Technical writers and developer advocates use a distinct set of collocations throughout the content creation process. This quiz covers drafting, pitching, reviewing, publishing, and driving traffic.
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Fill in: 'She spent the weekend trying to ___ a post about the lessons learned from their migration to Kubernetes.'
We 'draft a post' — 'draft' specifically implies a preliminary version that will be revised, which is the natural first step of writing. 'Write a post' describes the act in full; 'create' is too generic; 'compose' is more formal and typically used for music or formal correspondence, not blog posts.
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Fill in: 'Before writing anything, he decided to ___ the idea to the engineering blog committee for feedback.'
We 'pitch an idea' — 'pitch' conveys the act of selling or advocating for a concept to an evaluating audience. 'Present' implies a more formal delivery; 'share' is too passive; 'propose' is formal and more suited to project proposals than informal content ideation.
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Fill in: 'Two senior engineers were asked to ___ the content before it was submitted to the company blog.'
We 'review content' — 'review' covers both technical accuracy and editorial quality in the context of a content approval process. 'Edit' implies making changes yourself; 'check' is too informal; 'proofread' is specifically about spelling and grammar, not the broader technical review expected here.
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Fill in: 'The DevRel team decided to ___ the article on both Medium and the company engineering blog simultaneously.'
We 'publish an article' — 'publish' is the standard collocation for making written content formally available to readers. 'Post' is informal and common on social media; 'release' is used for software or announcements; 'launch' implies a marketing campaign, not a single piece of content.
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Fill in: 'They shared the article on Hacker News to ___ organic traffic to the company website.'
We 'drive traffic' — 'drive traffic' is the standard digital marketing collocation for actively causing visitors to arrive at a destination. 'Generate traffic' is also common; 'increase traffic' describes the outcome rather than the action; 'bring traffic' is informal and not standard in content marketing language.