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Which of the following means a short part of a larger text?

• Review

• Excerpt

• Blog

• research

One thing I want to achieve with the conclusion of my essay is...

• key details

• a heading

• synonym

• closure

Another word for the writer's/speaker's attitude about the topic is...

• tone

• theme

• title

• topic

A word with the same or a similar meaning is a ...

• antonym

• synonym

• setting

• tone

Words or phrases that connect ideas are...

• phrases

• drafts

• editorials

• transitions

An editorial is an article that...

• Expresses the opinion of the writer

• Is published online

• Is quite short

• No one reads

Which is NOT a good way to pre-write for an essay or story?

• A plot diagram

• Copy some else's paper

• An organized web

• Take notes on your research sources

Going back to my writing to fix my errors in spelling, grammar and punctuation is called...

• revising

• publishing

• editing

• drafting

If I write an analysis of a text I read, I write about...

• the details of the plot, like a book report

• the deeper meaning of the text

• only the very end of the text

• the author's life story

Which of the following is NOT a part of the plot?

• the conflict

• the bibliography

• the climax

• rising action