TP1 Writing Test Practice

Label the correct parts of the Cheeseburger!

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b

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d

Concrete Detail (CD)

Concluding Sentence (CS)

Commentary (CM)

Topic Sentence (TS)

Select the statement that you think would be the BEST Topic Sentence (TS) for introducing a paragraph about the cultural impacts of the Black Death on Medieval Europe.

• There were many cultural impacts that the Black Death had on Medieval Europe.

• Cultural effects in Europe.

• Cultural, means how you live.

Select the statement that you think would be the BEST Concrete Detail (CD) that would provide a powerful example of how Medieval Europe was impacted culturally by the Black Death.

• For example, according to the reading, many medieval Europeans "lost faith in the established church and their explanations of the world" (1).

• Many Europeans lost their beliefs in God.

• People didn't want to be religious anymore.

Select the statement that you think would be the BEST Commentary (CM) that explains how your CD demonstrates your TS.

• In my opinion, Europeans were losing faith in the established church was a massive cultural change in Europe because before the Black Death, no one questioned the Church.

• Losing faith in church would be a very bad thing.

• This shows how people liked religion.

Select the statement that you think would be the BEST Topic Sentence (TS) for introducing a paragraph about the economical impacts of the Black Death on Medieval Europe.

• There were many economic impacts that the Black Death had on Medieval Europe.

• Economic effects in Europe because of the Black Death.

• Economic is talking about people's money.

Select the statement that you think would be the BEST Concrete Detail (CD) that would provide a powerful example of how Medieval Europe was impacted economically by the Black Death.

• For example, according to the reading, many medieval Europeans "building projects were left incomplete as well because of a lack of workers" (1).

• Many buildings weren't done.

• For example, building projects were left undone.

Select the statement that you think would be the BEST Commentary (CM) that explains how your CD demonstrates your TS.

• In my opinion, by having building projects not completed, Medieval Europe saw a significant loss of financial gains.

• Buildings not being completed was a major negative.

• This demonstrates how buildings weren't done.

Put these examples in the correct Social Studies category.

Groups:

(a) Political Example (2)

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(b) Economic Example (3)

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(c) Geographic Example (1)

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(d) Cultural Example (2)

• Feudalism being destroyed

• Cities being wiped off the maps

• Building projects being left incomplete

• Crops rotting in the fields - losing money

• Courts left abandoned

• Europeans acting anti-semitic

• Serfs being able to demand higher wages after the Black Death

• Europeans questioning the Church's power