WorksheetsFSA Writing
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is the first thing need to do when you start your FSA writing test?
Plan your essay
Read and annotate the sources
Read and dissect the prompt
Write the essay
Which types of essays will you be asked to write for the FSA writing test? Select all that apply.
Opinion
Persuasive
Informative
Argumentative
Narrative
What are the 4 things you need to find when dissecting the writing prompt?
Topic, Question, Task, Audience
Topic, Genre, Task, Audience
Topic, Genre, Source, Audience
Title, Genre, Task, Source
What are the parts that need to be included in your introduction? Check all that apply.
Hook/Attention Grabber
Evidence
Bridge/Connecting Sentence
Explanation
Thesis Sentence
From which part of dissecting the prompt, do you use to create your hook/attention grabber?
Audience
Task/Direction
Genre
Topic
From which part of dissecting the prompt, do you create the thesis sentence?
Task/Direction
Topic
Audience
Genre
What is recommended to use to help structure your body paragraphs?
SPADE
PEEL
CUBES
PEEEL
What does PEEEL stand for?
Paragraph, Evidence, Elaboration, Explanation, Linking
Point, Explanation, Elaboration, Evidence, Linking
Point, Explanation, Evidence, Elaboration, Linking
Point, Elaboration, Evidence, Explanation, Linking
What are the parts that need to be included in the conclusion?
Restate the thesis, Restate the points/reasons, and final thought (catchy phrase)
Restate the thesis, Evidence, and final thought (catchy phrase)
Hook, Restate the points/reasons, and final thought (catchy phrase)
Restate the thesis, final thought (catchy phrase), and restate the points/reasons
What can be used as a sentence starter for the hook?
To begin with
Historically,
It is true that...
According to Source...."..."
Which of the following can used as a sentence starter for the background information?
One of the interesting things about …. was ….
Imagine one day…
Ultimately...
With this in mind (THESIS) because (REASONS)
Which of the following can be used as a sentence starter for the thesis sentence?
Thought about…?
At the time of . . .
With this in mind (THESIS) because (REASONS)
One thing for sure...
What can be used as a sentence starter for the closing statement?
Prior to this, . . .
Many people believe that…
Therefore, (THESIS) Because (REASONS)
All in all...
What can the following be used as a sentence starter for the Point?
An important fact to
consider is….
This evidence proves… For example, ….
For this reason…
Ultimately...
Which sentence starter can be used for Explanation?
(Author’ Name) concluded that “_____” (Source ___)
This means that… For example, ….
First of all, ….
It is for that reason…
Which of the following sentence starter can be used for Evidence?
This point shows us that….
Basically, Source ___ is saying … For example,
The evidence clearly shows, “______” (Source __)
Considering . . . it can be concluded that . . .
Which sentence starter can be used for Elaboration?
This shows how… For example, …
All in all, ...
The issue focused on . . .
First of all, ….
Which of the following sentence starter can be used for the Linking?
This evidence demonstrates that…..
This point shows us that….
As I see it….
It has been suggested
that….
Which of the following sentence starters can be used in the conclusion?
It has been shown that . . ., Another essential
point is that…, It is apparent that….
Consequently, Ultimately what is at stake here is…., The entire point of …. insist that …..
It has been shown that . . ., The article states that…(Source 2), All in all...
Basically, ….., Consequently, With this in mind, it is clear that….
How many sentences is needed for elaboration.
At least 4 sentences
1 sentence
Between 2-4 sentences
6 sentences
