This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Academic Writing > Paragraphs – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Paragraphs Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Also, as, as well as, both, in the same manner, in the same way, like, likewise, most important, same, similar, too A) Listed above are transition words for comparing two things. B) Listed above are transition words for contrasting two things. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Listed above are transition words for comparing two things. 2. Where does the counter argument go in an argumentative essay? A) Conclusion. B) 1st body paragraph. C) Introduction. D) 3rd body paragraph. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3rd body paragraph. 3. What do you call the last paragraph in an essay? A) Ending. B) Resolution. C) Conclusion. D) Finale. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conclusion. 4. Which sentence needs a semi colon? A) The artist preferred to paint in oils he did not like watercolors. B) Even when the house looks clean there is usually a bunch of dirt swept under the rug. C) The challenges are not impossible but they are very hard to clear. D) If he misses his appointment he'll have to wait another six months to see the dentist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The artist preferred to paint in oils he did not like watercolors. 5. Each of your body paragraphs should state your reasons clearly. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. Topic Sentence:I play soccer, see my friends, and spend time with my family on the weekend.Conclusion Sentence:Sometimes, I go to the park too.Choose the best option about the concluding sentence: A) Good!. B) Small detail. C) It introduces new idea. D) Too similar to the topic sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It introduces new idea. 7. Which of the following sentences is considered narrative? A) During the mornings I walk my two dogs around the neighborhood. B) Extracurricular activities are a great way to hone on students talents. C) The human body has a higher percentage of water. D) The best season is fall because of its the gorgeous changes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) During the mornings I walk my two dogs around the neighborhood. 8. The following is what type of hook? "What would the world be like if everyone recycled?" A) Interesting observation. B) Anecdote. C) Thought-provoking question. D) Strong descriptive image. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thought-provoking question. 9. What is the correct order for an intro paragraph? A) Hook. Overview. Thesis. B) Thesis. Overview. Hook. C) Hook. Overview. Topic Sentence. D) Overview. Hook. Thesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hook. Overview. Thesis. 10. You should list your reasons in your introduction. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. What is a common method for organizing information in an expository paragraph? A) Flashback. B) Cause and effect. C) Stream of consciousness. D) First-person narrative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cause and effect. 12. Which resources are you allowed to use on your test? A) Dictionary. B) Thesaurus. C) Dictionary & Thesaurus. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dictionary & Thesaurus. 13. What is the correct order of the items in a persuasive paragraph? A) Clincher, argument, quote, claim. B) Claim argument #1, clincher, argument #2. C) Claim, clincher, transition, argument. D) Claim, argument #1, argument #2, clincher. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Claim, argument #1, argument #2, clincher. 14. Which kind of paragraph tries to convince the reader of something? A) Narrative. B) Descriptive. C) Persuasive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Persuasive. 15. When writing an opinion paragraph, I should only include arguments that support my opinion/ my position. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 16. In the Conclusion Chapter, you should state whether or not the objectives of your research have been achieved and whether they are as you have expected. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 17. How does the Topic Sentence relate to the thesis statement? A) It restates the thesis in different words. B) It provides a counterargument to the thesis. C) It introduces a detail unrelated to the thesis. D) It introduces a main idea that supports the thesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It introduces a main idea that supports the thesis. 18. The last sentence of you introductory paragraph should state your A) Thesis. B) Summary. C) Commentary. D) Concrete detail. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thesis. 19. A Cause refers to why things happened. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. What change needs to be made in sentence 7? A) Change fleece to fleese. B) B Change see to sees. C) Change Lets to Let's. D) Change these to this. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Change Lets to Let's. 21. Which sentence is an example of a topic sentence? A) Dogs are known for their loyalty and companionship. B) For example, my dog always greets me at the door. C) In conclusion, dogs make great pets. D) Do you have a pet dog?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dogs are known for their loyalty and companionship. 22. When does a writer include the counterargument? A) The middle. B) The beginning. C) Miss. Conroy stop trying to trick me because it could be included ANYWHERE in an argument!. D) The end. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Miss. Conroy stop trying to trick me because it could be included ANYWHERE in an argument!. 23. Your reasons and examples in your body paragraph should connect to your topic sentence. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 24. What change, if any, should be made in sentence 2?(2) In this environment it can be hard to stand out, especially if your relatively new. A) No change should be made in this sentence. B) Change environment to enviroment. C) Delete the comma. D) Change your to you're. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Change your to you're. 25. The writer's position on an issue A) Counterclaim. B) Background. C) Rebuttel. D) Claim. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Claim. 26. What is the purpose of the concluding sentence in your body paragraph? A) Summarizes the main point in your body paragraph. B) Gives an example of your main point. C) It is the last sentence. D) Introduces the reader to your main point. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Summarizes the main point in your body paragraph. 27. This is the ..... of TEEL ..... "They were involved in many wars throughout their existence; these consisted battles internally within Greece and many with other neighbouring civilisations" A) T-Topic Sentence. B) L-Link. C) E-Explanation. D) E-Evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) E-Explanation. 28. What are supporting details? A) Specific pieces of information that provide evidence or examples to support the main idea or thesis statement of a text. B) General statements that are unrelated to the main idea. C) Opinions that are not backed up by evidence. D) Irrelevant information that does not support the main idea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Specific pieces of information that provide evidence or examples to support the main idea or thesis statement of a text. 29. Choose the best answer.True or False:An introductory paragraph should be engaging and capture the reader's attention. A) True. B) False. C) No idea. