Fourth Periodical Test in English 8

Creating an outline BEFORE you begin writing _________.

• A. helps you organize your research and create a logical flow to your writing

              

•                     B. helps you see problems and correct them before you spend too much time writing

                      

•                     C. helps you change your ideas

                     

•                     D. both A and B

Which of the following defines a Thesis Statement?

• .summarizes an essay

             

• gives a conclusion of an essay

                     

• expresses the main idea of an essay

                    

• states the relevant information on an essay

It refers to the opposite or alternate perspective.

• New Understanding        

• Ironic Understanding     

        

• Deeper

• Changed Understanding

It means a reasoned judgment or inference.

• conclusion              

• synthesis                              

• summary                          

• general

It is an idea of going beyond text which the author never said in the original text.

• conclusion                 

• synthesis                           

• summary                       

• general

It is integrating multiple details from MULTIPLE SOURCES or combining ALL AUTHORS' IDEAS to generate a NEW and BIGGER THOUGHT,

• conclusion           

• synthesis                         

• summary                        

• general

It is an overview of the text's main points

• Conclusion           

• synthesis              

•                        general

• summary                     

It is usually the first sentence of the paragraph. It states the main idea of the paragraph.

• topic sentence.

• Supporting sentence          

• concluding sentence      

• Paragraph

It is sometimes used in longer paragraphs to sum up the ideas presented. It expresses the same idea as the topic sentence but in different words.

• topic sentence          

• Supporting sentence

• concluding sentence 

• Paragraph

These sentences give facts, statistics, details or examples.

•   topic sentence               

• Supporting sentence 

• concluding sentence       

• Paragraph