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