5 Creating Flow and Cohesion Online Quiz Questions

A paragraph can use transitions to link its sentences and still feel disorganized if its ideas do not contribute to a clear overall point.

A writer wants to show that rain caused the seedlings to grow quickly. Which transition best introduces the result?

A draft uses clear references between sentences, but its ideas do not build toward a clear overall point. Which writing quality is missing?

Which order best develops a paragraph explaining how a summer garden problem might be addressed?

If a pronoun could refer to more than one person or thing, repeating a specific noun can make the reference clearer.

Select all transition-and-relationship pairings that accurately signal the relationship described.

The sentence “The club spoke with the principal after she reviewed its proposal” is unclear about who reviewed the proposal. Which revision makes the reference clear?

What is the writing term for a word, phrase, or sentence that signals how ideas relate?

Select all useful revision checks for improving flow and cohesion.

A paragraph has just proposed a volunteer schedule. The next paragraph will explain that the schedule will not work unless volunteers can enter the garden. Which opening best connects the paragraphs and signals this qualification?

When a key idea is central to a paragraph, repeating its word can be clearer than replacing it with a string of vague synonyms.

A draft about a school garden presents these ideas in a confusing order: a watering schedule could help; many plants dry out during summer; the garden is often left unwatered during break; volunteers also need a way to coordinate their shifts. Describe how you would organize these ideas into two focused paragraphs and explain how you would connect the paragraphs.

Choose the transition that best completes the cause-and-effect relationship: “The seedlings dried out. ___, the garden needed a watering plan.”

A paragraph explains that a school garden goes unwatered during summer, that plants dry out, and that volunteers could create a watering schedule. Which order best supports a problem-to-solution progression?

A paragraph has clear links between neighboring sentences, but its ideas do not fit together to make a clear overall point. Which writing quality is missing?

Which sentence pair begins its second sentence by repeating the exact noun phrase “raised beds” from the first sentence, then adds a new detail?

In “The club spoke with the principal after she reviewed its proposal,” the pronoun “she” could be unclear. To make clear that the principal reviewed the proposal, what noun phrase should replace “she”?

A paragraph’s main point is how a volunteer schedule can protect a school garden during summer. One sentence describes an unrelated school fundraiser. What revision would best improve the paragraph’s focus?