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FACULTY REVIEW 2015 MONTHLY TEST 2 DATE: 26 AUGUST 2015
T E S T O F S U B J E C T K N O W L E D G E :
Observing Discourse Rules in Writing,
Academic Writing, and Vocabulary
ANSWER KEY
I. Reconstruct the following paragraph following the discourse rules of coherenc
e
and cohesion.
Discovery is one thing and invention is quite another. They are different. These
two
things are often confused. In the most important ways, both of them are quite di
stinct. In
the case of discovery, what is discovered has always been there. The existence o
r the
meaning of what is discovered has remained hidden. When you find the existence o
r the
meaning, it becomes a discovery. Invention involves a different process. In the
case of
invention, you design something new; you invent it. In designing something that
is new,
you do so from known materials. America was discovered. Who discovered it is bes
ide
the point here. The United States was invented. America had always been there. I
t was
unknown at least to Europeans until navigating explorers found it or discovered
it. The
United States was a combination of known materials. The known materials were
materials like land, law and people.
Reconstructed paragraph:
Discovery and invention are often confused. Essentially, however, they are quite
distinct. Discovery is the finding of something that has always been there thoug
h its
existence or its meaning has remained hidden. Invention, on the contrary, is the
design
of something new to be made from known materials. For example, America was
discovered, but the United States was invented. America had always been there th
ough
its existence was unknown at least to Europeans until navigating explorers disco
vered it.
But, the United States was invented because it was a combination of known materi
als
such as land, law and people.
II. Reconstruct the following paragraph following the discourse rules of coheren
ce
and cohesion.
You can t agree with Kerr. He is unreasonable. He says you can tell the difference
s in
behaviour between the sexes by the genes. Surprisingly, he even argues that boys
and
girls should be educated separately in their primary school years. It will help
both sexes
a lot, he says. You know what he does next? He talks about recent research. He s

ays it
supports what he says. I don t think it does. Take Potter and Sinclair, for instan
ce.
Does their research support his argument? No. Then, how come he doesn t talk about
Potter and Sinclair at all?

Reconstructed paragraph:
Kerr adopts a controversial position. His argument is that the differences in be
haviour
between the sexes can be accounted for by the genes. He even attempts to make a
case
for educating boys and girls separately in their primary school years, and claim
s that
both sexes will benefit considerably from this. He also quotes recent research i
n support
of his argument, but his references do not include Potter and Sinclair whose res
earch
does not seem to support his argument.
III. Vocabulary
1. b
2. a
3. b
4. a
5. d
6. c
7. d
8. d
9. a. underlie b. underlying (delete that before underlying)
10. How do you police a realm of ideas that is marked by neither exhaustion (ideas
are
potentially infinite) nor exclusion (one person s use of an idea does not limit
another s use)