Literary Essay Workshop Quiz

What is the definition of an essay?

• A short work of fiction

• A long work of nonfiction

• A short work of nonfiction

• A long work of fiction

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

Who introduced the essay form?

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

• Henry David Thoreau

• Michel de Montaigne

• H. L. Mencken

Which movement did Emerson and Thoreau contribute to?

• Transcendentalism

• Romanticism

• Realism

• Modernism

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

What is the main difference between formal and informal essays?

• Formal essays are longer than informal essays

• Formal essays are more personal than informal essays

• Formal essays follow a strict pattern of organization, while informal essays do not

• Formal essays are written by famous authors, while informal essays are not

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

What is the purpose of organization in an essay?

• To entertain the reader

• To provide supporting details

• To express the writer's attitude

• To arrange the main ideas and supporting details

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.W.11-12.1A

CCSS.W.11-12.2

CCSS.W.11-12.4

What are supporting details in an essay?

• Facts, opinions, reasons, sensory details, anecdotes, and examples

• Main ideas and topic sentences

• Introduction, body, and conclusion

• Thesis statement and evidence

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CCSS.W.11-12.1

CCSS.W.11-12.2B

What is diction in an essay?

• The arrangement of main ideas and supporting details

• The writer's attitude toward a subject

• The way a writer uses and arranges language

• The expression of a writer's opinion

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CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

What does tone reveal about an essay?

• The writer's opinion

• The writer's attitude

• The main idea

• The supporting details

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CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Which essay is an example of a formal essay?

• Emerson's 'Self-Reliance'

• Thoreau's Walden

• Montaigne's Essais

• Mencken's essays

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

Which essay is an example of an informal essay?

• Emerson's 'Self-Reliance'

• Thoreau's Walden

• Montaigne's Essais

• Mencken's essays

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9