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TDA Prompt Practice

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Another word for essay

a)

informational essay

b)

evidence

c)

text dependent analysis

d)

literary essay

2.

How do you start a paper?

a)

Introduction

b)

Reason

c)

Conclusion

3.

Do you need all three: Introduction, Reason/Evidence, and Conclusion when writing a paper?

a)

False

b)

True

4.

Details from the story that support your ideas

a)

informational essay

b)

text evidence

c)

response

d)

literary essay

5.

Characters are

a)

where the story takes place

b)

who is in the story or prompt

c)

a problem

d)

the solution to a problem

6.

What does inform mean

a)

To get juicy details about gossip

b)

To give or get actual information

7.

What is organized writing

a)

Writing with emojis and abbreviations

b)

Writing with an introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion

c)

Writing using pictures

8.

What does sufficient evidence mean

a)

successful or useful

b)

unclear or confusing

c)

Enough information

d)

purpose

9.

What does relevant mean

a)

related to what is being discussed

b)

ordinary or simple

c)

unclear or confusing

d)

successful or useful

10.

What does effective mean

a)

unclear or confusing

b)

successful or useful

c)

ordinary or simple

11.

A comma and a question mark are examples of

a)

punctuation

b)

spelling

12.

What is the plot

a)

What happens in the story

b)

Where the story takes place

c)

Who is in the story

13.

What is the setting

a)

Who is in the story

b)

What happens in the story

c)

When and where the story takes place

14.

What is the thesis for this multi-paragraph essay?

a)

Bugs can be both interesting and helpful.

b)

Butterflies are important.

c)

Bugs are important.

d)

Bugs are gross.

15.

Which choice below is the correct thesis?

a)

I don't know

b)

Toys are fun to play with.

c)

Buster has learned many things.

d)

Buster is a dog.

16.

Select the correct thesis.

a)

Cameras were invented.

b)

Camera's were invented to meet people's needs.

c)

Cameras are important.

d)

Cameras were invented a long time ago.

17.

Select the correct thesis.

a)

Scientists study animals.

b)

Animals are important.

c)

Animals travel from place to place.

d)

Scientists study the paths animals travel from place to place.

18.

Select the correct thesis.

a)

Birds are different from other animals and need special care.

b)

Birds need special care.

c)

Birds are animals.

d)

Birds can be pets.

19.

Read the prompt. What information will you be looking for when you read?


Write an essay that explains how emperor penguins survive the harsh winter of Antarctica. Be sure to use facts and details from both texts to support your explanation. Follow the conventions of standard written English.

a)

Facts about what penguins look like

b)

Facts about how penguins survive Antarctica.

c)

Facts about raising baby penguins.

d)

Facts about Antarctica

20.

A concluding statement is important because....

a)

-it provides closure to the end of the story

b)

-it gives information

c)

-it conveys thoughts and ideas

21.

An example of a transition word is

a)

Can't

b)

Freezing

c)

Next

22.

What is the first thing you should do when you are allowed to begin your test?

a)

Start highlighting all of the evidence I can find

b)

Read the first source

c)

Read the prompt and understand what I'm being asked to write

d)

Start daydreaming about the end of the essay

23.
Why do we need evidence?
a)

To make the paragraph longer. 

b)

To practice sentence structure.

c)

To make a thesis. 

d)

To support, prove, and explain our thesis. 

24.

When I am breaking apart a writing prompt I look for

a)

Don't, Deliver, Dash

b)

Duh, Deliver, Draw

c)

Duh, Do, Don't Forget

d)

Dismiss, Dash, Don't Forget

25.

The "Duh" portion of the prompt tells you:

a)

What you are supposed to write your essay about

b)

Something you already knew about the story

c)

Something you should not forget to do, such as including text evidence

d)

None of these

26.

The "Do" portion of the prompt tells you:

a)

What you are supposed to write your essay about

b)

Something you already knew about the story

c)

Something you should not forget to do, such as including text evidence

d)

None of these

27.

The "Don't Forget" portion of the prompt tells you:

a)

What you are supposed to write your essay about

b)

Something you already knew about the story

c)

Something you should not forget to do, such as including text evidence

d)

None of these