Which questions should a writer ask when revising an argumentative essay to make sure it is in a formal style?

check all that apply.
are my ideas logically connected?
are my arguments well organized?
do i avoid a casual style and tone?
where can i insert some contractions?
which wording should be more colorful?

The answers are:

Are my ideas logically connected?

Are my arguments well organized?

Do I avoid a casual style and tone?

An argumentative essay, like any other piece of formal writing, should try to avoid a casual tone, sticking instead to a formal tone; that is to say, a form of expression that is concise, accurate, meaningful, and avoids the ambiguities of a casual tone. A final revision should also contemplate the first two answers, and one of the best ways to do this is to read the essay aloud or have someone read it aloud since listening, rather than reading, can more clearly reveal if the ideas are logically connected and well organized.  

d) she is both terrified and excited by the idea of returning to school.

a) she takes one day at a time.

d) she felt like she was an object of ridicule.

d) she tells her daughter not to worry about it because things will get better.\

b) elnora needs money for books and out-of-town tuition. she will raise the money herself.

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serve the people! ,” smoothly translated by julia lovell, offers an initial sample of yan lianke’s writing to an english-speaking audience. a bluntly drawn, mildly erotic fable, it teases mao zedong by poking fun at a true believer who obeys the chairman’s precepts too literally. to a western sensibility, the broad strokes of yan lianke’s humor would seem to pose little risk of inciting rebellion, whether of the flesh or of the body politic. but then, part of the book’s attraction is that it doesn’t have a western sensibility. it lets the reader see — or rather, intuit — what jokes chinese officials don’t consider funny, and how very little it takes for a writer to be branded an incendiary in 21st-century china, more than three decades after the death of mao, a decade after the death of deng xiaoping and seven years since china entered the world trade organization, a move that would seem to signal a willingness (however wary) to mingle with the rest of the world.