ATI TEAS Guide To English & Language Usage | Writing Processes Question Review

Which of the following activities would be considered editing?

(a) I swam in a river with piranhas once and was not bitten

(b) There are only two situations in which a piranha is likely to bite a human.

(c) In this case, they may attack anything that enters the pool.

(d) The second situation is when too many piranhas are trapped in a pool with a low water level and become hungry and aggressive.

(e) When confronted with a large animal, a piranha’s instinct is to flee rather than to attack.

(f) The first is when a piranha is lifted out of water, usually by a fishing net, and the frightened fish may bite.

(g) Although many people think of piranhas as man-eaters, they are rarely dangerous to humans.

(h) For the most part, the man-eating piranha is a myth, just like the man-eating shark.

(i) Piranhas mostly eat smaller fish and aquatic plants; they rarely feed on large animals.

If a writer constructs a paragraph with the sentences above, which of the following shows the first four sentences that would compose the paragraph listed in the chronological order?

Which of the following phrases indicates a transition in a sequence?

Which of the following would require a citation?

Which of the following would NOT require a citation?

(a) I swam in a river with piranhas once and was not bitten

(b) There are only two situations in which a piranha is likely to bite a human.

(c) In this case, they may attack anything that enters the pool.

(d) The second situation is when too many piranhas are trapped in a pool with a low water level and become hungry and aggressive.

(e) When confronted with a large animal, a piranha’s instinct is to flee rather than to attack.

(f) The first is when a piranha is lifted out of water, usually by a fishing net, and the frightened fish may bite.

(g) Although many people think of piranhas as man-eaters, they are rarely dangerous to humans.

(h) For the most part, the man-eating piranha is a myth, just like the man-eating shark.

(i) Piranhas mostly eat smaller fish and aquatic plants; they rarely feed on large animals.

If a writer is constructing a paragraph with the sentences above, which of the following sentences should be omitted?

Which of the following could be a topic sentence for a paragraph?

Which of the following steps would occur last in the writing process?