VA Reading Writing

. Leo is writing a story about native birds in Virginia. Which fact for outlining idea doesn't belong?

• The amount of colors on the male Cardinal

• Flamingos get their color from eating shrimp

• How many species are there of the Blue Jay

Which technique is used to outline a successful essay

• Writing down all possible essay topics

• Finding quotes by unknown people to backup essay

• Writing down the main idea and all paragraph topics

Tavis is writing an essay on the features of the ocean floor, which idea doesn't belong in his essay?

• There are many parts to the ocean floor.

• Volcanoes can spew hot lava everywhere.

• The ocean floor is a very interesting part of Earth.

Thesis statements should preview what each topic sentence is about.

• True

• False

What is a hook?

• a boring sentence

• a tool used to catch a fish

• the last sentence of a paragraph

• opening sentence that captures the reader's attention

What is context?

• an informational essay

• the introduction paragraph

• a hook that grabs the reader's attention

• background information about the essay topic

What is the thesis?

• the context in the essay

• It is in the body paragraphs

• it is the same thing as a hook

• a sentence that states what the essay is going to be about

Creating an outline BEFORE you begin writing ________.

• helps you organize your research and create a logical flow to your writing.

• helps you see problems and correct them before you spend too much time writing

• Both

Which of the following could be an entry in a TOPIC outline for a paper about football playoffs?

• Every athletic conference should be allowed to schedule playoffs.

• Conference playoffs in determining a national champion

• Conferences are divided into divisions, which have playoff games.

In a sentence outline, all elements are written as ________; in a topic outline, elements are written as ________.

• paragraphs/singular nouns

• sentences/single words or phrases complete

• complete topic phrases/partial topic phrases complete