This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Academic Writing > Expository Writing – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Expository Writing Quiz 14 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When you are prewriting, what are three things you should do? A) Add, Rearrange, and Replace Information. B) Brainstorm and determine your purpose and audience. C) Write a hook, bridge, and thesis. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brainstorm and determine your purpose and audience. 2. Direct quotes and paraphrasing require quotation marks A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 3. What is the term for the following definition? The price that you pay to attend an institution. A) Tuition. B) Salary. C) Deposit. D) Rent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tuition. 4. The arrangement or framework of a sentence, paragraph, or entire work A) Anecdote. B) Structure. C) Reference. D) Evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Structure. 5. What is an important part of narrative writing? A) Information & facts. B) A beginning, middle, & end. C) Opinion & reasons. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A beginning, middle, & end. 6. General thesis statement uses quantifiers like A) Some. B) Few. C) Lots. D) A little. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Some. 7. What is the purpose of the introduction in an expository essay? A) To present the main topic and provide background information to prepare the reader. B) To summarize the entire essay in a few sentences. C) To introduce the author's personal opinion on the topic. D) To provide a detailed analysis of the evidence presented in the essay. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To present the main topic and provide background information to prepare the reader. 8. How many pieces of text evidence should support your topic sentence? A) 2. B) 1. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2. 9. ..... connects your specific supporting details to your general reason (benefit or challenge). A) Expository. B) Commentary. C) Voluntary. D) A word. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Commentary. 10. What do we call facts, statistics, examples, or quotations that support the claims made in an expository essay? A) Transitions. B) Topic sentences. C) Supporting evidence. D) Conclusions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Supporting evidence. 11. Your purpose is ..... A) How you are writing. B) What you are writing. C) Why you are writing. D) Who you are writing for. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Why you are writing. 12. Your introduction should include ..... A) A conclusion. B) Your thesis statement. C) Three details. D) Your opinion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Your thesis statement. 13. What is the purpose of the thesis? A) To remind your reader what your paper is about. B) To state your opinion or claim and prove it. C) To hook the reader's attention. D) To use vocabulary words. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To state your opinion or claim and prove it. 14. What should each body paragraph mainly include? A) A personal story. B) A single main idea with supporting details. C) A list of random facts. D) A quote without explanation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A single main idea with supporting details. 15. Never, never, never, never, never: A) Shift focus from your thesis. B) Restate your thesis in the conclusion. C) Write in the first person. D) Write about others' experiences. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shift focus from your thesis. 16. Your expository essay should: A) Have an introduction, body, and conclusion. B) Be completely fictional. C) Have at least 3 examples. D) Use APE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have an introduction, body, and conclusion. 17. Which is the correct order of paragraphs for an expository writing? A) Introduction, topic sentence, body 1, body 2, conclusion. B) Introduction, body 1, body 2, body 3, conclusion. C) Body 1, body 2. body 3, introduction, conclusion. D) Conclusion, body 1, body 2, body 3, introduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Introduction, body 1, body 2, body 3, conclusion. 18. An argument in favor of something is known as the ..... side. A) Con. B) Pro. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pro. 19. What is a "hook" in writing? A) An opening statement that catches your reader's attention. B) The ending statement that closes your essay. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An opening statement that catches your reader's attention. 20. Character development and dialogue are features in Expository writing. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 21. In prompt writing you have to read something to get your information. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 22. Group of people the writer wants to persuade. A) Audience. B) Purpose. C) Claim. D) Counterclaim. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Audience. 23. What point of view is typically used in expository writing? A) Third person. B) First person. C) Second person. D) Omniscient. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Third person. 24. What is the purpose of a conclusion paragraph? A) To introduce new ideas and arguments. B) To summarize the main points and restate the thesis. C) To wrap up and leave the reader with something to think about. D) To provide detailed evidence and examples. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To wrap up and leave the reader with something to think about. 25. An argument against something is known as the ..... side. A) Con. B) Pro. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Con. 26. Which type of writing has characters? A) Narrative. B) Expository. C) Persuasive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Narrative. 27. This type of writing is done to convince the reader of a point of view or an idea. A) DESCRIPTIVE WRITING. B) EXPOSITORY WRITING. C) NARRATIVE WRITING. D) PERSUASIVE WRITING. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) PERSUASIVE WRITING. 28. The process essay discusses: A) How to explain something. B) How to do something. C) How to describe something. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) How to do something. 29. Skimming means: A) Survey. B) Search. C) Summarizing. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Summarizing. 30. Who is toothpick's girlfriend? A) Epica. B) JP. C) Caddie. D) Aurora. 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