MCQ Bank
Which of the following is not true for expository writing?
- A) Avoid dogmatic words like always, never, only, etc.
- B) Don’t attack people of a different race or religion.
- C) Provide proof or examples if you make a claim or a statement.
- D) Exaggerate as much as possible.
In which of the following situations sometimes period is not used?
- A) At the end of sentences
- B) In abbreviations using capital letters
- C) Post Scripts
- D) Conventional abbreviations
The general characteristics of narrative writing include all of the following EXCEPT:
- A) Exaggeration
- B) Conflict
- C) Falling action
- D) Climax
In English language, “Emphasis Signal Words” are used to explain which one of the following action?
- A) This is important.
- B) To answer the whereabouts of the object
- C) Condition or modification is coming up
- D) What will happen around?
Which of the following essay discusses the differences between the two things?
- A) Comparison essay
- B) Contrast essay
- C) Cause and effect essay
- D) Narrative essay
Which of the following essay usually discusses the similarities between two things?
- A) Comparison essay
- B) Narrative essay
- C) Contrast essay
- D) Cause and effect essay
The parenthesis in English language is used for which one of the following purpose?
- A) To form possessive
- B) Supplementary materials
- C) Show emotions
- D) Show duration
Logical fallacies are most commonly encountered in everyday communication. In the following examples, which is a logical fallacy?
- A) Stacking the deck
- B) Beating the drum
- C) A friend in need, is a friend indeed
- D) Be half-dead
The quotation is used to highlight which one of the following?
- A) Adjectives
- B) Verbs
- C) Nouns
- D) Special Words or Slang
Which of the following sentence contains the signal words?
- A) Aurangzeb was still smiling.
- B) Despite the rain, the soccer match went on as planned.
- C) The spy escaped from prison.
- D) Harry managed to get to work on time.
Which of the following best supports the definition of a “Report”?
- A) Proceeding of an event
- B) Information for disinformation
- C) Statement of records
- D) Orderly and objective communication of factual information
The length of a summary:
- A) Should be one third of the original document
- B) Should be of one paragraph
- C) Should be of half page
- D) Should be one page
The exclamation mark (!) is used:
- A) To express doubt
- B) At the end of the title
- C) To close the time frame
- D) To show strong emotions
In descriptive writing, which of the following besr defines the term “Persuasion”?
- A) The art of acceptance.
- B) The art of finding the best available means of moving a specific audience in a specific situation to a specific decision.
- C) The art of selling some product.
- D) The art of conversations.
In which of the following options the narrative writing could also be considered reflection or an exploration of the author's values told as a story?
- A) In story
- B) In novel
- C) None of the given options
- D) In essay
Which of the following is not true for writing a summary?
- A) Summaries should be in reported speech
- B) Summaries are shorter than original texts
- C) Summaries should be in Present tense
- D) Summaries should contain the main ideas of a text
Which of the following means to take ideas from a large passage of another source and condense them, using your own words?
- A) Reporting
- B) Explaining
- C) Paraphrasing
- D) Summarizing
Which of the following refers to appeal to emotion, values, and beliefs to support your own feelings or passion about the issue?
- A) Pathos
- B) Ethos
- C) Logos
- D) All of the given options
From the following statements, which is not a characteristic of a good report?
- A) They are in reported speech
- B) They contain the main ideas of a text
- C) Summaries are shorter than original texts
- D) Summaries are always no more than one paragraph
“Recording of information that has been manually created by someone or some people, such as a hand-written letter, as opposed to being printed or reproduced some other way” refers to which one of the following?
- A) Feature Article
- B) Manuscript
- C) Column
- D) Editorial