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Paragraph Writing
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Subject
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writing-skills
Instructions:
Answer 35 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A piece of writing based on what happens first - second - third - etc.
Chronological (time)
Evaluate
Idea
Narrative
2. Making sure that there are no errors in spelling - grammar - or punctuation
Distinguish
Narrate
Discuss
Conventions
3. A piece of writing that describes the locations of the details
Voice
Spatial
Sentence fluency
Chronological (time)
4. How sentences flow smoothly from one to the next; use transitions; using different types of sentences: declarative - interrogative - exclamatory - imperative
Sensory Detail
Hook
Discuss
Sentence fluency
5. Detail words that help the reader to clearly understand: nouns - verbs - adjectives - adverbs - etc.
Word choice
Clincher/ Conclusion Sentence
Persuasive
Topic sentence
6. Assess the limitations; make judgments
Logical
Hook
Evaluate
Effect
7. How the writing will look - 1-paragraph - 5-pargraph essay - etc.
Voice
Word choice
Organization
Narrative
8. Any word or phrase (group of words) used to move from one idea to the next - one sentence to the next - or one paragraph to the next.
Effect
Classify
Transitions
Topic sentence
9. Offer a considered and balanced review that includes all arguments - factors - hypotheses - opinions - and/or conclusions which is supported by appropriate evidence.
Short Response Questions and Answers
Compare and Contrast
Discuss
Define
10. Has a begging - middle - and end
Voice
Compare and Contrast
Narrative
Logical
11. What the overall writing will be focused on
Idea
Presentations
Word choice
Sentence fluency
12. Give a detailed account or picture of a situation - event - pattern - or occurrence
Idea
Describe
Spatial
Sentence fluency
13. What the overall piece of writing is about.
Spatial
Main Idea
Compare and Contrast
Argue
14. To tell a story
Organization
Distinguish
Hook
Narrate
15. Any piece of writing that where the reader can easily move from one detail to the next and understand how they are connected.
Classify
Argue
Spatial
Logical
16. Arrange or order by similar characteristics or qualities
Classify
Affect
Sensory Detail
Define
17. Give the precise meaning of a word - phrase (group of words) - or concept
Hook
Compare and Contrast
Word choice
Define
18. Any sentence that uses details to appeal to the reader's sense of taste - touch - sight - sound - or smell
Narrative
Short Response Questions and Answers
Narrate
Sensory Detail
19. Give a detailed account including reasons or causes
Classify
Argue
Explain
Summarize
20. Challenge or debate an issue or idea with purpose of persuading
Clincher/ Conclusion Sentence
Argue
Organization
Voice
21. An attention grabbing sentence at the beginning of a paragraph used to get the reader's attention
Main Idea
Word choice
Hook
Evaluate
22. How something interacts with others
Discuss
Evaluate
Affect
Persuade
23. Make clear the differences between two or more concepts or things
Sentence fluency
Compare and Contrast
Affect
Distinguish
24. Show how something is similar - and how it is different
Effect
Conventions
Compare and Contrast
Evaluate
25. The feeling of a piece of writing
Clincher/ Conclusion Sentence
Mood
Describe
Sensory Detail
26. The result of something
Narrative
Organization
Effect
Spatial
27. Any piece of writing used to explain something.
Expository
Define
Describe
Narrative
28. The last sentence in the paragraph that leaves the reader with one final thought.
Distinguish
Compare and Contrast
Clincher/ Conclusion Sentence
Evaluate
29. Any piece of writing that attempt s to persuade or convince
Summarize
Persuasive
Conventions
Classify
30. The sentence that states the main idea of the paragraph.
Short Response Questions and Answers
Evaluate
Topic sentence
Word choice
31. The mood or tone of the writing created by the auhor
Voice
Describe
Narrative
Mood
32. To convince using both fact and opinion
Conventions
Evaluate
Persuade
Argue
33. Written in paragraph form; restates the questions; answers the questions with specific details; has a final thought
Clincher/ Conclusion Sentence
Short Response Questions and Answers
Conventions
Chronological (time)
34. To retell the important details in the your own words
Organization
Distinguish
Summarize
Chronological (time)
35. How the final product is used
Spatial
Transitions
Expository
Presentations