3.3 Simplicity (Cutting Clutter) Quiz

  • Due Feb 23, 2024 at 11:59pm
  • Points 5
  • Questions 5
  • Available until Mar 1, 2024 at 11:59pm
  • Time Limit None
  • Allowed Attempts 2

Instructions

Simplicity (Cutting Clutter)

Overview and Guidance

Image described below

The following quiz asks you to "cut the clutter" described in "On Writing Well."  

Remember: Clutter consists of unnecessary/redundant words. 

For example, in the following sentence, the clutter is in brackets:  

[I think that] it was a [negative] misfortune that we ran into that [rude] jerk.  

REVISED TO BE CLEANER/CLEARER: It was a misfortune that we ran into that jerk.  

Description of image above

The image shows a can of "very young small early peas" with a focus on the humorous, exaggeratedly lengthy description of the peas, which is an analogy to the way students might add unnecessary words to meet a word count requirement for an essay. The text above the image reads, "@deanfluence When you're writing an essay and trying to hit that 500 word count." The joke implies that the description of the peas is unnecessarily wordy, similar to how a student might write to reach a certain word count in an essay.

Instructions

After reviewing the reading, take this quiz to check your knowledge.

Please complete all quizzes for this class alone, without sharing answers. Feel free to review your notes/readings as you go!

If you are happy with your score after the first attempt, you are done. If you would like to re-take the quiz, you may. You will keep the higher score if you take it a second time.

Grading & Feedback

You will see your quiz score and any automated feedback immediately after completion. You will see if you missed any questions. The answers to any missed questions will be provided after the second quiz attempt. 

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