TCAP Writing Review

What type of writing would the prompt below be? Many people believe that television violence has a negative effect on society because it promotes violence, especially among children. Do you agree or disagree?

• narrative

• informative

• argumentative

What type of writing would the prompt below be? Write a narrative in which you are the red duck. Explain to Mrs. Majeska how you came to be on the beach where she found you. Write from a first-person point of view, using dialogue, description, and chronology to describe your adventures.

• argumentative

• narrative

• informative

How do you feel about the writing TCAP?

• Awesome- I'm ready to knock it out and show what I know!

• Ehhh- I don't feel confident at all.

• So so- I feel like I will do alright.

Once you have been given permission to begin your writing assessment, what should you read first?

• The story

• The prompt

• The title

• The end of the story

Which of the following is not a step of writing?

• Read & mark prompt

• Read & mark text

• Plan

• Write

• Sleep because I'm done

Which of the following is an example of expository writing?

• A letter to a friend describing your summer vacation.

• An essay explaining the process of photosynthesis.

C (Conventions) on the rubric looks for

• adequate command of basic convention

• minor errors but no patterns

• perfect punctuation, spelling, capitalization, and grammar

• adequate punctuation, spelling, capitalization, and grammar

Which is not an important part of the writing process...

• planning

• organizing

• editing

• submitting the first draft

What should you always do at the end of your paper?

• Review your work.

• Turn it in without reviewing it.

• Tell your teacher you're done.

• Reread the question.

SWWIM ---So What Why does It Matter is an acronym to use for which part of the writing process.

• introductions

• transition

• evidence

• elaboration

• conclusion