a. creative, b. subjective, c. shared, d. improbable.

___ 2.  Classifying paragraphs and essays also must divide constituents on the basis of a defining

            a. principle, b. method, c. narrative, d. proposition.

___ 3.  Classifying essays with ___ bases of classification confuse readers.

            a. rigid, b. standard, c. adequate, d. overlapping.

___ 4.  Which item listed below is improperly categorized?

            a. rooms, b. luxurious, c. apartments, d. houses.

___ 5.  Classifications that indicate ___ may well proceed from the lower to the higher.

            a. chronology, b. location, c. connotation, d. degree.

___ 6.  Classifications that indicate ___ may well develop according to time sequence.

            a. chronology, b. location, c. connotation, d. degree.

___ 7.  Classifications that indicate ___ may well extend by means of directional terms.

            a. chronology, b. location, c. connotation, d. degree.

___ 8.  A five-paragraph essay might naturally describe ___ places of interest.

            a. one, b. two, c. three, d. four.

___ 9.  Most historians do not divide time into the broad category of

                a. ancient, b. pre-Internet, c. medieval, d. modern.

___10. To classify on the basis of degree means to

            a. defer merit, b. extend credit, c. be uncharitable, d. assign value.