4th Grade Writing Pre-Assessment

Transitions are used to...

• separate ideas
• interest the reader
• link ideas
• spice up the essay

What is the end of an essay called?

• the end

• the theme

• the conclusion

• the resolution

What is the BEST order to write an essay?

• plan and final draft

• just write

• rough draft, edit , final draft

• plan(outline), rough draft, revise/edit, final draft

True or False. Descriptive words are important because they add detail to the story.

• True
• False

Dialogue is:

• Action at the end of the story
• The conversation between characters
• Authors point of view
• Chronological order

In writing a paragraph, what is the first sentence called.

• Sequence sentence

• Capital sentence

• Introduction sentence

• Concluding sentence

What is the introduction sentence of a paragraph?

• It is the details of the topic you are writing about.

• It is the main idea of the topic you are writing about.

• It is the conclusion of what you are writing about.

• It is the answer that you are writing about

After the introduction sentence of a paragraph, the next sentences are the _______ of the topic.

• details

• nouns

• verbs

• answers

What is the last sentence in a paragraph called?

• topic sentence
• supporting sentence
• concluding sentence
• opinion sentence

What is the concluding sentence?

• tells the main idea 
• repeats the main idea using different words.
• tells a joke
• tells the action of the paragraph