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ELA 9 Academic Vocabulary

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Ancedote

a)

a sentence that expresses the main idea of a paragraph

b)

short and amusing story about a personal experience

c)

word or phrase that moves one idea smoothly into the next with a logical order

d)

one sentence in an essay that shows the main argument of the paper

e)

the element of individuality each writer brings to his or her own papers that makes it sound unique

2.

Voice

a)

a sentence that expresses the main idea of a paragraph

b)

short and amusing story about a personal experience

c)

word or phrase that moves one idea smoothly into the next with a logical order

d)

one sentence in an essay that shows the main argument of the paper

e)

the element of individuality each writer brings to his or her own papers that makes it sound unique

3.

Topic Sentence

a)

a sentence that expresses the main idea of a paragraph

b)

short and amusing story about a personal experience

c)

word or phrase that moves one idea smoothly into the next with a logical order

d)

one sentence in an essay that shows the main argument of the paper

e)

the element of individuality each writer brings to his or her own papers that makes it sound unique

4.

Thesis

a)

a sentence that expresses the main idea of a paragraph

b)

short and amusing story about a personal experience

c)

word or phrase that moves one idea smoothly into the next with a logical order

d)

one sentence in an essay that shows the main argument of the paper

e)

the element of individuality each writer brings to his or her own papers that makes it sound unique

5.

Transition

a)

a sentence that expresses the main idea of a paragraph

b)

short and amusing story about a personal experience

c)

word or phrase that moves one idea smoothly into the next with a logical order

d)

one sentence in an essay that shows the main argument of the paper

e)

the element of individuality each writer brings to his or her own papers that makes it sound unique

6.

What is a subordinate conjunction?

a)

a word that connects ideas, words, or phrases

b)

a person, place or thing

c)

word that indicates an action or state of being

d)

an incomplete sentence that is a fragment

7.

What is a research paper?

a)

an opinion paper

b)

a paper using outside sources to prove research

c)

a paper criticizing a piece of literature

d)

a paper used to summarize research you do in class

8.

What is composition structure?

a)

a notebook for writing ideas in

b)

the ideas you write about in a paper

c)

giving credit to the sources you've used

d)

the organizational structure of your paper

9.

A topic sentence is...

a)

the sentence that shows your argument throughout your paper

b)

the last sentence of your paper

c)

sentence that starts each paragraph

d)

none of the above

10.

A thesis is...

a)

a sentence that starts each paragraph

b)

the sentence that shows your argument

c)

the last sentence of your paper

d)

when you give credit to an outside source

11.

Which of the following is NOT an example of formal language?

a)

bro

b)

dude

c)

homie

d)

sir

e)

buddy

12.

All of the following are elements of a research paper EXCEPT...

a)

research

b)

citations

c)

author's photo

d)

title

e)

works cited/bibliography

13.

A thesis statement has all of the following factors EXCEPT...

a)

an argument.

b)

your stance.

c)

information about your paper.

d)

The words "I" or "you."

14.

Which of the following is NOT an example of a compound sentence?

a)

I think I will buy the red shoes, or I will look at the blue shoes.

b)

I really want to go to work, but I am too sick to drive.

c)

It was getting dark, and we weren't there yet.

d)

d) They got there early, and got decent seats.

15.

All of the following are examples of anecdotes EXCEPT...

a)

"When I was little..."

b)

"The research shows..."

c)

"In my experience..."

d)

"From what I've personally seen..."