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

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

I do not like Mondays.

Chosose the sentence that is a good paraphrase.

• I dislike Mondays.

• I hate Mondays.

• I love Tuesday.

_________ tells you what the paragraph will be about.

• Credible

• Accuracy

• Topic sentence

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

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

• Supporting sentences

• A topic sentence

• A concluding sentence

• An opinion

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

• autobiographical

• biographical

• blogs

This type of writing expresses personal thoughts and feelings

• tall tales

• biographical

• journal entry

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