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Writing Essays
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Subject
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writing-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 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. Topic sentence - supporting details - clincher
third body paragraph
figurative language
essay
quotations
2. Third person
perspective
unity
1st point
persuasive essay
3. 3 traits of a good reason: cannot be _______ - considers its audience - can be supported by facts and details
introduction
ways to cite
counterargued
2nd point
4. Sentences and paragraphs ordered by importance
argument
third body paragraph
emphatic order
style guide
5. Use ________ for: short stories - poems - songs
figurative language
2nd point
perspective
quotations
6. Proofread for grammar and spelling erros - for coherence...
posing a new question
introduction
revision
paragraphing
7. Rewrite an authors idea in your own words
coherence
paragraphing
analysis
effective questions
8. Consists of: specific instances - evidence - expert's opinions/events from text - statistics - direct quotations
evidence
5
emphatic order
persuasive essay
9. Each body paragraph ends with a special sentence that restates the main idea
two different ideas
revision
informal essay
clincher/conclusion
10. A guide for using certain words - sentences - and for all other important elements of an essay - e.g. MLA - AP - Chicago Manual
style guide
thesis
ways to cite
emphatic order
11. Topic sentence - states main idea - bold - noticeable - obvious - R/A - special setence
informal essay
effective questions
conclusion
1st point
12. Supporting facts - examples - details
emphatic order
support
citing a quotation
evidence
13. Listing/Brainstorming - Diagraming/Clustering - Free writing
pre-writing techniques
research essay
literary essay
figurative language
14. Author's last name and page number in parentheses following the quotation/paraphrase before period
deatails and examples
essay
citing a quotation
topic sentence
15. State your ______: E.g. I support this idea or I disagree with this idea
argument
ways to cite
revision
paragraphing
16. Last paragraph - finishing touches - wraps up - summarizes - closure - last paragraph of the essay - e.g. - restate your thesis - 'so what?' - 'connecting to a course theme' - 'posing a new question'
problem
topic sentence
emphatic order
conclusion
17. Last sentence of body paragraphs [reconnect the reason with your overall argument.]
boomerang sentence
unity
emphatic order
ways to cite
18. Use ________: questions that proves your point [E.g.: 'If there was a fire - wouldn't you want to get in contact with your children ASAP?' So...the reader IS FORCED to see how having cell phones in school could be beneficial.]
introduction
clincher/conclusion
effective questions
revision
19. Highly organized - formulaic - 5 paragraphs - expository/informational - repetitive
evidence
essay
prewriting
support
20. Ideas are logically organized - and smoothly connected
two different ideas
coherence
emphatic order
tone
21. First paragraph - should catch the reader's attention and introduce the essay topic
citing a quotation
introduction
argumentative
prewriting
22. Mainly for enjoyment
prewriting
informal essay
coherence
literary essay
23. The writer's attitude toward the subject and the audience; set in your introduction paragraph
pre-writing techniques
tone
ways to cite
topic sentence
24. To Whom it May Concern - Sincerely - [only if you are writing a letter!]
evidence
audience
coherence
research essay
25. Topic sentence - states ;main idea - bold - noticeable - obrious - R/A
counterargued
tone
support
2nd point
26. Explains somrthing with fact; as aposed to opinion
expository essay
paragraphing
essay
problem
27. Identify the content of the piece - set limits on the topic - communicate the dominant impression you want your essay to make - grab the reader's attention
deatails and examples
prewriting
title
audience
28. At least 5 minutes to develop 3 good reasons or points - one for each paragraph
two different ideas
underline or italicize
third body paragraph
prewriting
29. Suppresses the author's tone so the reader can focus on the material
academic voice
emphatic order
ways to cite
citing a quotation
30. An essay has this many paragraphs
title
5
pre-writing techniques
boomerang sentence
31. Alphabetical list of sources; at the end of the report
support
bibliography
counterargued
underline or italicize
32. Each body paragraph is developed or supported using
coherence
deatails and examples
1st point
title
33. Notes that tell the original source of words/ideas that you have used in your essay or report
analysis
topic sentence
citation
bibliography
34. Every paragraph is related to the theses statement
quotations
literary essay
unity
deatails and examples
35. Supporting facts - examples - details
2nd point
support
organization
essay
36. _________ is very important for a good essay
style guide
organization
prewriting
two different ideas
37. Invites the reader the consider a new idea or question that has appeared as a result of your argument
2nd point
conclusion
posing a new question
persuasive essay
38. Footnotes - Endnotes - parenthetical citation
problem
perspective
ways to cite
analysis
39. State the _________: E.g. I am writing in regards to your consideration of
perspective
so what
academic voice
problem
40. Explains how or why evidence proves your thesis - connection between evidence and main argument - directly explains how/why your evidence supports your thesis
third body paragraph
analysis
underline or italicize
thesis
41. Defend your side of an argument; must have facts; used in debates
persuasive essay
figurative language
counterargued
quotations
42. _______ ( Commentaries) - explains the significance of your basic assertion - how your argument can apply to a larger concept
so what
counterargued
perspective
1st point
43. An _________ thesis/topic sentence: cannot be a statement of plot or fact - must be a claim that can be argued and defended with evidence
emphatic order
argumentative
tone
persuasive essay
44. Use _________: metaphor - hyperbole - bandwagon
literary essay
figurative language
posing a new question
perspective
45. Leads into works of others - and asks you to compare their thoughts to you own; Find other text on the subject and use them to support the topic you've been given
posing a new question
research essay
third body paragraph
ways to cite
46. _____________ titles of (long pieces) works that have been published and created by someone else
underline or italicize
title
ways to cite
figurative language
47. Last sentence of introduction - bold - noticeable - obrious - states main ideas of essay
thesis
conclusion
audience
tone
48. 4 ways theses should not be in your paragraph: Too narrow - Too bold - State ___________ - Dont announce what you are writing about
2nd point
bibliography
audience
two different ideas
49. A sentence that supports or develops a single controlling idea - supports an essay's thesis statement - unifies the content of a paragraph - directs the order of the sentences
clincher/conclusion
topic sentence
expository essay
support
50. Exploring the meaning and construction of a piece of literature - more attention to the specifics - thoughts of the critics
support
literary essay
5
citing a quotation