Worksheets2.03 Close Look at Organization (BrainPop - 5 Paragraph Essay)
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What do strong expository, descriptive, and persuasive essays all have in common?
They use evidence to support a claim
They recount an experience or event
They aim to change a reader's opinion
They must have five paragraphs
The main purpose of an essay's hook is to:
Outline the essay's structure
Support the thesis statement
Capture a reader's attention
Add detail to an argument
In a five-paragraph essay, where does the thesis statement appear?
Paragraph one
Paragraph two
Paragraph three
Paragraph four
If you were writing an essay on BrainPOP's "Five-Paragraph Essay" movie, what would be a good thesis?
Every essay must contain five paragraphs: an introduction, three body paragraphs, and a conclusion.
Tim and Moby explain the structure of a five-paragraph essay, including details about the introduction, the body paragraphs, and the conclusion.
Tim is a boy, Moby is a robot, and their movie on the five-paragraph essay is available at BrainPOP.com.
In a five-paragraph essay, the essential parts of the introduction are the hook, the thesis, and the topic sentence.
Which topic sentence supports the claim that everyone should learn computer programming?
There are many programming languages to choose from.
Ada Lovelace wrote the first computer codes.
Coding is easy once you take time to practice it.
Coding is an essential twenty-first-century skill.
Without transitions, a five-paragraph essay might be:
Paraphrased
Disconnected
Boring
Unpersuasive
In a five-paragraph essay, the function of the body paragraphs is to:
Expand on reasons that support the thesis
Form bridges from one section to another
Contradict the claim in the thesis statement
Summarize the purpose of the essay
In a five-paragraph essay, which of the following pairs of paragraphs have opposite structures?
Introduction and body paragraph
Body paragraph 1 and body paragraph 3
Body paragraph and conclusion
Introduction and conclusion
An essay has the thesis, "Climate change is a serious problem, caused mainly by deforestation, pollution, and fossil fuel emissions." What does NOT belong in the conclusion?
A transitional phrase
A paraphrasing of the thesis statement
A claim that wind power is the best energy source
A description of the factors that contribute to climate change
Which part of the five-paragraph essay serves as a mini-outline of the essay?
Hook
Topic sentence
Thesis statement
Conclusion
