WorksheetsInformative Writing Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
What is a thesis statement?
Sentence that answers the prompt, explains the claim, and the provides the reasons that support your claim.
Sentence that gets the reader's attention.
Sentence that is the first sentence of a paragraph, it provides the subject of the paragraph.
Sentence that provides a specific detail or example.
Prompt: "Write an essay explaining why it is important to keep the promises you make." Which of the following is the best thesis statement for this prompt?
It is important to keep the promises you make because keeping promises builds trust, encourages people to be responsible, and ensures healthy relationships.
It is important to keep promises you makes because keeping promises helps build trust like in the novel, "Ghost" where a young boy builds trust by returning shoes he stole.
It is important to keep the promises you make because you never know when you will need them, you never know how much help they will give you, and you get to be a better person.
It is important to keep the promises you make because it helps a lot.
Brazil is the largest country in South America and Suriname is the smallest.
What is a paraphrase?
a restatement of the information in a text
a persuasive argument about the information in a text
a genre of storytelling
an essay about a specific topic
Paraphrasing, or restating ideas in your own words, helps you check your understanding of what you hear and read.
Read the passage below and decide which sentence best restates the ideas presented:
"Although television was not widely used in American homes until the 1950s, small, experimental television images were broadcast in the 1920s."
Television was not widely used in American homes until the 1950s.
Television became popular in the 1950s, but the first televisions were used thirty years earlier.
Television became popular in the 1920s, and again in the 1950s.
Is the passage below an accurate paraphrase that helps clarify the meaning of the original text? Select Yes or No.
Original Text:
Toward the end of the 1800s, the Industrial Revolution caused a change in many people's employment. When agricultural work in rural areas became harder to find, many left to seek industrial work in urban areas.
Paraphrase:
The Industrial Revolution in the late 1800s changed what jobs were available. People left farms in the country to work in factories in the cities.
Yes
No
A paraphrase is more than a summary of a text's main ideas—it restates each key idea in about the same number of words. Is this passage an accurate paraphrase that helps clarify the meaning of the original text? Select Yes or No.
Original Text:
During the Industrial Revolution, working-class families took for granted that their children would need to be employed to help support the family.
Paraphrase:
At the time of the Industrial Revolution, some children wanted to work in factories.
Yes
No
The purpose of a supporting/relevant detail is to:
be the main idea
convince you to do something
Give more detail/explanation to the main idea
none of the above
Veterans are valuable to our society and should never be forgotten for many reasons. They have fought for freedom. They have given a large portion of their lives to protect our country. Some veterans have been injured in battle. Some have returned from duty to work in private sector jobs. Have you thought of joining the military? All gave some, and some gave all.
Which sentence is NOT a relevant detail?
They have given a large portion....
Have you thought of joining....
Some have returned.....
Some veterans have......
Which detail would be relevant to this main idea? There are many fun things to do at the beach.
Playing kickball can be lots of fun.
It is fun to walk along the shore and look for shells.
Some people burn easily in the sun.
Unfortunately, we don't live that close to a beach.
Which detail would be relevant to this main idea? Getting the right dog depends on where you live.
If you have a small dog, it might get lost.
If you have a large dog, it might scare people.
If you have a big backyard, you might want to get a large dog.
Some dogs are short-haired while others are long-haired.
Which detail would be relevant to this main idea? Hummingbirds are quite unique and do some strange things.
Hummingbirds have wings that are bright colors.
Hummingbirds can actually fly backwards.
Hummingbirds make tiny nests where they live.
Hummingbirds fly to warmer climates during the winter.
Dora the Explorer is an educational show for kids.
