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Persuasive Essay Review

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The FIRST paragraph in an essay is called the...

a)

Body

b)

Conclusion

c)

Thesis Statement

d)

Introduction

2.

An introduction paragraph begins with a ....

a)

Thesis Statement

b)

Text Evidence

c)

Hook

d)

Background Information

3.

Your thesis statement...

a)

Includes your position/stance on an arguable topic

b)

two reasons why for your position/stance

c)

is located at the end of the introduction paragraph

d)

all of these

4.

What do we call the first sentence in the body paragraphs?

a)

topic sentence

b)

thesis statement

c)

conclusion

d)

transition

5.

The topic sentences should

a)

not relate to the thesis statement

b)

connect back to the thesis statement by stating a controlling reason from your thesis

c)

be a quote from a source

d)

I don't remember

6.

What can you use as support in your body paragraphs?

a)

examples

b)

evidence such as facts, quotes, and statistics

c)

explanations

d)

all of the above

7.

Following a direct quote or paraphrase from a source, there needs to be an ___________.

a)

in-text citation

b)

reasoning

c)

commentary

d)

information

8.

The last paragraph of the essay is called:

a)

the introduction

b)

body paragraph 3

c)

the conclusion

d)

the end

9.

The conclusion should rephrase:

a)

the thesis statement

b)

the topic sentences

c)

the evidence

d)

the other opinion on the topic

10.

How should the conclusion end?

a)

with new supporting details

b)

with a forward looking statement that tells what the reader should do with the argument that was made in the essay

c)

it doesn't end