English Writing

The purpose of an informational/explanatory essay is to ________________.

• inform the reader on a topic in a clear way

• provide research

• learn to write essays

• learn stuff

An example of ___________ is taking someones painting and taking credit for their work.

• bias

• inference

• plagiarism

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

An example of evidence for an essay you are writing on jungle animals is ________.

• "...20% of jungle animals are nocturnal".

• jungle animals are nice

• jthere are few jungle animals

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.6.1

I do not like Mondays.

Chosose the sentence that is a good paraphrase.

• I dislike Mondays.

• I hate Mondays.

• I love Tuesday.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

_________ tells you what the paragraph will be about.

• Credible

• Accuracy

• Topic sentence

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

Bill and Melinda Gates founded an organization to help people around the world.

What is the topic in this topic sentence?

• people around the world

• an organization

• Bill and Melinda Gates

• the world

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

... should give more information to support the main idea of a paragraph.

• Supporting sentences

• A topic sentence

• A concluding sentence

• An opinion

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

This type of writing is when an author writes about themselves.

• autobiographical

• biographical

• blogs

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

This type of writing expresses personal thoughts and feelings

• tall tales

• biographical

• journal entry

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

This part of the writing process involves checking for accuracy of facts and correcting errors in spelling, grammar, usage, and mechanics of the English language.

• publishing

• editing

• revision