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WorksheetsPersuasive Essays
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
A persuasive essay:
Tells a story
Describes an event
Convinces an audience to do something
Explains the cause and effect of something
An argumentative essay serves the same purpose as a persuasive essay, except:
It does not try to persuade the audience one way
It is focused on one point of view
It uses a personal anecdote
It presents multiple sides to an argument
The pre-writting stage of the writing process includes:
Presentation
Editing
Brainstorming
Drafting
After brainstorming, a writer should:
Begin to write a draft
Publish the research
Create a presentation
Write a reflection on the pre-writing process
Revising and editing include checking (check all that apply):
Organization
Grammar
Spelling and Capitalization
Punctuation
After you writing is revised and edited, which is the best practice?
Turn it in
Evaluate the writing
Ignore peer input
Spell check
Pathos is an appeal to:
Logic
Truth
Common sense
Emotion
Ethos is an appeal to:
the credibility of data or statistics
the credibility of the author or expert
the credibility of money
the credibility of logic
Logos is an appeal to:
A symbol
Onomatopoeia
The king
Logic
Select all that are examples of a credible source:
Youtube
Academic Databases
Blogs
Government Websites
Introduction paragraphs do NOT include:
A topic sentence
Supporting details
Thesis Statement
A hook/attention grabber
When an author makes a claim, they need to (check all that apply):
Provide Supporting details
State their thesis
Use of credible sources
Add irrelevant information
In an essay, authors usually connect their writing by using:
A semi colon
Sources
Body paragraphs
Transition sentences
A conclusion does the following (check all that apply):
Summarizes the main points
Introduces new information
Restates the thesis
Makes concluding remarks
A counterargument:
Refutes an opposing view
Shows the authors intelligence
Gives weight to the authors argument
Is a part of the introduction
