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Writing Review (State Testing)
What is a transition word?
What are supporting details?
Writing Review (State Testing)
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What are supporting details?
Titles
Random facts
Extra stuff
Sentences that explain the topic
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What is a transition word?
A title
A punctuation mark
A sound
A word that shows movement
3
What tool can you use to help check your spelling?
Calculator
Pencil
Spell Checker
Ruler
4
Why is it important to organize your writing?
So it's colorful
So it looks nice
So it's fast
So others understand it
5
What is the purpose of persuasive writing?
To describe a person
To give instructions
To convince someone
To tell a story
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What is the job of a topic sentence?
To explain the paragraph's main idea
To ask a question
To tell a joke
To end a story
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What kind of writing gives steps or directions?
Descriptive
Procedural
Persuasive
Narrative
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What is a complete sentence made of?
A title and an author
A verb and a comma
A noun and a verb
A subject and a predicate
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What is the setting?
Where and when the story happens
The character's name
The end of the story
The name of the story
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What types of writing tells a story?
Expository
Informational
Narrative
Persuasive
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Where does the comma go? "On Saturday April 15 we went camping."
After Saturday
After camping
No comma needed
After 15
12
Fix this sentence: "my dog is cute he likes to play."
My dog is cute he likes to play.
My dog is cute, he likes to play.
My dog is cute. He likes to play.
my dog is cute. He likes to play.
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Name three types of writing.
Questions, answers, titles
Cooking, drawing, dancing
Persuasive, narrative, informational
Fast, slow, normal
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What is a character?
A person or animal in a story
A letter of the alphabet
A drawing
A chapter
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What senses can you use in descriptive writing?
Seeing and blinking
Feelings only
Smell, taste, touch, sound, sight
Running and jumping
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What are adjectives?
Colors only
Action words
Words that describe nouns
Names
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Why is it important to reread your writing?
To look smart
To memorize it
To check for mistakes
To confuse others
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Put these in order: First, Finally, Next, Then
Next, First, Then, Finally
First, Next, Then, Finally
Then, Next, First, Finally
First, Then, Next, Finally
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How many sentences should a good paragraph have?
1-2
As many as you want
At least 5
10-15
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What is a fragment?
A piece of a sentence
A type of paragraph
A whole sentence
A question
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Turn this into a descriptive sentence: "The cat sat."
The cat sat fast.
A cat.
The fluffy orange cat sat quietly on the soft pillow.
Cat sat.
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What is the problem in a story called?
A solution
A conflict
An event
A paragraph
23
Fix this sentence: "Went to the store."
The store.
I went to the store.
To the store I.
Went store.
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Is this sentence a run-on? "I love pizza it's the best food ever."
Only with pepperoni
No
It's a question
Yes
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Which punctuation ends a question?
.
,
!
?
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What should a conclusion or closing sentence do?
Give a list
Start a new idea
Ask a question
End the paragraph with a strong wrap-up
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What three things does every story need?
Food, friends, fun
Words, paragraphs, pages
Characters, setting, problem
Beginning, middle, lunch
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What's the difference between editing and revising?
Editing is fun
Revising fixes spelling
They are the same
Editing fixes spelling; revising improves ideas.
