Quiz on Paragraph Structure and Elements

What is another name for the topic sentence in a paragraph?

• Attention grabber

• Details

• Thesis statement

• Complex sentence

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The __________________ is a struggle between opposing characters and/or forces.

• climax
• exposition
• conflict
• plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

A paragraph contains an attention grabber, details, and a(n) _____________.

• independent clause
• thesis statement
• compound sentence
• complex sentence

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

“Once upon a time in the Old West” is an example of ______________________.

• exposition
• conflict

• narrative

• setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

In the story Beowulf, Grendel is a(n) _________________________.

• protagonist.

• antagonist.

• hero.

• warrior.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The techniques that authors use to help us understand the characters in a story is called ________________.

• Setting

• Simile

• Personification

• Characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A narrative that provides the framework for a group of related or unrelated stories is called a(n) _______________ story.

• epic
• frame

• fictional

• bridge

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

What is another name for the closing sentence in a paragraph?

• Attention grabber

• Details

• Thesis statement

• Complex sentence

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The Canterbury Tales includes people of all ___________________.

• professions
• countries
• religions
• classes

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which type of characterization is shown in the sentence below?

"Raheem is often distracted, but one thing he is always able to focus on is girls"

• direct characterization

• dynamic characterization

• static characterization

• indirect characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3