MAAP writing test questions

What kind of writing is it when you are making a CLAIM, backing it up with REASONS, and supporting those reasons with EVIDENCE from the test?

• Informational

• Argumentative

• Narrative

• Expository

What part of your essay does this example sentence represent?

According to the text, it states "Yellowstone is the largest national park in all of America."

• Evidence

• Hook

• Reason

• Explanation for evidence

When writing a NARRATIVE, you use what structure to guide your writing?

• Claim, Reasons, and Evidence

• Many pieces of textual evidence

• The Plot Structure Diagram

• Whatever structure you want to do

When writing an argumentative essay:

Order these elements of the introduction: Claim, T.A.G., Hook, Background info.

• T.A.G., Claim, Evidence, Hook, Background Info.

• Claim, T.A.G., Hook, Background Info.

• Hook, T.A.G., Claim, Background info.

• Hook, T.A.G, Background info., Claim.

Which part of an essay does the introduction paragraph go?

• At the end

• In the beginning

• In the middle

• Between the beginning and the end

the last paragraph of an essay is a

• conclusion

• ending sentence

• body paragraph

• introduction

What are the three main parts of an essay?

• The hook, the topic sentence, and conclusion.
• Introduction, Hook, Body
• Introduction, Body, Conclusion
• Claim, Counterclaim, Rebuttal. 

An essay should have all of the following EXCEPT:

• a thesis statement with multiple paragraphs

• an introduction and conclusion

• lines and stanzas

• topic sentences and supporting details

A conclusion goes at the ____ and should _____.

• beginning of an essay; wrap-up and summarize the main points.

• beginning of an essay; introduce the main points

• end of an essay; wrap-up and summarize the main points.

• end of an essay; introduce the main points

What is the most important thing to do on your writing test?

• Have a good hook

• Have at least three paragraphs

• Answer the prompt

• Have a good conclusion