WorksheetsTopic Sentences/Plot Map
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
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1.
Your audience is WHO will read your writing. Make sure your idea fits your audience.
a. Imagine you are going to write about a neighborhood carnival. Who is the best audience for a list of businesses that donated to supplies to the carnival?
a. Imagine you are going to write about a neighborhood carnival. Who is the best audience for a list of businesses that donated to supplies to the carnival?
a)
a letter to a friend
b)
a journal entry that only you will read
c)
a news article for a local newspaper
2.
Your audience is WHO will read your writing. Make sure your idea fits your audience.
Who is the best audience for why your friend should come with you.
Who is the best audience for why your friend should come with you.
a)
a letter to a friend
b)
a journal entry that only you will read
c)
a news article for a local newspaper
3.
Your audience is WHO will read your writing. Make sure your idea fits your audience.
Who is the best audience for your secret fear of falling off the Ferris wheel?
Who is the best audience for your secret fear of falling off the Ferris wheel?
a)
a letter to a friend
b)
a journal entry that only you will read
c)
a news article for a local newspaper
4.
What is the topic sentence of the paragraph?
Sammy was the best dog in the neighborhood. When her owners wanted to play, she played. When her owners were sad, Sammy made them feel better. She liked to visit everyone on her street. All her neighbors were glad to see her.
Sammy was the best dog in the neighborhood. When her owners wanted to play, she played. When her owners were sad, Sammy made them feel better. She liked to visit everyone on her street. All her neighbors were glad to see her.
a)
Sammy was the best dog in the neighborhood.
b)
She liked to visit everyone on her street.
c)
All her neighbors were glad to see her.
5.
What is the topic sentence?
Grandma Marie makes delicious cakes. She knits blankets for us. What else can she do? She likes to use her power drill, and she built our bookshelves. Grandma Marie can do many things!
Grandma Marie makes delicious cakes. She knits blankets for us. What else can she do? She likes to use her power drill, and she built our bookshelves. Grandma Marie can do many things!
a)
Grandma Marie makes delicious cakes.
b)
Grandma Marie can do many things!
c)
What else can she do?
6.
Read the persuasive paragraph. What is the topic sentence?
Elizabeth helped put on the ice-cream party last year. She asked us what kind of field trip we wanted. She talked to the principal. He listed to her and we got to visit the Space Museum! Elizabeth can help us have a good year. When you vote for student council, vote for Elizabeth!
Elizabeth helped put on the ice-cream party last year. She asked us what kind of field trip we wanted. She talked to the principal. He listed to her and we got to visit the Space Museum! Elizabeth can help us have a good year. When you vote for student council, vote for Elizabeth!
a)
When you vote for student council, vote for Elizabeth!
b)
Elizabeth can help us have a good year.
c)
Elizabeth helped put on the ice-cream party last year.
7.
What is the topic sentence of the following sentences.
a)
Flat Stanley is an unusual book.
b)
He travels in an envelope.
c)
Stanley wakes up flat one day.
d)
He has been crushed by a bulletin board.
8.
What is the topic sentence in the group of sentences.
a)
The pictures help you learn the words.
b)
G is for Googol is a fun alphabet book about math words.
c)
There are many pictues in G is for Googol.
d)
Did you know that a googol is a very large number
9.
Choose the right setting for your story. A good setting helps your reader "see" where the action takes place.
Spaceships battle for control of a planet.
Spaceships battle for control of a planet.
a)
America's western states in the year 1850.
b)
an imaginary forest
c)
The Amazon River today
d)
outer space in the year 2500
10.
Choose the right setting for your story. A good setting helps your reader "see" where the action takes place.
A family takes an adventurous trip on a boat.
A family takes an adventurous trip on a boat.
a)
America's western states in the year 1850.
b)
an imaginary forest
c)
The Amazon River today
d)
outer space in the year 2500
11.
Choose the right setting for your story. A good setting helps your reader "see" where the action takes place.
A sad dragon searches for its mother.
A sad dragon searches for its mother.
a)
America's western states in the year 1850.
b)
an imaginary forest
c)
The Amazon River today
d)
outer space in the year 2500
12.
What is the climax of the following story?
Brianna and John are doing homework. A bird crashes into the window. Leo catches the bird. John and Brianna take the bird from Leo. Brianna tells Leo to never try that again.
Brianna and John are doing homework. A bird crashes into the window. Leo catches the bird. John and Brianna take the bird from Leo. Brianna tells Leo to never try that again.
a)
Leo catches the bird.
b)
Brianna and John are doing homework.
c)
Brianna tells Leo to never try that again.
d)
John and Brianna take the bird from Leo.
13.
What is the exposition of the following story?
Brianna and John are doing homework. A bird crashes into the window. Leo catches the bird. John and Brianna take the bird from Leo. Brianna tells Leo to never try that again.
Brianna and John are doing homework. A bird crashes into the window. Leo catches the bird. John and Brianna take the bird from Leo. Brianna tells Leo to never try that again.
a)
Leo catches the bird.
b)
Brianna and John are doing homework.
c)
Brianna tells Leo to never try that again.
d)
John and Brianna take the bird from Leo.
14.
What is the resolution of the following story?
Brianna and John are doing homework. A bird crashes into the window. Leo catches the bird. John and Brianna take the bird from Leo. Brianna tells Leo to never try that again.
Brianna and John are doing homework. A bird crashes into the window. Leo catches the bird. John and Brianna take the bird from Leo. Brianna tells Leo to never try that again.
a)
Leo catches the bird.
b)
Brianna and John are doing homework.
c)
Brianna tells Leo to never try that again.
d)
John and Brianna take the bird from Leo.
15.
What is the falling action of the following story?
Brianna and John are doing homework. A bird crashes into the window. Leo catches the bird. John and Brianna take the bird from Leo. Brianna tells Leo to never try that again.
Brianna and John are doing homework. A bird crashes into the window. Leo catches the bird. John and Brianna take the bird from Leo. Brianna tells Leo to never try that again.
a)
Leo catches the bird.
b)
Brianna and John are doing homework.
c)
Brianna tells Leo to never try that again.
d)
John and Brianna take the bird from Leo.
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