This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Academic Writing > Expository Writing – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Expository Writing Quiz 7 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. What does a topic sentence do? A) It provides a summary of the entire text. B) It tells what the paragraph is about. C) It introduces the main character of a story. D) It concludes the paragraph with a final thought. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It tells what the paragraph is about. 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. An expository essay should only contain ..... language. A) Informal. B) Slang. C) Vocabulary. D) Formal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Formal. 6. 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) Claim. B) Main sentence. C) Controlling idea. D) Main idea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Controlling idea. 7. Which one of the choices below would be the best example of expository writing? A) A fictional novel. B) A science textbook. C) A journal. D) A book of poemsTags7.7.i. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A science textbook. 8. What is the purpose of an expository writing piece? A) To inform/explain. B) To persuade. C) To express ideas/feelings. D) To entertainTags7.7.i. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To inform/explain. 9. 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. 10. What is the highest score for the expository writing test? A) 2, 2, 2. B) 3, 3, 3. C) 4, 4, 2. D) 4, 4, 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4, 4, 4. 11. Expository writing is writing to A) Describe. B) Explain. C) Persuade. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Explain. 12. Analysis type sentences are also known as ..... sentences. A) Concrete. B) Commentary. C) Concluding. D) Convoluted. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Commentary. 13. 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. 14. 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. 15. How many paragraphs should an expository essay have? A) 1. B) 2-3. C) 3-4. D) 4-5. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4-5. 16. 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. 17. A type of essay that analyzes the similarities and differences between two or more things. A) Expository Conclusion. B) Expository Essay. C) Compare/Contrast Essay. D) How-to Essay. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compare/Contrast Essay. 18. 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. 19. True or False ..... It is okay to have some analysis in your concluding sentence. A) True. B) False. C) Sometimes. D) Never, ever!. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. Which of the following is NOT a type of specific supporting detail that we looked at in class? A) Musical. B) Literary. C) Nonfiction. D) Personal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Musical. 21. 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. 22. 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. 23. Your role in this writing task. A) News reporter. B) Cartoon artist. C) TV host. D) 6th grade ELA student. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) News reporter. 24. Which of the following does not belong in an introduction? A) Hook. B) Evidence. C) Bridge. D) Thesis/claim. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Evidence. 25. In CAT what does the C stand for? A) In contrast. B) Clearly. C) Change to statement or question. D) Change. 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