Free BPP English Questions and Answers

Question 1

When you select examples to bolster your thesis, they should be

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relevant, distinct, and specific

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causes and effects, causes or effects

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get your ideas down on paper

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final

Question 2

How can authors break the tendency of using "you"?

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Use nouns or indefinite pronouns instead. Writers can also avoid giving commands, or cut the "you out altogether"

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Topic sentence
Evidence
Summary statement
These are the 4 essential elements of a paragraph

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The body needs fruits and vegetables everyday or Bodies need fruits and vegetables every day

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1. What are you expected to write?
2. Why are you writing?
3. For whom are you writing?

Question 3

Each sentence must contain

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One subject, One verb, and be a complete thought

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Two sentences that run together without any punctuation between them

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Two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma

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Topic sentence
Evidence
Summary statement
Transitions

These are the 4 essential elements of paragraph

Question 4

While a paragraph might focus on the __________, an essay might consider the .

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causes and effects, causes or effects

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Relevant, distinct, and specific

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Get your ideas down on paper

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1. announcement
2. topic sentence

Question 5

Your paragraph should start with a topic phrase that identifies its major point.

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TRUE

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FALSE

Question 6

Why not use "you" in the second person in academic writing?

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Topic sentence
Evidence
Summary statement
Transitions

These are the 4 essential elements of a paragraph

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Use nouns or indefinite pronouns instead. Writers can also avoid giving commands, or cut the "you" out altogether

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1. what are you expected to write?
2. Why are you writing?
3. For whom are you writing?

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It can be confusing, it's too informal it not precise, its inaccurate, its too general, and it creates a shift in person

Question 7

What does the acronym T.E.S.T. mean?

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Topic sentence
Evidence
Summary statement
Transitions

These are the 4 essential elements of a paragraph

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1. What are you expected to write?
2. Why are you writing?
3. For whom are you writing?

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two sentences that run together without any punctuation between them

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1. Fused sentence
2. Comma splice

Question 8

A paragraph only has 8–11 sentences, so there shouldn't be more than ____ causes or ____ effects mentioned in a single paragraph.

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3

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1. Topic
2. Topic Sentence

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final

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TRUE

Question 9

The strongest or most significant point in a paragraph discussing the causes or effects of a certain issue should (often) be the ______ point.

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final

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feature

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impact

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was

Question 10

Which two forms of run-on sentences are there?

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1. Fused sentence
2. Comma splice

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1. announcement
2. topic sentence

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plan, organize, draft, test, revise, edit, proofread

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1. topic
2. topic sentence