This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Academic Writing > Expository Writing – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Expository Writing Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which sentence is most likely to be found in an expository passage? A) Once upon a time, in a faraway land . B) The main reason for the decline is . C) I believe that everyone should . D) The hero bravely fought the dragon . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The main reason for the decline is . 2. The structure of expository essays vary based on the information that is required. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. What is the 'Hook' of the Essay? A) Connects the ideas in the essay. B) Captures the readers attention. C) Connects the ideas in the paragraph. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Captures the readers attention. 4. What does the word "convention" most likely mean, as it is used in this sentence?It was the convention in our family to tell jokes at Thanksgiving, but my new brother-in-law had always had very serious Thanksgiving meals with his family. A) Agreement. B) Tradition. C) Banquet. D) Gathering. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tradition. 5. What type of writing tells a story? A) Informative. B) Narrative. C) Persuasive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Narrative. 6. What is an appropriate star sentence for an expository paragraph on Colorado Land Region? A) Next, the front range has many geographic features. B) Next, the front range looks dry. C) Next, I am going to tell you about the geographic features of the front range. D) Next, the front range is boring to visit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Next, the front range has many geographic features. 7. Which prompt BEST fits the following thesis?"When we pick ourselves up from a bad experience, we are able to grow as people." A) WRITE an essay explaining whether it is important to have goals. B) WRITE an essay explaining whether it is important to learn from our experiences. C) WRITE an essay explaining the importance of never giving up. D) WRITE an essay explaining whether it is important to be passionate about something. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) WRITE an essay explaining whether it is important to learn from our experiences. 8. What is onomatopoeia? A) A sentence that uses any of your five senses to present the central idea. B) Information presented as a ration. C) Words or phrases that show emotion. D) Sounds that can be used in a sentence to express actions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sounds that can be used in a sentence to express actions. 9. What is a common structure for an expository essay? A) A common structure includes an introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion. B) An expository essay typically consists of a title, abstract, and references. C) The structure is usually a single paragraph with a thesis statement. D) An expository essay is often written in poetic form. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A common structure includes an introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion. 10. What is a good transition to use when you end the essay (the conclusion)? A) To begin. B) Therefore. C) In the end. D) For example. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In the end. 11. Topic sentences are typically the ..... A) Third sentence in each paragraph. B) First sentence in each paragraph. C) Last sentence in each paragraph. D) Second sentence in each paragraph. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) First sentence in each paragraph. 12. What is the difference between expository writing and narrative writing? A) Expository writing tells a story, while narrative writing informs or explains. B) Expository writing is a type of poetry, while narrative writing is a factual report. C) Expository writing is always fictional, while narrative writing is always non-fiction. D) Expository writing informs or explains, while narrative writing tells a story. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Expository writing informs or explains, while narrative writing tells a story. 13. Is expository writing something TRUE or MADE UP? A) True. B) Made up. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. How many sentences in your body paragraphs should you have AT LEAST? A) 3-5. B) 1-3. C) 7-10. D) 5-7. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 5-7. 15. TRUE/FALSE:The INTRODUCTION should begin with a HOOK to draw in the reader's' attention. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. If you are writing an expository essay, what three things do you need in your introduction paragraph? A) Hook, Central idea/3 topics, and closing statement. B) Elaboration, citations, text evidence. C) Quotations, transitional words and phrases. D) Your opinion, transition, and elaboration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hook, Central idea/3 topics, and closing statement. 17. When writing your introduction, you are supposed to consider the acronym TAG for your ..... A) Hook. B) Topic Sentence. C) Background. D) Thesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Background. 18. What is a Global Example? A) Explains how the prompt/thesis relates to others. B) An example about a globe. C) A thesis statement about the world. D) Explains how the prompt/thesis relates to you. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Explains how the prompt/thesis relates to others. 19. Based on the thesis statement below, determine the main topic of the thesis statement. Cats are good pets because they are quiet, sometimes affectionate, and very clean. A) They are quiet. B) Because. C) Cats are good pets. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cats are good pets. 20. What type of expository essay explains why something happened or explain the effects of an action A) Research. B) Explanatory. C) Compare/contrast. D) Descriptive. E) Cause & effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Cause & effect. 21. The information is written either sequentially from most important to least important or least important to most important. A) Focus. B) Main idea. C) Supporting details. D) Logical sequence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Logical sequence. 22. True or False:The topic sentences belong in the first sentence of each body paragraph. A) Sometimes. B) Only in essays. C) True. D) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) True. 23. An essay explaining why the instrument you play is the best one that exists and why other students should pick it. A) DESCRIPTIVE WRITING. B) NARRATIVE WRITING. C) PERSUASIVE WRITING. D) EXPOSITORY WRITING. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) PERSUASIVE WRITING. 24. Contractions are words like ..... A) Is, was, are. B) Can't, don't, won't. C) You, I, We. D) And, For, Or. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can't, don't, won't. 25. Example-I will always remember my grandmother for her kindness and generosity. A) Idiom (Figure of Speech). B) Exaggeration. C) Author's Feeling. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Author's Feeling. 26. Introductory Paragraph Formula: A) Hook + Thesis Statement + Transition Sentence. B) Thesis Statement + Hook + Transition Sentence. C) Hook + Background Sentences +Thesis Statement. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hook + Background Sentences +Thesis Statement. 27. What type of expository essay provides details about the look, sound, taste, smell, or feel of something. A) Descriptive. B) Explanatory. C) Compare/contrast. D) Cause & effect. E) Research. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Descriptive. 