6th grade test 09/27

Why is it important to consider the audience when writing?

• Because it doesn’t matter what you think about your writing, it matters what the audience thinks
• It isn't important
• Because the audience is the person writing the paper
• Because your audience is always the teacher

What are the 4 purposes of writing we discussed in class?

• Informative, Expressive, Persuasive, Literary
• Informative, Creative, Persuasive, Literary
• Informative, Expressive, Convincing, Literary
• Discussion, Expressive, Persuasive, Literary

What are the first two questions you should ask when you are given any writing task?

• Who am I writing this for? Why am I writing this?
• What is this for? When am I writing this?
• Where is this writing? Why am I writing this?
• Who is writing this? When am I writing this?

What is the “purpose” of writing?

• It is the reason you are writing something
• It is when you are writing something
• It is the way the assignment will be graded
• Is it an explanation of what you will be doing before you write

Can a piece of writing have more than one purpose?

• Yes- most writing has more than one purpose
• No
• No, with some rare exceptions
• Yes, but most writing only has one purpose

What is informative writing?

• Informative writing is used to educate or explain something and it is supposed to be a balanced presentation of the facts
• It is used to warn people of dangers
• It is the least common type of writing
• It is used to persuade

What is persuasive writing?

• It is writing that contains a lot of statistics and facts that are used to convince someone to change what they think or believe
• It is used to entertain
• It is only used to educate someone
• It is used to inform

What is expressive writing?

• It is opinion based writing, usually found on social media or other places like social media
• It is only used to educate someone
• It is convincing writing

How would you classify most writing that might be found on Tik Tok, Facebook, or Instagram?

• Expressive
• Persuasive
• Literary
• Informative

What does the S in SMART stand for?

• Specific
• Standard
• Steal
• Spacious