Effective Paragraph Composition Quiz

What refers to a group of sentences organized to discuss a topic?

• clauses

• composition

• essay

• paragraph

Which essential part of a paragraph elaborates the topic by including specific details or evidences?

• concluding sentence

• supporting sentences

• topic sentence

• thesis statement

Which essential part of a paragraph uses a transitional device like thus, therefore, indeed or finally in restating the topic of the paragraph?

• concluding sentence

• supporting sentences

• topic sentence

• thesis statement

What principle of paragraph writing is evident when all sentences in the paragraph talk about one central idea or topic?

• coherence

• development

• organization

• unity

What principle of paragraph writing is applied when a paragraph describes, elaborates, explains, or supports its topic sentence, leaving no significant questions in readers’ minds?

• coherence

• cohesion

• development

• unity

What pattern of paragraph development is used to explain a stage or phase on how to do something by presenting the steps, procedure, or instructions?

• definition

• description

• narration

• process

What pattern of paragraph development uses series of examples to support and further explain the topic sentence?

• cause and effect

• definition

• comparison/contrast

• exemplification

Write Fact if the statement is true and Bluff if the statement is false. Synthesizing is combining different aspects of your ideas and research and the ideas of others in order to produce new ideas.

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What is the narration pattern in paragraph development?

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What is exemplification in paragraph development?

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