WRIT 1506 | Stroupe
Literacy, Technology, Society
Sample Midterm Exam
General Directions
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Clear your desk of all books and notes
Use a bluebook for your answers
Write your name on the bluebook
Be sure to read all directions for each section below carefully.
Please write clearly and legibly in blue or black ink
Write your name on this sheet and fold it inside your bluebook before
turning it in.
Part II: Identification (20 points possible). In your blue book,
write “Part II” and list numbers 1 – 15. Then write the letter of the best
match next to each item number.
Items:
1. Mark Darcy
2. Walter Ong
Matches:
a. “…[T]o dissociate words from [visual] writing is psychologically threatening
for literates’ sense of control over language.”
b. “’...a top postmodernist’”
Part III. Short Answer (30 points possible). In your blue book,
write “Part III” and list numbers 1-15. Then write the correct word,
name, or short phrase needed to complete these sentences next to each
item number.
1. “’Ah, that wonderful Madam Mina! She has _____’s braina brain that a _______
should have…..’”