Essay Structure Quiz

What is the purpose of an Informative Essay?

• To educate or inform the reader about a topic

• To teach people about a topic the writer is passionate about

• To argue a specific point

• To explain the topic to the reader

What is the purpose of an Argumentative Essay?

• To explain the topic to the reader

• To teach people about a topic the writer is passionate about

• To argue a specific point

• To educate or inform the reader about a topic

What should the introduction paragraph include?

• Hook, Claim, Thesis

• Just a Thesis

• Only a Claim

• A Hook

What three (3) ways can you start an essay?

• Just use a description

• State what the essay will be about, State your opinion, State a definition

• Use a Surprising Fact or Statistic

  Use a Description

  Ask a Question

• Just ask a question

What is a Claim?

• A statement that is always debatable

• A statement that explains, supports, or clarifies a main point

• The writer's opinion

• The reader's opinion of the essay

What is a Thesis?

• The writer's opinion

• The reader's opinion of the essay

• A statement that explains, supports, or clarifies a main point

• A statement that is always debatable

What does a Body Paragraph include?

• Just a topic sentence

• Evidence and Elaboration only

• Topic sentence and Concluding Statement

• Topic Sentence, Evidence, Elaboration, and Concluding Sentence

What is the purpose of Evidence?

• Provides support to the thesis

• Provides support to the claim

• Nothing

• To add filler to meet a page requirement

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

What is the purpose of Elaboration?

• To reject the evidence

• To add to or expand on the evidence

• Restates the Thesis

• Adds to the topic sentence

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

What is the purpose of a Conclusion Paragraph?

• Just Closure

• Review Key Points

• Restate the Thesis, Review Key Points, and Bring Closure

• Restate Thesis