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