Teaching Writing

Choose the correct term for the following definition/description:

Using structure and vocabulary appropriate to the formality and style of the text.

(a)  

• Register
• Coherence
• Cohesion
• Genre
• Paragraph
• Topic sentence
• Unity
• Layout

Choose the correct term for the following definition/description:

When ideas in a text fit together clearly, logically and smoothly, it makes sense to readers.

(a)  

• Coherence
• Cohesion
• Unity
• Paragraph
• Genre
• Layout
• Register
• Topic sentence

Choose the correct term for the following definition/description:

The way in which a text is organized and presented on a page.

(a)  

• Layout
• Register
• Coherence
• Unity
• Paragraph
• Topic sentence
• Genre
• Cohesion

Choose the correct term for the following definition/description:

Using linking words and phrases appropriately to make the organization of the text clear to readers.

(a)  

• Cohesion
• Coherence
• Register
• Layout
• Paragraph
• Topic sentence
• Genre
• Unity

Choose the correct term for the following definition/description:

All sentences supporting one main idea started in the topic sentence.

(a)  

• Unity
• Coherence
• Cohesion
• Paragraph
• Topic sentence
• Genre
• Register
• Layout

Choose the correct term for the following definition/description:

A type of writing which members of a discourse community would instantly recognize for what it was.

(a)  

• Genre
• Coherence
• Unity
• Register
• Paragraph
• Topic sentence
• Cohesion
• Layout

Choose the correct term for the following definition/description:

A part of a long piece of writing, which starts on a new line and usually focuses on one idea.

(a)  

• paragraph
• unity
• layout
• topic sentence
• genre
• cohesion
• coherence
• register

Choose the correct term for the following definition/description:

A sentence that gives the main point or subject of a paragraph.​ (a)  

• Topic sentence
• Paragraph
• Genre
• Unity
• Coherence
• Cohesion
• Layout
• Register

Which subskill is it?

Put your hand in the air and write d-o-g with your finger.​ (a)  

• forming letter
• punctuating correctly
• planning
• linking
• using the appropriate layout
• paraphrasing
• proofreading

Which subskill is it?

Tick (v) the correct place in this letter for the address of the receiver and put a cross (x) in the correct place for the date.​ ​ (a)  

• using the appropriate layout
• punctuating correctly
• planning
• linking
• paraphrasing
• proofreading
• forming letters