Middle School Writing

What type of essay gives facts, explains ideas, directions or terms?

• Narrative

• Expository

• Persuasive

• Descriptive

What type of essay describes a person, place, thing, or idea?

• Persuasive

• Narrative

• Descriptive

• Expository

What type of writing tells a story with a beginning, middle, and an end?

• Narrative

• Expository

  Expository

• Descriptive

• Persuasive

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

What type of essay needs to be balanced and support both sides of a claim?

• Persuasive

• Narrative

• Descriptive

• Persuasive

Which type of essay would you write to support the following prompt?:

Should students have to wear school uniforms to school?

• Narrative

• Persuasive

• Descriptive

• Expository

Which type of essay would you write for the following prompt?:

Steps to play Monopoly

• Narrative

• Descriptive

• Persuasive

• Expository

Which type of essay would you write for the following prompt?:

All of the sudden I woke with a fright to see a three headed purple chicken was at the foot of my bed!

• Expository

• Narrative

• Descriptive

• Persuasive

This type of writing uses the five senses to give specific details to the reader ?

• Narrative

• Persuasive

• Descriptive

• Expository

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

You read a news story on the front page of the paper about an earthquake in another country. It gives the facts about where, when, who, what and how. What type of writing is it?

• Narrative

• Expository

• Descritpive

• Persuasive

You read an article in the paper about some questionable practices at the company for which you work. You disagree with the article and write a letter to the editor of the paper with your opposing viewpoint. What type of writing is it?

• Narrative

• Expository

• Descriptive

• Persuasive