This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Academic Writing > Expository Writing – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Expository Writing Quiz 5 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Writing that tries to convince you to agree is called? A) Narrative Writing. B) Persuasive Writing. C) Informative Writing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Persuasive Writing. 2. "To explain why an event happened and/or what the consequences of the event were" -Which rhetorical strategy is this? A) Cause and effect. B) Compare and contrast. C) Argumentative. D) Narrative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cause and effect. 3. 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. 4. My examples should A) Help me explain the thesis. B) Be something cool. C) Be a personal story. D) Be fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Help me explain the thesis. 5. 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. 6. What is expository writing? A) Expository writing is a type of writing that is used to inform, describe, explain, or define a topic. B) Expository writing is a type of writing that is used to create fictional stories. 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 entertain readers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Expository writing is a type of writing that is used to inform, describe, explain, or define a topic. 7. 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. 8. The process of updating a document to make changes, correct errors, and make it visually appealing. A) Commentary. B) Text. C) Editing. D) Introduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Editing. 9. 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. 10. Example-Now you are in a pickle. No food, no water, no shelter. What do you do? A) Idiom (Figure of Speech). B) Question. C) Quotation. D) Exaggeration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom (Figure of Speech). 11. 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. 12. 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. 13. Give an example of a transition word. A) Quickly. B) Happily. C) However. D) Beautifully. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) However. 14. 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. 15. Which of these elements can be included in an introduction? A) An entire poem. B) A comic strip. C) A question, fact, quote, or a definition. D) An image. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A question, fact, quote, or a definition. 16. What is an author's reason for writing? A) Purpose. B) Point. C) Audience. D) Reason. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Purpose. 17. 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) Introduction. B) Hook. C) Thesis. D) Body paragraph. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Body paragraph. 18. 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. 19. Which of these is an example of expository writing? A) A poem about nature. B) A personal diary entry. C) A textbook explaining a scientific concept. D) A novel with a fictional story. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A textbook explaining a scientific concept. 20. What is a 'Thesis statement' in an expository essay? A) A sentence that explains your essay's topic/central idea. B) A sentence that uses a lot of vocabulary words. C) A sentence that gives your opinion about your topic. D) A sentence used to capture reader's attention. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A sentence that explains your essay's topic/central idea. 21. 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 . 22. 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. 23. 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. 24. 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. 25. 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. 26. 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. 27. 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. 28. What does a topic sentence do? A) It provides a summary of the entire text. B) It introduces the main character of a story. C) It tells what the paragraph is about. D) It concludes the paragraph with a final thought. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It tells what the paragraph is about. 29. 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. 30. What should be written as the first sentence in a concluding paragraph? A) Comments. B) Prediction. C) Restatement of thesis statement. D) Suggestions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Restatement of thesis statement. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesExpository Writing Quiz 1Expository Writing Quiz 2Expository Writing Quiz 3Expository Writing Quiz 4Expository Writing Quiz 6Expository Writing Quiz 7Expository Writing Quiz 8Expository Writing Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books