There are 9 questions PLEASE HELP QUICKLY 1) If the topic is assigned, what must you determine about that topic before you begin to gather information?
a. The importance of the topic
b. The scope or the size of the topic
c. The relationship between the topic and my thesis

2) When gathering information during prewriting, your notes must meet three standards. What are those standards?
a. Complete enough to be useful, easily accessible, and tied to a source
b. Unbiased, complete, and well organized
c. Handwritten, well organized, and complete
d. Tied to a web source, complete enough to be useful, and in outline form

3) What is an example of one way you might use a web or cluster map during pre-writing?
a. To identify why the assigned topic is a poor choice for the focus of your writing
b. To think about what you know and what you need to know about your topic
c. To generate areas of study outside your topic that can become the new focus of your writing
d. To identify possible reasons to choose a different topic for the focus of your writing

4) What might you do or consider when narrowing your topic? Choose all that apply.
Set scope and limits.
Consider the due date.
Brainstorm for ideas, using free writing or webbing.
Ask the teacher for more direction.

5) How do you use your notes to organize your thinking or your information?
a. Skim and scan your notes to identify main ideas and related support.
b. Skim and scan your notes to identify details, facts, and quotes.
c. Skim and scan your notes get a clear picture of your purpose in writing.
d. Skim and scan your notes to identify graphic organizers.

6) What must you consider when choosing a tone for your paper?
a. The main idea and supporting examples and facts
b. The credibility and validity of my main idea
c. The subject and my initial due date
d. The audience and my purpose for writing

7) What is an example of tone that a writer might consider using when writing an essay?
a. Credibility of a source
b. Consistency in verb usage
c. Validity of an argument
d. Serious or humorous

8. What are the limits of a topic?
a. The ideas that are least important
b. The ideas that are excluded
c. The ideas you want to include, but cannot.
d. The ideas that might be included if you have time

9) What is prewriting?
a. The first discovery draft of your writing
b. The planning step of the writing process
c. The big idea you will use to develop your paper
d. A brainstorming technique in which you write for five minutes without stopping