28. An expository essay consists of A) Rising action, climax, and falling action. B) Introduction, body, and conclusion. C) Stanzas. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Introduction, body, and conclusion. 29. What is text evidence? A) Text evidence is a summary of the text's main points. B) Text evidence refers to specific examples or quotes from a text that support the main idea or argument. C) Text evidence is any information that contradicts the main idea. D) Text evidence is the author's opinion about the text. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Text evidence refers to specific examples or quotes from a text that support the main idea or argument. 30. The short story "Gonzalo" by Paul Fleischman. A) EXPOSITORY WRITING. B) PERSUASIVE WRITING. C) DESCRIPTIVE WRITING. D) NARRATIVE WRITING. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) NARRATIVE WRITING. 31. The thesis statement is usually the last sentence in the introduction paragraph? A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 32. What is the structure of an expository essay? A) An expository essay typically includes an introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion. B) An expository essay consists of a title, abstract, and references. C) An expository essay is structured as a poem with stanzas. D) An expository essay includes only a conclusion and no body paragraphs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An expository essay typically includes an introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion. 33. The body paragraphs are meant to do what? A) To waste time. B) To extend the essay. C) To set up the hook. D) To explain the thesis statement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To explain the thesis statement. 34. True or False:You should re-state your thesis in your conclusion. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 35. The main idea of your essay. A) Introduction. B) Thesis. C) Theme. D) Body. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thesis. 36. Which graphic organizer is best applicable for a Compare and Contrast essay? A) Venn Diagram. B) Mind map. C) Visual map. D) Process flowchart. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Venn Diagram. 37. Telling a story is the main purpose of Expository writing. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 38. What is the correct revision of this sentence?Anyone may join the team, but he or she must have one thing:Determination. A) Anyone may join the team, but he or she must have one thing; determination. B) Anyone may join the team, but he or she must have one thing, determination. C) Anyone may join the team, but he or she must have one thing:determination. D) Anyone may join the team, but he or she must have one thing; Determination. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anyone may join the team, but he or she must have one thing:determination. 39. An essay begins with a what? A) Claim. B) Introduction. C) Reason. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Introduction. 40. What is the name of the first part of an expository essay? A) Narrative. B) Hook/thesis. C) Conclusion. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hook/thesis. 41. Example-What? You don't like the crunchy caterpillars on your pizza? A) Question. B) Definition. C) Idiom. D) Personal Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Question. 42. What does the R in the RACE writing strategy stand for? A) Restate. B) Reason. C) Reflect. D) Recite. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Restate. 43. "The act of informing readers WHO and WHERE from which you are quoting" is called ..... A) Cite. B) Sources. C) Review. D) Quote. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cite. 44. Expository text should give information that is ..... A) Non-fictional. B) Fictional. C) Poetry. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Non-fictional. 45. Which is NOT an example of a good hook? A) A question. B) A quote. C) A bold statement. D) A descriptive scenario. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A question. 46. How can you effectively use evidence in expository writing? A) By providing specific examples, statistics, expert opinions, and research findings to support the main points and arguments. B) By ignoring the need for evidence and relying solely on opinions. C) By making unsupported claims and generalizations. D) By using personal anecdotes and experiences. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By providing specific examples, statistics, expert opinions, and research findings to support the main points and arguments. 47. True or false:A website is current if you click on links and they do not work. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 48. Your introduction should be like an inverted ..... ? A) Pyramid. B) Square. C) Diamond. D) Trapezoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pyramid. 49. Expositiry writing is also known as ..... writing. A) Narrative. B) Informational. C) Expensive. D) Argumentative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Informational. 50. Which sentence correctly uses one or more commas to set off a nonrestrictive clause? A) The dog, who always buries everything, decided not to bury the pine cone. B) I decided to call Laticia who said she was available to watch the cats. C) Mars, which orbits the Sun every 687 days has a longer year than Earth. D) She gave the flower to Dominic which shows that everyone deserves love. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The dog, who always buries everything, decided not to bury the pine cone. 51. Autobiographies and Memoirs are examples of non-fiction writing. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 52. The thesis statement structure is:words we take from the prompt ..... because (reason #1) and (reason #2). A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 53. What parts of the essay are needed for Expository Writing? A) Introduction paragraph. B) Introduction, Body Paragraph 1 and 2. C) Conclusion paragraph. D) Introduction paragraph, Body Paragarph 1 and 2, and Conclusion paragraph. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Introduction paragraph, Body Paragarph 1 and 2, and Conclusion paragraph. 54. Which type of writing can NEVER have an OPINION? A) Narrative. B) Expository. C) Persuasive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Expository. 55. Directions to the theatre is NOT an example of procedural writing. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 56. These include painting a picture, startling fact, exclamation, quote, anecdote, and question. A) Introduction. B) Types of hooks. C) Body paragraph. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Types of hooks. 57. The beginning part of an essay that introduces the topic of the entire essay A) Editing. B) Commentary. C) Introduction. D) Text. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Introduction. 58. The list of sources on the last page is called ..... A) Work cited. B) Works Cited. C) Bibliography. D) Work sites. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Works Cited. 59. True or false. The three reasons listed in the thesis statement become the three body paragraphs. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 60. What are the factors to consider when choosing evidence for a paper? A) Evidence should be up to date. B) Evidence should be from a reliable source. C) Evidence should be free from bias. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. Next →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesExpository Writing Quiz 2Expository Writing Quiz 3Expository Writing Quiz 4Expository Writing Quiz 5Expository Writing Quiz 6Expository Writing Quiz 7Expository Writing Quiz 8Expository Writing Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books