Narrative, Information and Persuasive Paragraphs

What type of paragraph is trying to convince the reader about what you think or believe?

• Informative

• Persuasive

• Narrative

• None of these

If you were writing a report about a scorpion, you'd be writing an ________ paragraph.

• Persuasive

• Informative

• Narrative

• None of these

A writing prompt tells the writer..........

• what you are having for dinner!

• nothing.

• scares the writer.

• what to write about.

The topic sentence tells the reader what your paragraph will be about.

• False

• True

• Never!

• Sometimes

The sentence that restates the topic sentence using different words is called the _________ sentence.

• conclusion or summary

• detail

• interesting

• none of these!

What is the purpose for writing?

• your notes

• your outline

• the reason you choose to write something

• why you go to school

A group of words that expresses a complete thought is called a........

• paragraph

• sentence

• essay

• none of these!

A collection of related sentences about the same topic is called a ____________.

• novel

• outline

• report

• paragraph