Paragraph Basics Quest

First person point of view is the P.O.V. of the person speaking.

• True

• False

Which of the following includes all 10 dead words?

• good, bad, nice, a lot, okay, fun, said, stuff, thing, and got

• good, bad, nice, a lot, okay, great, said, stuff, it, and got

Second person point of view should be avoided in most formal/academic (school) writing because it

can be considered informal.

• True

• False

The following words are examples one would use when writing in 1st person point of view:

I, we, us, our, myself

• True

• False

A topic sentence should state the specific details of the paragraph.

• True

• False

Which word is a part of all 2nd person POV pronouns?

• you

• me

A topic sentence can be in the form of a question because it engages the reader immediately.

• True

• False

Which of the following is not a dead word?

• nice

• alright

The concluding sentence does NOT have to be the very last sentence of the paragraph.

• True

• False

The concluding sentence must be worded EXACTLY like the topic sentence.

• True

• False