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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. To retell the important details in the your own words
Summarize
Organization
Persuasive
Word choice
2. An attention grabbing sentence at the beginning of a paragraph used to get the reader's attention
Spatial
Sensory Detail
Hook
Short Response Questions and Answers
3. Has a begging - middle - and end
Narrative
Chronological (time)
Describe
Topic sentence
4. A piece of writing that describes the locations of the details
Define
Topic sentence
Spatial
Explain
5. The feeling of a piece of writing
Sentence fluency
Discuss
Mood
Idea
6. How sentences flow smoothly from one to the next; use transitions; using different types of sentences: declarative - interrogative - exclamatory - imperative
Logical
Sentence fluency
Chronological (time)
Conventions
7. Written in paragraph form; restates the questions; answers the questions with specific details; has a final thought
Organization
Short Response Questions and Answers
Presentations
Narrative
8. The sentence that states the main idea of the paragraph.
Voice
Compare and Contrast
Topic sentence
Logical
9. Making sure that there are no errors in spelling - grammar - or punctuation
Explain
Conventions
Effect
Mood
10. The last sentence in the paragraph that leaves the reader with one final thought.
Classify
Narrative
Clincher/ Conclusion Sentence
Transitions
11. 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.
Persuasive
Summarize
Expository
Transitions
12. A piece of writing based on what happens first - second - third - etc.
Describe
Chronological (time)
Short Response Questions and Answers
Hook
13. Any piece of writing that attempt s to persuade or convince
Persuasive
Main Idea
Sensory Detail
Word choice
14. How something interacts with others
Affect
Main Idea
Organization
Argue
15. What the overall piece of writing is about.
Organization
Main Idea
Explain
Effect
16. Challenge or debate an issue or idea with purpose of persuading
Argue
Spatial
Organization
Idea
17. The result of something
Hook
Idea
Effect
Voice
18. Any sentence that uses details to appeal to the reader's sense of taste - touch - sight - sound - or smell
Compare and Contrast
Word choice
Expository
Sensory Detail
19. Give a detailed account or picture of a situation - event - pattern - or occurrence
Describe
Hook
Sensory Detail
Word choice
20. To convince using both fact and opinion
Persuade
Classify
Transitions
Effect
21. To tell a story
Narrate
Persuasive
Transitions
Compare and Contrast
22. The mood or tone of the writing created by the auhor
Voice
Explain
Short Response Questions and Answers
Presentations
23. Show how something is similar - and how it is different
Describe
Compare and Contrast
Presentations
Topic sentence
24. How the final product is used
Short Response Questions and Answers
Persuasive
Sensory Detail
Presentations
25. What the overall writing will be focused on
Sensory Detail
Idea
Argue
Logical
26. Any piece of writing that where the reader can easily move from one detail to the next and understand how they are connected.
Persuade
Short Response Questions and Answers
Word choice
Logical
27. Any piece of writing used to explain something.
Persuade
Main Idea
Mood
Expository
28. Make clear the differences between two or more concepts or things
Summarize
Distinguish
Argue
Narrate
29. Assess the limitations; make judgments
Presentations
Evaluate
Persuasive
Spatial
30. Arrange or order by similar characteristics or qualities
Effect
Transitions
Classify
Voice
31. Detail words that help the reader to clearly understand: nouns - verbs - adjectives - adverbs - etc.
Word choice
Logical
Chronological (time)
Mood
32. Offer a considered and balanced review that includes all arguments - factors - hypotheses - opinions - and/or conclusions which is supported by appropriate evidence.
Idea
Clincher/ Conclusion Sentence
Chronological (time)
Discuss
33. Give a detailed account including reasons or causes
Chronological (time)
Explain
Short Response Questions and Answers
Compare and Contrast
34. Give the precise meaning of a word - phrase (group of words) - or concept
Define
Summarize
Short Response Questions and Answers
Main Idea
35. How the writing will look - 1-paragraph - 5-pargraph essay - etc.
Describe
Organization
Clincher/ Conclusion Sentence
Voice