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 30. Where do you write the closing/conclusion sentence? A) At the start of the paragraph. B) At the end of the paragraph. C) Nowhere. D) In the middle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) At the end of the paragraph. 31. Which of the following questions should you definitely answer in a summary of the novel My Funny Friend Fiona? A) What's Fiona's neighbor's favorite color?. B) Is My Funny Friend Fiona a boring book?. C) How long did it take you to read My Funny Friend Fiona?. D) What happens to Fiona?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) What happens to Fiona?. 32. What comes after your first sentence restating your claim and reason? A) Text Evidence. B) Explanation/This shows. C) Topic Sentence. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Text Evidence. 33. What is a common strategy for revising paragraphs to improve coherence? A) Using more complex vocabulary. B) Increasing paragraph length. C) Adding transitional phrases. D) Changing the topic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adding transitional phrases. 34. Fill in the Blanks.4 ..... paragraphs are measured in the ideas and concepts addressed rather than sentences and word counts. A) Quality. B) Clear. C) Sufficiently. D) Unifies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quality. 35. Which evidence best supports the following assertion? Mrs. White loves her son Herbert. A) "'Never mind dear, ' said his wife. 'Perhaps you'll win the next game."'. B) '"Is anything the matter, ' she asked anxiously" '. C) "Mr. White gazed with horror at the visitor.". D) "Go down and get the monkey's paw and wish our son alive again.". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "Go down and get the monkey's paw and wish our son alive again.". 36. How do you start your body paragraph? A) With strongest supporting argument. B) With academic sources, journalists report and so on. C) With examples. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) With strongest supporting argument. 37. What word means:The support or proof that backs up an idea, conclusion, or opinion. A) Evidence. B) Claim. C) Relevant. D) Persuasive Writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Evidence. 38. Real photographs would be in what kind of book? A) Fiction. B) Nonfiction. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nonfiction. 39. What is some space from the margin-at the beginning of the paragraph called? A) Body sentences. B) Paragraph. C) Indent. D) Topic sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indent. 40. Which part of a concluding paragraph answers this question:What will I do now that I have read this essay? A) Restatement of the thesis. B) Summary of the main points. C) Final concluding sentence. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Final concluding sentence. 41. AEC stands for ..... A) Assertion EvidenceCommentary. B) AssertionEvidenceContent. C) AssertionEloquenceClaim. D) AssumptionExcellence Commentary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assertion EvidenceCommentary. 42. An MLA heading should contain ..... A) Your nameYour course. B) Your nameYour courseYour teacher's nameThe dateA title. C) Your nameThe date. D) Your namea title. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Your nameYour courseYour teacher's nameThe dateA title. 43. The ..... express(es) the main idea of the paragraph. A) Controlling idea. B) Supporting sentences. C) Examples. D) Topic sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Topic sentence. 44. The second sentence in your paragraph A) TS. B) CD. C) CS. D) CM. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) CD. 45. Which of the following is a characteristic of a well-structured paragraph? A) It includes supporting details. B) It contains multiple main ideas. C) It ends abruptly. D) It lacks a clear topic sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It includes supporting details. 46. This type of paragraph is used to present information, ideas, or tell a reader how to do something. A) Persuasive. B) Narrative. C) Expository. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Expository. 47. Transition words like first, next, and lastly are used to organize the details in the middle of the paragraph. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 48. What grade do you need to pass this class? A) NP. B) A. C) F. D) P. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) P. 49. In a body paragraph, the supporting sentences A) Discuss the idea or ideas in the topic sentence. B) Use examples and/or evidence. C) Discuss what the paragraph is going to be about. D) Both discuss the idea or ideas in the topic sentence and use examples and/or evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both discuss the idea or ideas in the topic sentence and use examples and/or evidence. 50. When is the final test? A) Monday, August 5th. B) Wednesday, August 7th. C) Thursday, August 1st. D) Thursday, August 8th. E) Tuesday, August 6th. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Tuesday, August 6th. 51. How many pieces of text evidence do you need in each paragraph? A) None. B) One. C) Two. D) Three. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Two. 52. Where do the details about your topic go? A) In the topic sentence. B) In the concluding sentence. C) In the body of the paragraph. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In the body of the paragraph. 53. A good thesis statement is a broad generalization about your topic. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 54. Many people have not heard giraffes make noises. Giraffes do not use sounds to "talk" with each other. When hurt, giraffes make a low moo, something like a cow. When frightened, they make a short, high sound.What is the main idea? A) Giraffes do make noises. B) Giraffes talk all the time. C) Cows and giraffes talk to each other. D) Lots of people have heard giraffes talk. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Giraffes do make noises. 55. When you restate information you need to A) Say it exactly the same way. B) Reword it and say it in a different way. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reword it and say it in a different way. 56. Why does the author believe that reading is good for your mind state? A) It has a calming effect. B) It can lower your stress levels. C) It can help you relax. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 57. How should sentence 15 be changed?(15) My experiences in the past will help me successfully manage everything that needs to be acomplished. A) Change experiences to experience's. B) Change will help to helped. C) Change acomplished to accomplished. D) Sentence 15 should not be changed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Change acomplished to accomplished. 58. A narrative paragraph is telling a story. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 59. Which part really demonstrates your critical thinking? A) Context. B) Evidence. C) Assertion. D) Commentary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Commentary. 60. Which of the following is NOT a common element of an introductory paragraph? A) Supporting evidence. B) Hook. C) Background information. D) Thesis statement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Supporting evidence. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesParagraphs Quiz 1Paragraphs Quiz 2Paragraphs Quiz 3Paragraphs Quiz 4Paragraphs Quiz 6Paragraphs Quiz 7Paragraphs Quiz 8Paragraphs Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books