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WorksheetsWriting An Informative Essay
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 9mins
What is an informative essay?
An essay that tells a story.
An essay that gives the author's opinion.
An essay that gives information about somebody / something.
What are the three parts of the essay?
Hook, Supporting Details, Concluding Sentence
Introduction, Body Paragraphs, Conclusion
Controlling Idea, Topic Sentence, Restate Controlling Idea
What should we include in the introduction? (Choose two)
Supporting Details
Hook
Controlling Idea
Topic Sentence
What does the writer do in this hook: “Do you know that one of the four faces in Mount Rushmore is Thomas Jefferson?”
Ask a question
Share a surprising fact
Both are correct.
What is Controlling Idea? (Choose two)
Your opinion about the topic
Evidence that supports your hook
The main topic of the essay
A brief answer to the writing prompt
Each body paragraph starts with ____________.
A topic sentence
Supporting details
A closing sentence
An easy to write the supporting details for our body paragraphs is ...
A. Copy from a website
B. Tell a story
C. Answer Wh-questions about the topic
D. Answer Yes/No questions about the topic
How can we write a closing sentence for a paragraph? (Choose all that are correct)
Share a feeling
Restate the topic sentence
Ask a question
Repeat exactly the topic sentence
What are the two parts in a conclusion? (Choose two)
Topic sentence
Restate topic sentence
Hook
Concluding statement
What is the purpose of the concluding statement?
(the very last sentence of your essay)
It catches the attention of your reader.
It keeps your reader thinking about the topic.
It makes the reader cry.
What does the writer do in this concluding sentence: “I hope that one day, I will be able to come and visit Mount Rushmore.”
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Make a wish
Make a suggestion
Make a prediction
What does the writer do in this concluding sentence: “We should all remember the contributions of Thomas Jefferson.”
Ask a question
Make a wish
Make a suggestion
Make a prediction
