a) Brag about how good she is in this activity.
b) Reveal personal strengths that are valuable in other areas.
c) Demonstrate how good she is at swimming in the hopes of getting a full sports scholarship.
d) Display that she knows how to swim in case she is accepted into marine studies.

a) Grab the attention of the readers.
b) Show that the writer knows how to use quotation marks.
c) Reveal that she communicates well with her swimming coaches.
d) Answer all the questions that might be in the minds of the reader.

a) Gain acceptance to the university swim team.
b) Gain admission to a college sorority.
c) Gain admission to the university.
d) Gain many friends within the admissions office.

a) Rhetorical and should remain in this paragraph.
b) Unnecessary and should be deleted.
c) Possibly the most important sentences in the entire essay.
d) Absolutely necessary to conveying the message of this essay.

a) Absolutely necessary to conveying the message of this essay.
b) Possibly the most important sentence in the entire essay.
c) Unnecessary and should be deleted.
d) Rhetorical and should remain in this paragraph.

a) Release from having to finish the second paragraph.
b) An anticlimax to the opening lines of the essay.
c) Irony in the writer’s actual achievements and real goals.
d) Closure to the paragraph while emphasizing the writer’s qualifications for admission.

a) Good.
b) Interesting.
c) Scrumptious.
d) Digestible.

a) Conclude the writing while emphasizing the writer’s qualifications for admission.
b) Illustrate how big-headed the writer is about her swimming abilities.
c) Offer a brand new idea for the readers to ponder.
d) Both a and b.

a) Wrong because longer more complex sentences would demonstrate the writer’s intelligence.
b) Correct because each paragraph contains varying sentence structure.
c) Wrong because all the sentences are too informal in length and content.
d) Correct because they are the sentences the writer wrote so everyone should be satisfied with them.

a) Wrong because blank verse would better illustrate the creativity of the writer.
b) Correct because the first paragraph is longer than the other two.
c) Wrong because only the second and third paragraphs begin with the first person pronoun.
d) Correct because each paragraph is connected to the others through transitions and topic.

a) Personal data about you.
b) Your job objective.
c) Details about your education.
d) All of the above.

a) Include every single job, both formal and informal, which you have ever held your entire life.
b) Be detailed enough to convey your knowledge of the occupational field for which you are applying.
c) Be excluded because your potential employer is only interested in the future.
d) Include the details of any job from which you have been fired.

a) Include information about each of your family members and how they relate with you.
b) Include the details of everything that you have ever tried whether you succeeded or failed.
c) Be detailed enough to illustrate that you have talents which would enhance your job performance.
d) Be ignored since they have nothing whatsoever to do with your possible employment.

a) A resume is a brag rag!
b) Your resume is a vivid word picture of who you would like to be.
c) The purpose of your resume is to interest the employer so the employer will decide that you are too good to work.
d) A resume, instead of telling about yourself, shows what skills and knowledge you have and the responsibilities you have carried.

a) Design each resume to fit a particular job.
b) Be specific – use numbers, dates, names.
c) No employer expects perfection so do not proofread carefully for spelling, punctuation, and typographical errors.
d) Use everyday language and short, concise phrases.

a) Convince the employer to invite you for an interview.
b) Explain what days off you require if you are hired.
c) Suggest that your best friend would like to work for this employer.
d) Both b and c.

a) Address a specific person.
b) Be fairly informal as though you want to be friends.
c) Write "Dear Personnel Manager" if you don’t know the person’s name.
d) Both a and c.

a) State the job for which you are applying.
b) State where you found out about the job.
c) State your chief qualification.
d) All of the above.

a) Explain your present and future salary expectations.
b) Demonstrate your ability to use complicated and obtuse wording.
c) Explain how your skills can meet the organization’s needs.
d) All of the above.

a) Implore the employer to hire you sight unseen.
b) Request an interview.
c) Thank the reader for her or his time and consideration.
d) Both g and h.