This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Academic Writing > Expository Writing – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Expository Writing Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the purpose of the body paragraphs in an expository essay? A) To entertain the reader with fictional stories. B) To confuse the reader with irrelevant information. C) To provide detailed information, examples, and evidence to support the main idea or thesis statement. D) To summarize the main idea without providing evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To provide detailed information, examples, and evidence to support the main idea or thesis statement. 2. My examples should A) Be something cool. B) Be a personal story. C) Help me explain the thesis. D) Be fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Help me explain the thesis. 3. What type of writing presents an argument with reasons to agree with it? A) Expository. B) Narrative. C) Persuasive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Persuasive. 4. What is expository writing? A) Expository writing is a type of writing that is used to entertain readers. B) Expository writing is a type of writing that is used to inform, describe, explain, or define a topic. C) Expository writing is a type of writing that is used to persuade or argue a point. D) Expository writing is a type of writing that is used to create fictional stories. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Expository writing is a type of writing that is used to inform, describe, explain, or define a topic. 5. Formal writing uses 1st and 2nd person A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 6. The process of updating a document to make changes, correct errors, and make it visually appealing. A) Text. B) Commentary. C) Editing. D) Introduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Editing. 7. What is the main purpose of using transition words in an expository essay? A) To make the essay longer. B) To confuse the reader. C) To add more punctuation. D) To connect ideas and help the essay flow smoothly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To connect ideas and help the essay flow smoothly. 8. Example-Now you are in a pickle. No food, no water, no shelter. What do you do? A) Quotation. B) Idiom (Figure of Speech). C) Question. D) Exaggeration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Idiom (Figure of Speech). 9. When referring to your Expository Rubric, you need the key items in your essay. Pick the best choice. A) A. Central Idea and transition phrases. B) B. Central Idea, transition phrases, & original writing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. Central Idea, transition phrases, & original writing. 10. Which of the following is a transition word that can be used to show contrast in an expository text? A) Therefore. B) However. C) Next. D) FinallyTagsFL.ELA.6.C.1.4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) However. 11. Give an example of a transition word. A) Beautifully. B) However. C) Happily. D) Quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) However. 12. How should an expository essay be organized? A) Exposition, initiating event, rising action(s), climax, falling action(s), and resolution. B) Characterization. C) Introduction, 3 body paragraphs, and conclusion. D) Bridge, hook, thesis statement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Introduction, 3 body paragraphs, and conclusion. 13. Which of these elements can be included in an introduction? A) An image. B) An entire poem. C) A question, fact, quote, or a definition. D) A comic strip. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A question, fact, quote, or a definition. 14. What is an author's reason for writing? A) Reason. B) Purpose. C) Audience. D) Point. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Purpose. 15. These contain a topic sentence that tells readers what the paragraph is going to be about, supporting CERs, and a concluding sentence that emphasizes the importance of the supporting ideas. A) Body paragraph. B) Thesis. C) Hook. D) Introduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Body paragraph. 16. Which type of writing MUST have an OPINION? A) Expository. B) Persuasive. C) Narrative. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Persuasive. 17. Which of these is an example of expository writing? A) A novel with a fictional story. B) A poem about nature. C) A personal diary entry. D) A textbook explaining a scientific concept. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A textbook explaining a scientific concept. 18. What is a 'Thesis statement' in an expository essay? A) A sentence that explains your essay's topic/central idea. B) A sentence used to capture reader's attention. C) A sentence that uses a lot of vocabulary words. D) A sentence that gives your opinion about your topic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A sentence that explains your essay's topic/central idea. 19. How would you restate the question, "How does the author create a feeling of sympathy?" A) The author of this text creates a feeling of sympathy by . B) Sometimes authors create sympathy. C) Did you ever wonder how an author creates sympathy?. D) Sympathy is a feeling that authors can create. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The author of this text creates a feeling of sympathy by . 20. Which of these is a well-written piece of evidence that proves students should be required to take a Foreign Language? A) You will learn another language. B) Waste of time. C) There is little evidence that many students achieve much fluencey in high school. D) Learning another language improves students' vocabulary and grammar skills. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Learning another language improves students' vocabulary and grammar skills. 21. In expository writing, the purpose of the body paragraphs is to: A) Introduce the topic to the reader. B) Provide a summary of the main points. C) Offer details and examples to explain the main idea. D) Present an argument and persuade the reader. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Offer details and examples to explain the main idea. 22. Formal writing does not use texting language and slang A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 23. What does explanatory writing aim to answer? A) Personal opinion questions. B) What if scenarios. C) Why and how questions. D) Who, what, where, and when questions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Why and how questions. 24. Which of the following is NOT something you would see in a linear paragraph? A) All the ideas connecting. B) Half the gossip being given. C) List of ideas supporting the thesis. D) No specific order. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All the ideas connecting. 25. What is the purpose of expository writing? A) To explain or inform. B) To tell a story. C) To persuade. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To explain or inform. 26. What does a topic sentence do? A) It concludes the paragraph with a final thought. B) It provides a summary of the entire text. C) It tells what the paragraph is about. D) It introduces the main character of a story. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It tells what the paragraph is about. 27. Why is "Little House on the Prairie" a good example of a narrative? A) It is written like a story. B) It explains what history was like. C) It argues that travelling is fun. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is written like a story. 28. What should be written as the first sentence in a concluding paragraph? A) Suggestions. B) Restatement of thesis statement. C) Prediction. D) Comments. