Writing Skills Quiz Review

Jill's English teacher asks the class to write a short story about an important life event. Which will help Jill narrow her topic?

• Brainstorming several important life events

• Reading famous stories about important life events

• Choosing one specific important life event

• Asking friends to describe their important life events

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

Which of the following will best help Jill organize events in her story?

• Writing the story from 3rd person omniscient point of view

• Coming up with a creative title for the story

• Making an outline of key events and details

• Creating a great hook

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

"My brother take Spanish classes online, and he spends an hour studying every evening."

Which correction should be made to the above sentence?

• change take to takes

• make Spanish lowercase

• delete the comma before and

• as it is

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CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

If someone asks you to delete something from an essay because it is trivia, what do they want you to remove?

• Important facts about your topic

• Unnecessary information

• Specific details

• Names of specific people

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

"Studying for writing quizzes is much more difficult then teachers make it sound!"

Which correction should be made to this sentence?

• change is to are

• add a comma after difficult

• change then to than

• change teachers to Teachers

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CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

William's teacher assigns a report on a personal hero. William chooses to write about Malala Yousafzai.

Which strategy would be most helpful before he begins to draft his report?

• Making a cover sheet for his report on Yousafzai

• Finding pictures of Yousafzai

• Imagining having a conversation with Yousafzai

• Brainstorming questions about Yousafzai that he would like to address

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

"Malala fights for girls' rights to learn."

To make this sentence clearer, William should replace learn with -

• books

• an education

• school

• teachers

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

"Malala was born on July 12, 1997, in Mingora, Pakistan."

How is the underlined portion of this sentence correctly written?

• July 12, 1997 in Mingora, Pakistan.

• July 12 1997, in Mingora, Pakistan

• July, 12, 1997 in Mingora, Pakistan

• As it is

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.2.2B

CCSS.L.3.2B

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

Which transition is a synonym for therefore?

• Likewise

• However

• Consequently

• Additionally

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

"Malala's father Ziauddin Yousafzai, was the owner of a school in Pakistan."

How is the underlined portion of the sentence correctly written?

• father Ziauddin, Yousafzai,

• father, Ziauddin Yousafzai

• father, Ziauddin Yousafzai,

• as it is

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.4.2C