PRE-ASSESSMENT

6. What part of speech to be used to connect words, phrases, or clauses?

• Verbs

• Conjunctions

• Prepositions

A Topic Sentence is...

• The first sentence in your entire essay to get your reader's attention

• The last sentence in your introduction telling the reader what the whole essay is about

• The first sentence of a paragraph that tells you the reader what the paragraph is about

4. The paragraph below is missing transitions. Please select the group of transitions that would best fit this paragraph.

^{Camels are among the most interesting animals on the planet. ___________, camels are called the "ships of the desert" because they are used to carrying people and loads from one place to another. ____________, they have a huge hump on their body where they store their fat, which enables them to survive famines and drought. ______________, they are very passive animals and get along well with humans and other animals alike. In conclusion, it would be hard to find an animal much cooler than a camel.}

• First of all, In addition, Furthermore

• First, Although, And

• First, Moreover, Then

• First of all, Next of all, According to

10. Which of these elements can be included in an introduction paragraph to grab the reader's attention?

• a comic strip

• an entire poem

• questions, facts, a quote, or statistical fact

What is the purpose of a narrative?

• To give the reader information
• To persuade readers
• To tell a story
• To describe characters

The stage of the writing process in which you correct your spelling, capitalization, grammar, and punctuation:

• drafting

• prewriting

• revising

• editing

In this stage of the writing process, you are writing down all of your ideas and often using a graphic organizer

• prewriting (brainstorming)

• publishing
• editing
• revising

In this stage of the writing process, you are organizing your thoughts into complete sentences, but are not yet worried about spelling, capitalization, punctuation, or word choice.

• revising
• publishing
• drafting
• editing

Your _______ and your _______will determine how you present your writing.

• purpose/audience

• skill/handwriting

• grammar/spelling

• tone/visuals

The Writing Process is...

• How you get something you wrote published in the newspaper.

• When a peer or teacher reads something we've written.

• A series of stages to help us through the process of writing.

• A process to write your heading on your paper.