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Restatement of thesis statement. 29. An expository essay should only contain ..... language. A) Slang. B) Formal. C) Vocabulary. D) Informal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Formal. 30. What is the main sentence you are trying to explain in an informative essay, and you will find it at the end of the introductory paragraph? A) Main sentence. B) Claim. C) Main idea. D) Controlling idea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Controlling idea. 31. Which one of the choices below would be the best example of expository writing? A) A journal. B) A book of poemsTags7.7.i. C) A fictional novel. D) A science textbook. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A science textbook. 32. What is the purpose of an expository writing piece? A) To persuade. B) To entertainTags7.7.i. C) To express ideas/feelings. D) To inform/explain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To inform/explain. 33. What are the three components of an essay? A) Introduction, Thesis and conclusion. B) Introduction, Body and Conclusion. C) Introduction, Thesis and Body paragraph. D) Thesis, Body and Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Introduction, Body and Conclusion. 34. What is the highest score for the expository writing test? A) 4, 4, 4. B) 2, 2, 2. C) 4, 4, 2. D) 3, 3, 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 4, 4, 4. 35. Expository writing is writing to A) Describe. B) Explain. C) Persuade. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Explain. 36. Analysis type sentences are also known as ..... sentences. A) Concrete. B) Concluding. C) Commentary. D) Convoluted. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Commentary. 37. What is the "So What?" Sentence? A) The first sentence of the conclusion that restates the thesis in different words. B) The last sentence of a body paragraph that asks the purpose of the paragraph. C) The final sentence in the paper that connects the topic to a larger audience. D) A sentence added by the writer when he or she becomes bored and thinks, "So what?" about writing the paper. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The final sentence in the paper that connects the topic to a larger audience. 38. A thesis statement should be more than one sentence. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 39. How many paragraphs should an expository essay have? A) 4-5. B) 3-4. C) 1. D) 2-3. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 4-5. 40. What does narrative writing do? A) Tell a story. B) Convince people to agree. C) Give information without opinion. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tell a story. 41. A type of essay that analyzes the similarities and differences between two or more things. A) How-to Essay. B) Compare/Contrast Essay. C) Expository Conclusion. D) Expository Essay. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compare/Contrast Essay. 42. Which sentence from an essay is most likely the thesis statement? A) For example, everyone in Gregor's family starts off trying to live life normally. B) We all hear about the stages of dealing with loss, from denial to anger to acceptance. C) As these details have shown, Kafka's novel portrays people trying to put loss behind them. D) Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis is about the pain of moving on from loss. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis is about the pain of moving on from loss. 43. True or False ..... It is okay to have some analysis in your concluding sentence. A) True. B) Never, ever!. C) False. D) Sometimes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 44. Which of the following is NOT a type of specific supporting detail that we looked at in class? A) Literary. B) Personal. C) Nonfiction. D) Musical. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Musical. 45. What are the type of planners that are used for an expository paragraph? A) T-star, quadrant boxes, star sentence planner. B) T-star planner. C) T-star and quadrant boxes. D) T-star, box, and sentence planner. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) T-star, quadrant boxes, star sentence planner. 46. Expository means ..... A) To persuade. B) To explain or describe something. C) To read carefully. D) To ask questions about a topic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To explain or describe something. 47. Your role in this writing task. A) Cartoon artist. B) 6th grade ELA student. C) News reporter. D) TV host. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) News reporter. 48. Which of the following does not belong in an introduction? A) Thesis/claim. B) Bridge. C) Hook. D) Evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Evidence. 49. In CAT what does the C stand for? A) Clearly. B) Change. C) Change to statement or question. D) In contrast. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Change to statement or question. 50. What is an example of a sentence you should not include in your essay? A) As you read my essay, you will see the qualities one needs to be influential. B) Obi Wan Kenobi displays the qualities to be a leader. C) An example of somebody who has influenced me is my English teacher, Mr. Greaves. D) My family has had a tremendous impact on my life. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) As you read my essay, you will see the qualities one needs to be influential. 51. The thesis statement should guide your paragraph writing for your essay. A) True. B) FalseTags7.7.i. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 52. Each body paragraph begins with a transition, then a ..... A) Thesis statement. B) Claim. C) Hook. D) Topic sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Topic sentence. 53. A synonym for expository essay would be ..... A) Informational Essay. B) Story. C) Sensory Detail Essay. D) Short Story. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Informational Essay. 54. Which is NOT an example of expository writing? A) Short storyTags7.7.i. B) Instruction booklet. C) Recipe. D) Newspaper article. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Short storyTags7.7.i. 55. Expository text should give information that is (a) . A) Fiction. B) Made-up. C) Funny. D) A. non-fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A. non-fiction. 56. Which sentence uses a comma correctly to set off coordinating adjectives? A) There will be a careful, orderly recount of the votes. B) The angry confused citizens, are demanding answers. C) The previous, elected official had to resign his post. D) After this disastrous election, the laws will have to change. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) There will be a careful, orderly recount of the votes. 57. A newspaper article is an example of what type of writing? A) Expository. B) Narrative. C) Persuasive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Expository. 58. The information presented does not deviate (move away from) the main idea at all. A) Focus. B) Logical sequence. C) Main idea. D) Supporting details. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Focus. 59. What kind of writing would you use to answer the following prompt?PROMPT: "Where is one place in the world you would like to visit? Convince the reader why." A) Persuasive. B) Informative. C) Narrative. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Persuasive. 60. A letter to a friend is an example of Expository writing. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesExpository Writing Quiz 1Expository Writing Quiz 2Expository 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