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