R.A.C.E.S. Strategy Quiz

Adding more specific details to an explanation or an example to help the reader understand the writer’s ideas.

• explain

• restate

• summary

• elaborate

Words or phrases that link ideas to help writing flow more smoothly.

• verbs

• support

• transitions

• lead-in

Which THREE of the following types of sentences should begin with a transitional phrase (sentence starter)?

• Topic sentence

• Evidence sentence

• Explanation sentence

• Summary sentence

The following transitional phrases (sentence starters) would be used to introduce ______.

This demonstrates...

This shows...

This means that...

• Evidence

• Explanations

• The topic sentence

• The summary sentence

The following transitional phrases (sentence starters) would be used to introduce ____.

The text states...

Evidence from the text suggests...

The author writes...

• Evidence

• Explanations

• Topic sentence

• Summary sentence

What part of this topic sentence should be deleted?

Many people enjoy owning pets. Read on to find out why.

• Read on to find out why.

• Many people

• Find out why.

• The punctuation is wrong.

What TWO things are wrong with this summary sentence?

In summary, I hope you learned something about why people are passionate about sneakers.

• It doesn't refer to the topic of the paragraph.

• It uses "I"

• It uses "you"

• It doesn't have a transitional phrase.

The text states, "for many people over 30, job and family obligations increase..."

This is an example of ___.

• restating

• answering

• citing

• explaining

• summing it up

In conclusion, old people do not like new music.

This is an example of ___.

• restating

• answering

• citing

• explaining

• summing it up

Because older people have less free time, they are not able

to discover new music and simply listen to what they know.

This is an example of ___.

• restating

• answering

• citing

• explaining

• summing it up