WorksheetsEssay Parts
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
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 comparing and contrasting coffee and tea, which statement would be a good thesis?
Coffee and tea are very similar in how they are made.
My favorite flavor of coffee is ice coffee macchiato.
Coffee costs $3.35 a pound and tea costs $4.55 a pound.
There are many similarities and differences between coffee and tea.
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.
Organize the information according to how you would write a 4 paragraph essay.
Hook
Thesis
Body #1
Body #2
Conclusion
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 4 paragraph essay, what should you include in the conclusion?
cite your sources
more examples
review your thesis in a new way
your signature
Which part of an essay serves as a mini-outline for the essay?
Hook
Topic sentence
Thesis statement
conclusion
What type of sentence comes at the beginning of every paragraph?
author's purpose
example sentence
topic sentence
quote from the text
