Developing a writing strategy: mastery test

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instructions: select the correct answer.
during the revising phase of the writing strategy, why is reading the essay out loud recommended?
to put together a better outline for the essay
to improve on the research done for the essay
to spot the words and sentences that don’t flow well in the essay
to identify the purpose, audience, and tone of the essay
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The correct answer is C. To spot the words and sentences that don’t flow well in the essay

Explanation:

In writing, the revising phase refers to the stage after writing a text or essay in which the author of it revises the text in order to improve it in terms of the development of the ideas included, the connection between ideas, the general structure of the text and the way all the elements include words and sentence flow to support the main point. This strategy is applied multiple times before getting to the final version of the paper, also, one of the most effective ways for doing is to read the essay out as this allows the author or the text to notice those words and sentence that do not fit in the text and need to be changed or those that do not flow and interrupt the cadence in the text.

Therefore, reading the essay out loud is recommended during the revising phrase of the writing stage to spot the words and sentences that don't flow well in the essay as this is one of the main purposes in the revising phase and the writer can easily notice words that do not flow by reading aloud as this would interrupt the cadence in writing.