6th grade Essay Writing Quiz

How many different sources should you use in your essay?

• Less than 2

• Exactly 2

• 2 or more

• exactly 3

• each one at least once

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

How many paragraphs should your multi-paragraph essay be? Choose all possible correct answers.

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 7

What are the parts of a conclusion?

• Restate the thesis, include some details, final thoughts

• hook, background, thesis

• Restate your thesis, restate your hook, final thoughts

• Main point, text evidence, concluding sentence

In what order should you put your body paragraphs?

• one to three

• strongest to weakest

• alphabetical order

• paragraph with least evidence to paragraph with most evidence

What are some types of hooks? Choose all that apply.

• comical

• anecdote

• rhetorical question

• fact or statistic

• arbitration

What do you have to have in a good citation of a 2-page source? Choose everything that you should include.

• title of source

• lines numbers (not marked for you)

• page numbers

• subheadings

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

On a writing rubric, what does PFO stand for?

• Purpose, facts, organization

• Parts of speech, focus, original sources

• Purpose, focus, original sources

• Purpose, focus, organization

True or false: you can include your opinion in informative writing?-.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

How many pages are you given upon which to write your essay for the FSA writing?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• unlimited as long as you ask

When do you have to include the entire article title in a citation? Choose all that apply.

• The first time you cite the source.

• Every time you cite that source.

• If you cite another source after it in the same paragraph and want to cite it again.

• When you start a new paragraph and want to use that source again.

• As long as you abbreviate it the same way every time, you never have to cite the entire title.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9